I only have 1 quicktime bell left,  I going to use a BBC lite wieght billet flywheel . and mini starter with custom flange ( homemade )  . This combo should be the cheapest and best . I am slow, hate doing things twice 

Po ol Davie

Sparta , Tn.

Buz.  Thanks for posting.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Ted, Here is most of the post.



64fordf100292

aftermarket 5spd updated info

hey all. I have great news. after finally getting ahold of Ross at quicktime performance, and I have confirmed a few things. First off, the bellhousing that they offer is indeed for a car application. Now for the good news. In our conversation about the truck bellhousing, he said that he had just learned that the car and truck bellhousings are different but has yet to produce a truck bellhousing due to the inability to aquire a truck bellhousing to use as a pattern. He said that once he aquired a truck bellhousing, it sounded like he would just make a universal mounting kit for the truck application and then the customer would be required to weld them on and refinish the bellhousing.

   He did say that he has sold the car bellhousing to a few truck guys and all they did was fabricated their own mounting ears and welded them to the bellhousing. He did say that the car bellhousing is more than capable of handling a truck application with the mounting ears welded on. he said that it would not damage the integrity of the bellhousing.

So, all in all, i think there is another viable option for the 5spd conversion. Price, i never asked about the price for the bellhousing with the truck mounting kit not welded on.

   so, if there is anyone who has a Yblock manual bellhousing that you would think is a decent pattern for ross at quicktime, let me know i would be willing to buy it from ya so i can send it to him as a pattern.



LM14

s shop today. Here's what I learned:

   The mounts will probably be a bolt on deal. That is what they are looking at first blush. He felt they could jig and drill holes and make bolt on mounts that would be more accurate than welded on mounts. He sold over 8000 bellhousings last year and only 100 were for Y-blocks (I was actually suprised he sold that many Y-block bells but he said there are very loyal pockets of Y-block people out there that need to be served). It's just not feasable for them to dedicate another line to welded-on mounts and limiting the use of a bell for that purpose.

They build 2 basic bells for Y-blocks at this time. One for the T10/Muncie/etc and another for the T5/Tremec.etc. The goal was to hopefully have 1 bolt on kit to fit both bells.

   Their combination uses their flywheel with 3 bolt patterns on it. It bolts directly to the Y-block crank but takes 1 of 3 different pressure plates (I believe it was what they call the metric, 10.5 and 11"). With their flywheel, you use normal clutch/pressure plate parts for whatever fits your tranny application (IE: a 5.0 clutch and pressure plate for a T5 Mustang setup).

They also use a FE starter with their Y-block bells.

   Great guy to talk to. Had him check one of my racing bells we thought might have been bent but it wasn't (crap, now I have another problem to find on the race car). He was excited about the interest in their product and freely exchanged info and ideas. I was impressed with him and I deal with a lot of racing parts suppliers that don't impress me in the least! He was good at answering all my questions and I know he returns calls (past experience).

This is moving forward. He's going to call me when he is done with my bell and it sounded like things should be available shortly.



SPark


Buz Mills

Dallas, TX

This was on ebay kinda pricey

220513148142

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

This new blowproof is pretty easy to work with. It's all steel.  The cone dia. is smaller, so wheel will not work. I have a cut down stock cast flywheel with an offset mini starter, works fine. My step is to save money, is to redrill an after market billet steel, lite wieght big block chevy flywheel, I bought off ebay, make another offset plate for starter.     

Po ol Davie

Sparta , Tn.

And believe it or not, people have been racing with stock bellhousings for years. The modified bell will take anything you're going to give it on the street.


Lawrenceville, GA

  Go to John Mummert's web site and check out the bell housing/trans adapter for the T-5 to Y-block swap.It's only 1/3 the cost of the QuickTime housing( which I believe is considered a legal scattershield for racing?) unless you plan on racing or alot of powershifting your T-5/239 y-block. KID

You are right about the full story. I talked to Ross at Quick Time last week and he refereed me to Modern Driveline (208-453-9800) saying that they have the whole package. I was not told about the hydraulic clutch but by the time they told me the prices I figured, not this year. $525 for the bellhousing, $335 for the flywheel and $299 for the starter. I asked Ross what the deal was with the flywheel and he told me it had a 164 tooth ring gear. Basically the FE flywheel thou he did say that I could turn my flywheel diameter down to have the 164 tooth ring gear fit it which is easily done and save some money.

  Vic Correnti

I've been told that this item, although a nice part it is not the full story. It requires a high torque starter for FE and a special Flywheel. It is also set-up to use hydraulic slave cylinder.

Total package around $1000. or so.

I do like the idea. I blew up a pressure plate in my 54 F-100 many years ago. It wasn't pretty. Lifted the floor about 1", dents in the hood and headers. Broke the bellhousing mounting ears off the back off the block. Had to ni-rod studs in the block to save the engine.

http://ford-y-block.com 

20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

more or less the same thing as lm14 is saying. thanks again lm14 for bringing that bell up to quicktime.  Hopefully they will have it all done by spring. gonna buy a bellhousing then. tko 500 is going in.