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Old 03-29-2014, 10:11 AM   #10
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Default Re: Breaking bell housings

About the solid side motor mounts:
If you run a production block (Bow Tie blocks didn't exist when I was showed this.)
Bare block, with something soft below the test cylinder, put an inside mic in the cylinder above the soft pad, front-to-rear, up top, barely tight enough to stay in place. A healthy guy with hand above & below the mic, press hard & fast together and watch the mic fall to the pad. The old guy-machinist that showed me this about 50 years ago was no body builder either.
Think about your ring seal during launch in the cylinders next to those solid motor mounts. I would use a torque strap with stock mounts myself.
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