In a message dated 1/24/2005 5:06:38 PM Central Standard Time, jesse@jessfarr.com writes:

<< I've read this several times, and still not quite sure I can believe > it.  The flex plate I have is thin.  In the .040" range thin.  I realize > that it will all be shear forces, but can 9 threaded holes be expected > to take the 800ft/lb of reaction forces that a typical NA engine is > expected to put out?
 >>


My best race engine had 154.3 foot pounds at 7,800 RPM (229.4 HP)
Best power at 9,400 RPM (244.9 HP) 136.7 foot pounds.

That 800 foot pounds at 7,800 would give you 1,188 HP.

Probably not a factor.   RPM X Torque / 5252 = HP

The flex plate is not a problem.

Lynn E. Hanover