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Run to Rund · 07-04-2008, 12:49 PM

I got a Quicktime housing a week ago for Olds/Pontiac from an ebay seller. Looks simiilar to the one above. The only thing I saw that you have to be careful about is the upper two tranny mount bolts. The holes are blind and you want to catch all the threads in the rear piece that is welded to the "cone", so you should try-fit and trim down the bolts to length.
Weight (bathroom scale accuracy--weighed several times to get close as possible) is 23 lb + 5 lb for block plate. A current Lakewood for Olds/Pontiac weighs 31 lb, plus 8 lb block plate. The Lakewood also uses a bunch more upper bolts that are hard to access with the engine in the car, whereas the Quicktime uses only the factory block mount bolts in the top half. They have 8 bolts across the bottom per NHRA rule, and the housing came with current (6/08) SFI sticker with its serial number etched on the housing next to it.

Anyone who has used a Lakewood for O/P in the past 30+ years knows the Lakewood morons put a block plate to housing bolt boss right where the clutch rod has to go. I sent mine back to them when it was new a couple years ago (I thought they might have learned, but, nope!) and they cut it off and didn't even change the SFI sticker. Cost me $65 shipping both ways for something I could have done with my Sawzall, just because I wanted to be legal. After several emails before sending it to them, they finally admitted that there might be interference in "some applications." Yeah, right. Only those that actually use a clutch inside the Lakewood. Happily, the Quicktime has no boss in the way. Their spun "cone" is thinner but stronger steel and apparently is so strong they don't need so many bolts to sandwich the block plate to the housing.

07-04-2008, 12:49 PM	#12
Run to Rund Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 583 Likes: 8 Liked 54 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Mcleod vs Lakewood SFI Bell Housing ? I got a Quicktime housing a week ago for Olds/Pontiac from an ebay seller. Looks simiilar to the one above. The only thing I saw that you have to be careful about is the upper two tranny mount bolts. The holes are blind and you want to catch all the threads in the rear piece that is welded to the "cone", so you should try-fit and trim down the bolts to length. Weight (bathroom scale accuracy--weighed several times to get close as possible) is 23 lb + 5 lb for block plate. A current Lakewood for Olds/Pontiac weighs 31 lb, plus 8 lb block plate. The Lakewood also uses a bunch more upper bolts that are hard to access with the engine in the car, whereas the Quicktime uses only the factory block mount bolts in the top half. They have 8 bolts across the bottom per NHRA rule, and the housing came with current (6/08) SFI sticker with its serial number etched on the housing next to it. Anyone who has used a Lakewood for O/P in the past 30+ years knows the Lakewood morons put a block plate to housing bolt boss right where the clutch rod has to go. I sent mine back to them when it was new a couple years ago (I thought they might have learned, but, nope!) and they cut it off and didn't even change the SFI sticker. Cost me $65 shipping both ways for something I could have done with my Sawzall, just because I wanted to be legal. After several emails before sending it to them, they finally admitted that there might be interference in "some applications." Yeah, right. Only those that actually use a clutch inside the Lakewood. Happily, the Quicktime has no boss in the way. Their spun "cone" is thinner but stronger steel and apparently is so strong they don't need so many bolts to sandwich the block plate to the housing.