HEY EVERYONE THAT IS BUILDING A 2.3 TURBO PINTO!!!!!! If you plan on doing any racing on a sanctioned dragstrip (or even just hot lapping the streets with a really sticky tire, for that matter.) We need to approach Lakewood industries as a organized group to get them to start producing blow-proof bellhousings that are NHRA/IHRA/SFI Approved for both the 2.0/2.3/2.5- C-4 automatics, and for the WC T5 as well! Number ONE reason is OUR SAFETY! Number two is the scarcity of the C-4 bells, and the need to have an UGLY, CUMBERSOME, TRANNY BLANKET/BELLSHEILD on them to be legal! I have called them,and spoke to their tech. dept. they said that they have gotten a few calls over the years, but not enough demand to tool up for production. And who in the real world can afford to have a one-off speciality item machined, that still will not be accepted by ANY sanctioning body? Not me for sure! But, If there is enough of us that want/need this item(s) they might be talked into it. Just figured I would throw this out there, as I am going to be facing this dillema as my project progresses.
George Hewitt (AKA, Poison Pinto 79 Turbo)