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Topic: Scatter shield header clearance
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SundanceKid
Gearhead Posts: 979
From: UT
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-11-2002 03:25 AM
   
Will SuperComp (6111) headers clear a scatter shield (Lakewood 15202) on a 65 Mustang? Thanks
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blown 351
Journeyman Posts: 59
From: Seattle, Wa. 98258
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-11-2002 03:35 PM
I'm not sure about the specific components you mentioned, but every scattershield I've every put on seems as if it had to be trimmed or flanged in some way.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6352
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-11-2002 04:09 PM
The lakewood bell cleared the Heddman headers fine.SteveW
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SundanceKid
Gearhead Posts: 979
From: UT
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-12-2002 04:14 AM
My headers are Hookers.I am still desideing what way I wan't to go, scatter shield 300.00 or aluminum 180.00, or if I can score a SROD bellhousing used.... If I have to cut up a perfect new housing to fit that ain't to cool. blown 351 what year and header did you use and what exactly had fitment problems.
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blown 351
Journeyman Posts: 59
From: Seattle, Wa. 98258
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-12-2002 09:46 AM
The headers are ceramic coated hooker comps 1 5/8" primary 3" collector, not the super comps,(they hang down too low), on a 351 Winsor block. The scattershield is Lakewood,( I don't know the p/n at the moment but it is steel and gold color). Looking forward from underneath the vehicle, about 1/2" had to be trimmed from the scattershield flange at 7 o'clock. At the 5 o'clock position about 4" aft from the scattershield mounting flange, 1/8" or so had to be cupped out of the shield housing for primary tube clearance.
No other problems, and these were pretty easy to remedy. Cable clutch actuation had plenty of clearance
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1192
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-12-2002 01:41 PM
blown 351, if your scattershield is gold, I believe it would be a McLeod unit, as every Lakewood scattershield I`ve had were bright red. The McLeods usually seem to have wider flanges to get in the way of headers  . ------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
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blown 351
Journeyman Posts: 59
From: Seattle, Wa. 98258
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-12-2002 01:57 PM
I bet you're right Rory. It's a McLeod.
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SundanceKid
Gearhead Posts: 979
From: UT
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-12-2002 03:01 PM
Blown351, thanks for your help, you at least gave good discriptions of your situation...LOL This is gonna be one of those I guess I'll find out kinda things.I already asked Alex about this but let me ask again. I will have a 400HP (approx) engine. The car will be used for street and auto cross, drag racing once or twice a year for fun, on street or track slicks, never drag slicks. The car will see 7000 and will be shifted hard, but no clutch drops at 7000 or anything like that.
I'm trying to deside if the clearance issue, cost and the weight issue of a scatter shield is worth the safty at my level?
On the one hand aluminum will weigh 36 lbs. less but something keeps me thinking a scatter shield wouldn't be such a bad thing to have.
The lighter the car the better, but should I scimp on the bell housing keeps running through my head. Thanks for any input, sorry I ramble
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 1450
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 03-12-2002 07:32 PM
SundanceKid:
My rule is if I think about it more than once, I install the safety gear. You don't want to be always wondering if it'll come thru the floorboards on this launch or the next....not to mention that we all know the cost diff isn't a real factor; 'cause if it does come apart, it'll tear up and break a whole lot more than the diff of 180$ vs. 300$... Just my 1.5 cents worth. Ryan  [This message has been edited by Ryan Wilke (edited 03-12-2002).]
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SundanceKid
Gearhead Posts: 979
From: UT
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-13-2002 03:38 AM
Good point Ryan thanks.
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stang106
Gearhead Posts: 734
From: God's Country!... Port Alberni B.C. Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-13-2002 04:35 AM
Any racers with first hand experience of clutch/flywheel coming apart at 7,000 RPM?
Doesn't sound like fun. I shattered an aluminum bell housing once- after I removed the scattershield- at a 6,000 RPM shift from 3rd to 4th and The vibration was so intense I couldn't see through the windshield. Broke lots of parts that time and- I put the scatter shield back in.
Dave
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