[Captainofiron]

Does anyone on here have any experience with the Quick Draw bellhousings?

recently came across one that seems like a good deal vs my original plan to get a quicktime SFI bell

[Formulajones]

I'm a Quick Time fan and prefer to stick to those. They have always required very little, if any, adjustment to dial them in. Very well made.

[Captainofiron]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

I'm a Quick Time fan and prefer to stick to those. They have always required very little, if any, adjustment to dial them in. Very well made.

good to hear they are good

One thing that I liked about the quickdraw was they offered a BOP to LT1 T-56 option

the LT1 T-56s tend to go for less and I have seen a lot more of them available

The quicktime only has LS option

[Formulajones]

That alone might be a good reason to try Quick Draw if they make something Pontiac specific. Sounds interesting.

[Gastiresandoil]

Quick Time user here too. Never heard of Quick Draw until now.
They look good and cost as much as a QT bellhousing, but it doesn't appear they are certified and don't have a mid plate. The QT bellhousing are spun formed, whereas the QD bells look like they are just cast.
Only issue I had with the QT bell was the header interference, had to clearance one of the sides for my headers.

[ponjohn]

I have seen two pictures ( two separate instances) of quick time NOT containing a clutch failure.

[TCSGTO]

Originally Posted by ponjohn

I have seen two pictures ( two separate instances) of quick time NOT containing a clutch failure.

That’s true of any “blowproof” bellhousing. I’ve seen a Lakewood with a slot punched in it from a clutch explosion. Certainly minimized the damage but nothing is indestructible under all conditions.
If a steel flywheel lets go all bets are off.

[ponjohn]

Originally Posted by TCSGTO

That’s true of any “blowproof” bellhousing. I’ve seen a Lakewood with a slot punched in it from a clutch explosion. Certainly minimized the damage but nothing is indestructible under all conditions.
If a steel flywheel lets go all bets are off.

How do you classify this failure?

[AG]

Catastrophic.

[lust4speed]

Originally Posted by ponjohn

How do you classify this failure?

Lucky, lucky, lucky. If part of the scattershield is going to remain, it's very fortunate it was the driver's side.

[TCSGTO]

The QT fared a little better than a stock aluminum piece. Don’t these things have to pass a destruction test to get an SFI rating or has that changed?

[ponjohn]

Originally Posted by TCSGTO

The QT fared a little better than a stock aluminum piece. Don’t these things have to pass a destruction test to get an SFI rating or has that changed?

I would hope so.



A long time ago, my friend had a 302 dz motor in a 55 chevy. Top of first gear the clutch exploded in front of a new car dealership. Shrapnel from the clutch damaged the radiators in 8 new cars. There were holes in the dash, windshield, severed the drag link. My friend got lucky, he couldn't walk for a few weeks that's about it.



My expectations are that a failure will be contained.



Are there higher end products?

[TCSGTO]

Did a little “Google Research” and found both Lakewood and QT are SFI 6.1 rated which means they are acceptable for NA single disc applications only, and are tested by spinning a 30# steel flywheel to 8K RPM and making it fail.
They probably run the tests until they get one to pass then fill out the documentation and send it in for approval

[Singleton]

Originally Posted by ponjohn

How do you classify this failure?

From the web> "To be fair... the owner of that car did disclose that he made a hole in it for clutch adjustments, didn’t use the block saver plate, so there was no lower structural support.
The hole is where the failure point started.
Im sure quick time is getting beat up over something that really wasn’t their fault."

[Formulajones]

That sounds like QT won't be responsible for that failure at all. Once you start modifying stuff like that, and not using it as intended, all bets are off.

[TCSGTO]

Yep, as soon as you modify a SFI certified part in any way it is no longer a SFI certified part.

[younggto]

They will put an adjustment window in one and recertify for a fee.

[Jack Gifford]

FWIW- A chrome-moly liner in a Lakewood-style SFI can offers the best protection. The liner is held stationary by a single 1/4" bolt which is intended to shear, allowing the liner to spin. The friction between the can and liner dissipates much of the energy of broken flywheel/clutch pieces. Anybody know of this setup ever failing?

[ponjohn]

Originally Posted by Singleton

From the web> "To be fair... the owner of that car did disclose that he made a hole in it for clutch adjustments, didn’t use the block saver plate, so there was no lower structural support.
The hole is where the failure point started.
Im sure quick time is getting beat up over something that really wasn’t their fault."

There are others I saw I cannot find them.



One had the whole DS torn out.