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Old 11-17-2003, 07:59 PM
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Originally posted by Motorman
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if you look closley you will see the bell is vented or at least it appears to be, i've built some of these for my brand X cars and the weight of the bell goes way down. its one of the heaviest spinning pieces.next to the flywheel, you can also vent the push plate. I generally vent the bell with long slots
Yes, like what PUNISHER mentioned, it looks like the same clutchbell as the one in Centax II. I'm hoping that they are the same actually...

I don't know how much drilling you did for the brand X car but Serpent mentioned that the reduction in weight for the lightened clutchbell option is about 10% only. But I actually like the idea that the clutchbell gets cooled better with the vents more than anything else.

Yeah, venting the push plate is a good idea. I think Art Carbonnel drills swiss cheese holes at the back of the clutchshoe to make it lighter too.

But there was mentioned that the 710 will NOT come with the lightened clutchbell?

Rene, can you confirm this?
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