Detour from cutting up the chassis for a moment. After months of measuring, drawing, triple checking and revising drawings… parts are materializing to move the transmission project forward.
Got this picture from CNC of the adapter plate being born:
Less than 24 hours later I had it test fit to the motor, a couple final adjustments made, and now it’s off to anodizing:
With the adapter here I was able to mock up the bellhousing to the motor for the first time and do some trimming on that so that it now mounts up:
And apparently Monday all the stars and planets were aligned because on that same day the custom flywheel arrived. This baby is CNCd from a single piece of chromoly, designed for a 7.25″ twin plate clutch, with a welded ring gear and integral pilot bearing (So happy to have a pilot bearing after the MV5/7 design that doesn’t have one). It’s almost 10 lbs lighter than the ‘lightweight’ aluminum flywheel from Spec, and almost 20 lbs lighter than the factory flywheel.
