KaBoooom.....Clutch pics.

99 RT/10 · July 3rd, 2007, 07:52 AM

Where can you get it and how much?

DynoDaddy · July 3rd, 2007, 08:04 AM

Summit or Jegs will have them. It is a Stroud Universal tranny blanket. I have to go look and see what the length of it was. You might be able to put it on with the engine bolted up and the tranny dropped down, but it is better to do it when everything is out of the car. I used the coil pack bolts and the bolts in the back of the head to anchor it down. Then you use the straps and belts to wrtap it around the tranny.

Like I said before I was not worried about heat issues because I have a tranny cooler installed. You might run into problems running this unit on a stock car.

99 RT/10 · July 3rd, 2007, 08:09 AM

If it only goes around the bellhousing, I could imagine that the heat would be too bad. think it's possible to remove it without having to take out the tranny?

DynoDaddy · July 3rd, 2007, 08:55 AM

If you drop the tranny down a couple inches, take the cowl off and everything else off it might be doable in a few patient hours.

For those on of you a budget you can find an expired Stroud Universal blanket on ebay all the time. As long as they are in good condition you can send them to Stroud and have it recertified IF you wanted to.

I looked long and hard for one that would fit around this tranny but was not too wide. I was lucky enough to have a firend that let me test fit a blanket he uses off of his race car before I purchased this piece. I think it was money well spent.

**CHAD** · July 3rd, 2007, 10:15 AM

DD, please post the PN, mfr, source and any other info so others can get one. Great insurance.

plumcrazy · July 3rd, 2007, 10:20 AM

a Stroud 516 is what jegs just told me for a universal fit on a T56 trans

Simms · July 3rd, 2007, 10:25 AM

I have one as well. I think mine is a universal RCI blanket (not 100% sure though).

Mike, asky Larry about mine. He has been putting them on a lot of cars.

JID · July 5th, 2007, 10:13 PM

I gave the dimensions of the bellhousing to Stroud today to have one made to cover the bellhousing only (and a couple of 4 inches of Tranny). the one i'm getting is Kevlar. and like DD, I have a tranny cooler so i don't worry quite as much about heat.

I'm surprised there aren't more of these around. But they are a must for anyone with a high HP car.

JD

car24 · July 5th, 2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JID

I gave the dimensions of the bellhousing to Stroud today to have one made to cover the bellhousing only (and a couple of 4 inches of Tranny). the one i'm getting is Kevlar. and like DD, I have a tranny cooler so i don't worry quite as much about heat.

I'm surprised there aren't more of these around. But they are a must for anyone with a high HP car.

JD

Good idea JD. Now if you could only build some horsepower.

bigredsrt · July 5th, 2007, 11:32 PM

Mine went in a slightly larger fashion.....

I had to fix a hole in the floor.

JID - glad you got around to speaking with Stroud bud.

JID · July 6th, 2007, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bigredsrt

Mine went in a slightly larger fashion.....

I had to fix a hole in the floor.

JID - glad you got around to speaking with Stroud bud.

yeah... you are reason i got an extra 4 inches over the tranny.

HOWFAST · July 6th, 2007, 04:21 PM

Glad you didn't get hurt on that one. That's a pretty serious outcome.

Gus//

**catwood** · July 6th, 2007, 04:40 PM

I once saw a flywheel/clutch in a big block in a shoebox come apart just at the 60'. it cut both framerails in half and the car bent to the ground in the middle. Driver was lucky...didn't loose anyting but his underwear and car.

ROGUE GTS · July 6th, 2007, 05:10 PM

Honestly guys I wouldn't trust just a blanket. If you have ever seen the aftermath of a clutch or tranny coming apart you want some solid steel in there.

And you wonder why the big hp cars run titanium bell housings and scatter shields on top of that.

Oh and that was just the clutch disc coming apart that blew up the bell housing. Imagine what it would look like if that 50lb flywheel came apart at 5k rpm.