Zetec to type 9 alloy bellhousing questions

[Martin S.]

How much weight would I save going from my lump of iron bellhousing to an alloy one?

Will an RS2000 one fit or will it need mods?

Will I need a different clutch release arm?

Is there anything else I need to consider?

 

 

 

Class 4 Zetec

[Big Brother]

Can't answer your questions but take a look here as Phil Waters has documented fitting an RS2000 one.

(and he polished it too 😬)

 

Steve

 

 

SE7EN-UP!

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_{Ever noticed that the word enviromentalist contains the word mentalist!}

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[Pikelet]

An alloy bellhousing is my next modification too...

 

On Phil's website it's possible to see his BH but having not read the text i don't know if he's mentioned explicitly that you do need to cut a reasonable sized portion out of one side of the BH to cater for the footwells and the diagonals at the bottom of the engine bay. Worth knowing 'cos you'll probably need to find somebody to weld two rectangles of alloominum back in the remaining voids.

 

Good luck and post the results of your progress, i'm rather interested!

 

Pikelet 😬

[Martin S.]

Just found a previous post and it seems Quaife is the way to go, but cost is £300+ to save around 4kg's. Think I'll remove a few other bits first to cut some weight, ie. inertia belt reels, carpets. May look at an ally rad as well.

[I.Mupferit]

Phil's bellhousing saved about 12kgs............4 for the actual component and 8kgs in sweat from polishing it ❗

 

Brent

 

2.3 DURATEC SV Reassuringly Expensive

R 417.39 😬

[millsn]

In fairness he would polish an iron one too so I'm not sure that the polishing element is really a weight saving for that reason

[S47zz]

I fitted Ford magnesium bellhousing to Zetec no problem, It came with the special Clutch release arm, only part I had to make was a plate to hold/locate the clutch cable.

One piece of advice make sure all the threaded holes still have their threads ❗ , being aly they are easy to X thread and damage or overtighten the bolts and strip the thread completely.

Mine saved 5.5 Kgs over the standard Cast iron bellhousing, so it's well worth fitting one for the weight saving alone

Cost of aly 2nd hand housing is about £75 - Magnesium ones are much harder to locate and thus more expensive - good luck

[Nigel Fox]

Martin, your car is fast enough as it is.

There are two alloy bell housings available from raceline at £175 and £235 depending on whether you need the spacer, have a look at their website.

See you at Loton.

 

 

[Martin S.]

Nige I keep telling you It's my driving not the car 😬

See you at Loton

[philwaters]

Oi - I don't check BC for five mins and everyone is taking the proverbial

 

I had to modify the RS2000 item to clear a chassis member Piccy here of it part way through - I then added a cover over the hole with 2mm stainless with a smaller cut-out to take the rubber clutch gaiter/cover See here

 

Oh - and no, I didn't polish the iron one SEE!

 

 

 

Phil Waters

[Revin Kevin]

Martin,

SPC do a direct copy of the standard bell housing in Ali or Mag, so no cutting about. Can't remember the price.

 

Cheers

Chris

 

[Martin S.]

Phil and Chris...Thanks for the info

[millsn]

Amazing what you can do with photoshop. That unpolished iron bellhousing looks real