What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish? The AX15 uses a very distinctive pattern between trans and bell, and, the AX15 trans bolts to the stock bell with fasteners from inside the bell, so Novak designed a new front bearing retainer that has ears projecting to the sides for bolting to a normal bell and the adapter also incorporates a round bearing register for the normal bell. You can buy oem bearing retainers on ebay if you want something in your hands to stare at...there are two styles; one for internal slave and one for external, some are iron and some are aluminum, bolt pattern is the same. There are several different input shaft lengths depending on the oem application. This will affect the design of an adapter. Look in my web pages for details on shaft lengths. I know very little about gm oem applications so can't offer any insite on those pieces. Maybe something in the gm parts pile could be helpful... It may be possible to use one of the 'long' shaft units and make an adapter to mount the matching bellhousing, although this would then require some work on the flywheel, again, all determined by the oem application of the trans. I suppose another option would be to do some heavy fab/welding to a gm aluminum bell and make it look like the AX15 bell. The cnc equipment would definately be required for that. .
It's not "stupid".........it's a learning exercise. It seems to me the greatest educational benefit would come from making careful measurements of the transmission and bellhousing you wish to mate and drawing up the required dimensions instead of just copying them. Ray
Yeah, someone (or several of us) has experience................ You are young so I won't bust your balls for not understanding my point, but if you didn't understand it, you should ask for clarification, rather than ask that someone do the work for you. It won't be me and I doubt that Novak will either. You have cnc equipment. You can 'map' the bolt and dowel patterns in the bell and trans. You already have pics of the Novak part (if all you want to do is steal the design) You will actually have to know what you are trying to accomplish and you will actually have to know how to run a calculator. You absoultely must have an understanding of the inter-relationship of the parts. Personally, I think that your instructor is asking a bit too much if this is his idea, especially if you do not have the parts in front of you. Without the parts you are just guessing. Did I mention that there are different input shaft lengths? Yes I did. Did you bother to read the info I have presented? Probably not. Is the shaft length important in the design of an adapter? 100% .
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