Bellhousing

TigerBob86

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I'm curious what people are using these days to bolt up a 6-bolt block to a narrow toploader?

Thanks,
Bob
 

Forrest39

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Bob,
Other than aftermarket scatter shields, there are a few options. There is a Ford one that needs a few holes and reinforcing. I picked one up on eBay last year for $125. I can dig up the part number if you are interested.
-Kevin
 

Forrest39

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Bob,
The part number is listed on David Kee's website for 1965-1967 289's. The part number is C5DA-6394-A.
Hope this helps.
-Kevin
 

0neoffive

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Bell Conversion

Here's the 6 bolt bell housing conversion we do for the narrow case HEHE. It involves adding aluminum inside to locate the needed bolt holes. Drilling and tapping is pretty straight forward using the case as a template. Just make sure that the nose bearing retainer matches the center bell hole size for proper centering.
 

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gregory schumacher

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Bell housing

Bob I have a six bolt bell housing modified to also fit a tremic tko transmission media blasted and clear powder coated for sale. Have bolted both my top loader and TKO to it. PM if interested. Greg
 

TigerBob86

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Thanks for all the great responses. On a previous Tiger I had an aluminum bellhousing that was narrow toploader to 6 bolt. I actually had a spare also. I didn't realize how rare they were at the time.
 

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Warren

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Dual pattern

Seen several on eBay but that's when I looked daily. They've @#$&+- it up as now you keyword Sunbeam and get everything that seller say fits Sunbeam.
 

theo_s

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Thanks for all the great responses. On a previous Tiger I had an aluminum bellhousing that was narrow toploader to 6 bolt. I actually had a spare also. I didn't realize how rare they were at the time.

I'm pretty sure that is a Trans-Dapt piece. It kind of looks like they had a design with a 'front' mold and a 'rear' mold that mated in the middle, and (assuming they made things match) this would allow them to economically make lots of different things fit, without spending a lot of money on unique casting tooling.
 

Hoghead

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I have an old Lakewood scattershield for sale. Used it my Tiger for years and have now gone to a T5 box so no longer needed

It is a very tight fit in a Tiger and some cars require a bit of clearancing at the firewall or clipping the corners of the bell.

PM me if intrested
 

canbeam

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If memory serves, and I'm talking early 70's, I believe I used an 8 hole bellhousing from an Econoline van when I took out my 260 and replaced it with a 6 bolt 289. Probably pretty hard to find one of those now....
 
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