[lust4speed]

A friend is upgrading to a scattershield and looks like we have two choices - and both are now owned by Holley. The Lakewood design has been "upgraded" and lost 14 pounds in the process and a hundred dollars cheaper than the QuickTime. Looks like it is still hydroformed but just a different process than the old one. The QuickTime claims that it is spun and not stamped.

My old Lakewood from the mid 1980's in my car isn't exactly perfection and all the holes were sort of in the right place, and the center large hole was a little oblong which makes alignment more of a chore. I would hope that the new processes involved in the Lakewood would make things more accurate.

The Lakewood is Pontiac-Oldsmobile with the starter kick out only on the drivers side where the QuickTime BOP unit is more universal and also has a kick out on the passenger side also to accommodate Buick. I guess as long as the friend goes to a remote oil filter the protrusion won't matter much.

The extra money isn't a deal breaker (his money ) but just wondering if I can get reports on the new design Lakewood and also the QuickTime on how the alignments went. We spent about a half day when we installed the TKO in my car getting the numbers right, and if the QuickTime would drastically reduce that it would be money well spent.

Here are the links to the Holley site describing each:

Lakewood

QuickTime