Hotrod Lincoln asks, "Which one do you think I'd bet my life on in a firefight?"
Howitzer cannon. A person looking down the barrel of a Howitzer displays a lot of respect! Plug your ears!
This is like my girl in her hotrod Corvette. Drivers pay no mind to her, still tailgate, cut her off, knock door handles together, tight fit driving, alignment is a concern, until she hits her flame thrower button. However, she drives like she is in a destruction derby.
Driving our big bolt 3 ton GMC, people get the heck out of her way! Nobody messes with her. Kinda like this difference between carrying a Daisy Red Ryder BB rifle and rolling around a Howitzer cannon.
Point here is production line bellhousings are precise enough, alignment is not an issue for typical everyday use. Contrasting, high torque, high horsepower, high rpm usage, alignment then becomes an issue. If bellhousings were not well made, we would have to use really big hammers to get our transmissions installed, big hammers and a lot of cussing.
Had a hard time finding a tachometer for my '56 Chevy truck, little inline six. Finally found one with 4,000 rpm the top reading, red line is set to 3,200 rpm. Never take her over 2,500 rpm. Little over a hundred horse, redlines at the idle speed of many high performance engines, bellhousing alignment is not an issue, not something I ever think about. Parts settle in, wear in, get a little loose, all works well for a million miles.
With so many of us driving Forties and Fifties trucks, many still original equipment never touched, millions of miles racked up, no problems with bellhousing alignment, this is strong evidence bellhousing alignment is not an issue.
Your wife periodically realigning your head with a good whop upside your head is much more of an issue. Plug your ears!
Billyray
Last edited by Billyray; 04/03/2010 7:25 PM.
