Hey. I am using a 11' clutch, does the bellhousing have to be a 11' or can it be like a 10.4 or 10.5??? the bellhousing part number is 3316AL42.

Thanks!!!

 

No 11" stuff will fit in any stock bell housing that will fit the rest of the stock stuff in one of these cars.

Has to be a 12.8" 153-tooth flywheel and a 10½" or 10.4" (whatever you want to call that) clutch. The 11" clutch won't fit on that size flywheel. The 14" 168-tooth and 11" stuff won't work.

I don't recognize that BH number.

 

Never mind the pun, but that casting# doesn't "ring a bell" with me either. Lol. The easiest way to tell a stock f-body V8 T5 bellhousing is the fact that the trans mounts up tilted towards the driver's side. If it's a bellhousing with trans mounting "straight up", you've got the wrong one for your application.

 

Anyone use a lakewood bellhousing to get an 11" clutch to work?

Like LAK-15030 with a hydraulic TOB ?

-- Joe

 

Any bellhousing that you can use with an old school 4 speed, will work with the T5. I used a 60s-70s bellhousing and a 60s-70s style centerforce dual frction clutch with my T5, in order to use it in my 2nd gen. The input shaft and throwout bearing collar is exactly the same as a 4 speed, w/ the exception of being 26 spline. Luckily the M22 and I think Borg Super T10 were also 26 spline, so I had a good selection of clutches available. I stuck w/ a 10.5 clutch because with a high quality clutch and PP, I didn't see any need for the 11".

 

When i had a thirdgen, I used to have problems with the clutches slipping. I have a brand new 11" flywheel on the shelf, so I was thinking of using an 11" clutch. The vette had a bell housing for the 4+3 that was basicly an alum muncie bell housing, which I'm told will fit an 11" clutch (168 tooth) flywheel,
though some folks have suggested buying a lakewood flywheel.

-- Joe