Original GT40 bellhousing/clutch

[Mike Drew]

Hi guys,

Bob from Safir e-mailed me some photos of his reproduction GT40 bellhousing/clutch/flywheel setup, originally for posting on the Superformance forum, but I figured I'd post them here too. The GT40 used a smaller-than-normal flywheel/clutch; fitting a standard flywheel with big bellhousing often results in ground-clearance issues.

Here's a look at the small-diameter aluminum flywheel:

And here is how that flywheel looks with a super-duper clutch poised atop it:

Now, if we only had a decent bellhousing to wrap this in. Oh, hey, wait, look over there at that pallet? Why, there's a bunch of new unmachined raw castings!

Just in case anybody can't figure out what car these are supposed to go on:

Now, once machining operations are complete, we can insert a pair of metalastik bushings, and a nice screen on the bottom opening:

And finally, here's the completed assembly, ready for installation:

The best part is, Bob told me I could have the whole thing for half off for helping him post these photos here!

(Just kidding Bob!)

 

[John Fitzpatrick]

How do you get in touch with Safir? All I gould get with Google was a physical address.

 

[Mike Drew]

How do you get in touch with Safir? All I gould get with Google was a physical address.

Bob Wood of Safir is a low-key lurker on this forum; he leapt into a discussion about bellhousings over on the Superformance forum.

Here is his profile:

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/members/bobwood.html

He gave out his phone numbers:

513-672-8105 office, 513-310-4119 cell

He said a website is in the works....

 

[John Fitzpatrick]

Thanks Mike