Lakewood tight fit

[cbhunter]

Help!!,I am installing a Lakewood bellhousing with a new Southern Automotive 408 stroker in Superformance w/tremec. Having trouble with clearance of clutch arm ,slave cyl. and frame. Any advice will help,a PICTURE of a complete instal would be great ! have already considered hydraulic THOB, it s is to difficult to live with for my taste.

[zimmy]

cbhunter:

You are not alone. I have a Contemporary with a 427 center oiler. I have the very same problem. From the very beginning, the clutch fork on my car has to have the end ground off. I need to grind off all the way back to just where the slave cylinder rod goes through. It is especially tight on the bottom of the fork against the top side of the frame tube. The slave cylinder in my car is an old Girling cylinder (no longer findable) and it is mounted to the block with a custom bracket. It too just clears the frame tube.

Hope this helps. Just have faith and start grinding!

[RedBarchetta]

Originally posted by zimmy


I need to grind off all the way back to just where the slave cylinder rod goes through.

Does this leave enough meat for the rod, or will you have to gusset the arm on the backside with some welds/steel strap to reinforce the rod end?

Gosh, I would just LOVE to see a pictorial on an SPF for this particular mod.

-Deano

[Bud Man]

Buy a McLeod hydraulic unit with upgraded fittings, set it up correctly, install a pedal stop, use the right fluid, and forget these clearance problems.

Bud