Iron vs Aluminum Bellhousing...

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Posted by Brian in Oregon on Monday, July 16, 2001 at 0:52AM :

In Reply to: Re: NOT NECESSARILY: Was that steel or alum?? posted by MoparNorm on Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 9:19PM :

For the Helitool 318 M37 conversion, I had wanted to use an aluminum bellhousing. However, Ray thought it best to use a cast iron bellhousing. The reason is, he feels, and I agree, that the NP420 and PTO is too much unsupported (no crossmember) weight. If you put a lot of G-force on it by coming back to earth hard, it *could* snap the bellhousing. We have no hard proof of this, but it seems a wise idea to err on the side of caution.

For a street truck, particularly a 4x2, I'd have no qualms about using the aluminum bellhousing.



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