Anyone here using a scatter shield?

gnx547 said:

My 94 Gt is supercharged, it has a T5 with a king cobra clutch. The car makes around 430 rwhp. I do get on it hard sometimes on the street but I don't go to the track.

Revhead347, how much power does your car make? What clutch are you using?

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Not sure what I'm going to make with this engine. I ran my last engine for 10 years with the standard aluminum bellhousing that comes with the Tremec. The last engine made 491rwhp/630 rwtq. I use a SPEC 4+ solid hub clutch. A clutch usually comes apart if the RPMs get rediculously high. I honestly don't think there is much risk with a low rpm engine. Certainly not with a blower engine that's going to make good power at a reasonable rpm. I would just make sure you have a good ignition based rev limiter on the car and not worry about it. I had a coworker who spent 2 months in traction because a multi disk clutch went through his leg. That was on a late model circle track car that got bumped in the rear and the RPMs shot up over 12,000 though. I've honestly never heard of a clutch coming apart on a sub 7,000 rpm car. If you are going to get a scatter shield, I would wait until you have a decent transmission to go with it. A T-5 isn't going to hold out at those power levels forever anyway. Not many people in the market for a T-5 scatter shield either. There are scattershields available that bolt to the body of the car too. Those stop the clutch after it has exited the bellhousing. It sounds kind of silly, but at least then you don't have to sit there and dial in the bellhousing.

Kurt