Looking for hard to find bell housing

[Anonymous]

I've heard there was a bell housing that was made to use on the 170 single pattern engine that you could use the larger flywheel and clutch with. I want one of them. Anyone have one or know where one is?
L.D.

 

[addo]

The only one I know of was here in Australia. It was an adaptor which carried a Ford part number, used to adapt the early block to the (larger) Aussie bell.

 

[Anonymous]

The only one I know of was here in Australia. It was an adaptor which carried a Ford part number, used to adapt the early block to the (larger) Aussie bell.

addo,
An adapter would be OK if it would take an US bell. What I am wanting to do is put a T85 OD trannie behind my 170.

 

[addo]

What if you were to use the stronger clutch (from an Alfa) that Rickwrench spoke about fitting, and keep the small flywheel?

 

[Anonymous]

It isn't that I need a stronger clutch. I need a clutch that will take a bigger input shaft and so the throw out bearing will fit on the pressure plate.