Flywheel Question
12-10-2007, 07:04 AM
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Flywheel Question I am about to have a SPEC 3+ Clutch installed in my Formula. I was wondering if I should go ahead and replace the flywheel with a SPEC billet steel one as well, or should I have the original resurfaced? The original has about 35K miles on it. I am leaning towards replacing.
Any input would be appreciated.
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Any input would be appreciated.
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12-11-2007, 12:52 AM
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Unless the surface is damaged, you CAN reuse the original. If you want to upgrade, you can use the billet steel, or an aluminum flywheel. All depends on what you want. If you want easy high RPM shifts, I think you're best with the stock flywheel or the billet steel. If you want super fast, sport bikish, revs, then you should use the aluminum flywheel.
The cheapest route of course, is just to use stock. Was your clutch still in tact when you removed it? As long as there was no metal to metal contact, it should be ok. To stay on the safe side, you could have it resurfaced regardless.
The cheapest route of course, is just to use stock. Was your clutch still in tact when you removed it? As long as there was no metal to metal contact, it should be ok. To stay on the safe side, you could have it resurfaced regardless.
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Thanks for the reply's!
The clutch I am replacing does not slip or anything. I am just replacing it as the car is going under the knife (boost
), and the stock clutch with 35K miles will not last long at all after it is all said and done.
The clutch I am replacing does not slip or anything. I am just replacing it as the car is going under the knife (boost
), and the stock clutch with 35K miles will not last long at all after it is all said and done.
12-11-2007, 07:48 AM
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I would get a new flywheel. To retain the proper geometry after surfacing the flywheel, you would have to space the flywheel between the crank the same amount that was removed from the surface. Some clutches you can get away with surfacing a little without worrying about all that, but spec isn't one IMO. Spec already has to shim the slave closer to the PP to get the clutch to release properly.
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I would get a new flywheel. To retain the proper geometry after surfacing the flywheel, you would have to space the flywheel between the crank the same amount that was removed from the surface. Some clutches you can get away with surfacing a little without worrying about all that, but spec isn't one IMO. Spec already has to shim the slave closer to the PP to get the clutch to release properly.
