Yes i milled the thickness of the mid plate off the engine backing plate to keep all my tolerances the same as oem specs. I wish i could take credit for the adapter plate but i cant that was from Van
No, the mid plate that goes frame rail to frame rail is 3/8 aluminum. I machined 3/8 off of the OEM backing plate to keep everything to oem specs and sandwiched the new mid plate between the bellhousing and OEM backing plate. As for the reverser there is a 1 inch plate that is between the bellhousing and profab it is not a direct bolt upSo you are still running the stock engine/bellhousing adapter just machined down the thickness off the new rear engine mount that is sandwiched between the adapter and the belhousing right? On our truck running a blow proff can we made a set of actual mid plates (2 half inch plates) that adapt the belhousing to the rear engine...Tricky thing with the Cummins though is how the rear main seal sticks out behind the block which then requires a 1" thick mid plate.
Is there then an adapter needed for bolting the belhousing to the reverser or is the bolt patern the same as a NV4500?
RyanB
Wonder if the chevy 4500 bell is the same as the dodge? I seem to recall it's different and won't allow as large a clutch to be used? Think that was what chris watson mentioned?
I personally do not like the idea of running a belhousing blanket at anything over 5000rpm...even with a fully SFI clutch and blanket! with my feet within inches of the belhousing its way to big of a risk to me and thats the reason why on our new truck we went with an actual can which means we have to use one of the smaller, more expensive 4 disk clutches!
I do not understand this comment. Are the blankets and clutch cans rated differently? I have not looked, but I was under the impression that they had the same SFI rating.