I'm having my Tiger restored at the moment and am approaching the stage of reassembly (well sometime in the next 12 months anyway).
I bought the car with a scattershield fitted, an as I'm sure you know that's bloody heavy. Having never seen or held an alloy bellhousing I have no idea how much lighter one would be/what sort of weight saving one would bring.
I have read and digested what has been written about the safety aspects of having a scattershield and have concluded that as my car has a mildly warmed over 289 and will be driven on the road I reckon I'll be fine with an alloy housing.
I also seem to remember (but need to check) that a scattershield needs to have some modifications to the gearbox tunnel to fit correctly. Is this true? Having just spent a considerable amount getting the whole shell, tunnel included, looking as it did when it left Jenson I'd rather not start modifying things.
I bought the car with a scattershield fitted, an as I'm sure you know that's bloody heavy. Having never seen or held an alloy bellhousing I have no idea how much lighter one would be/what sort of weight saving one would bring.
I have read and digested what has been written about the safety aspects of having a scattershield and have concluded that as my car has a mildly warmed over 289 and will be driven on the road I reckon I'll be fine with an alloy housing.
I also seem to remember (but need to check) that a scattershield needs to have some modifications to the gearbox tunnel to fit correctly. Is this true? Having just spent a considerable amount getting the whole shell, tunnel included, looking as it did when it left Jenson I'd rather not start modifying things.