[Tom Vaught]

[QUOTE=Sirrotica;6334914]Truth is most shops don't want to invest in a Pontiac plate because they never see one come through the doors.

How many times have you considered buying a tool to do a job that you may never use again? I know I have, and either made something to work, or borrowed one from someone that has it. It's economics, so the guy says you don't really need it.

I bought a Browell tool for checking bellhousing to trans input shaft centerline.

I have checked 4 Lakewood bellhousings using the tool and now have 4 steel bellhousings that I know are going on the engine blocks correctly.

So knowing the job was done right basically cost me $25 per bellhousing and I sleep good at night.

It can sit in my tool cabinet forever now and it has paid for itself.

I personally will pay for a properly made Aluminum Torque Plate to know the Pontiac bores are machined properly for aluminum heads.

Tom V.