I am almost ready to finish welding the 2 bellhousings together. After spending considerable time trying to make a jig that is an exact copy of the bellhousing bolt pattern with a hole pefectly where the crank would be centered so i could press in a shaft to the tranny, drop it into the plate and weld, i have given up. I cant for the life of me get it right so i have decide i am going to machine a shaft to press into the tranny, bolt the ford bellhousing to the motor, ram the tranny/shaft assy. into the crank and drag the whole thing down to get it welded, the only hard part is now i need to attach something to the shaft so that it can go up and support the inside of the audi and keep everything straight. I was hoping to be at the welders by monday but now it looks more like next week. Some one emailed me and mentioned having a new tranny cast using this one as a plug. If anyone is interested i would be more than happy to supply it to a casting place to get it done but i don't care to do it for profit (as was suggested) as i really don't care that much about money, i would rather know that i helped some people out instead. If someone wants to do it for profit all i would want is one for myself. A friend of mine has just had an intake manifold made to run individual throttle bodies on the new mini, to cnc a mohogany plug was $5000 cdn. The cost to cast each manifold is about $40 cdn, then you have to get it machined. So if anyone is still interested, email me and let me know before i put the tranny back together.
ps. i have just finished machining the mating face of the tranny and i estimated the plate warped about 1/8" at its worst part, either that or the plate wasnt %100 flush when the guy welded it, either way %98 of that $100 plate is scrap, i think i end up using about 6" square. I just keep telling myself it acted as a good heat sink.