Clutch/flywheel advice.

[Lone Star Performance]

Billet steel Spec Flywheel with an Exedy stage 2 clutch

[dblack1]

Wasn't thinking of it that way. Wouldn't reducing my flywheel mass increase bog off the line?

Shouldn't bog off the line anyway. I've never had that problem and I've run a aluminum wheel behind a 393w and a set up identical to yours pretty much.

[jw33]

Wasn't thinking of it that way. Wouldn't reducing my flywheel mass increase bog off the line?

biggest bunch of bullshit I've ever heard. If you drive a 1.6L honda that could be an issue, but with a 300+ci V8 you'll wish you woud have done it sooner along with an aluminum balancer. Plus like someone else said the aluminum wheels have a removable face that you can replace if it wears out and they still bring decent money used because of that.

[91CoupeMike]

biggest bunch of bullshit I've ever heard. If you drive a 1.6L honda that could be an issue, but with a 300+ci V8 you'll wish you woud have done it sooner along with an aluminum balancer. Plus like someone else said the aluminum wheels have a removable face that you can replace if it wears out and they still bring decent money used because of that.

See now this is what happens. I'm on your side but then I have people telling it will just suck ass for driveabilty, have to rev it extra high to get rolling ect.. But I bet it runs like a motherfucker once it's rolling.

[91GriggsGT]

Just put the cheap shit in there. $35 for a stock flywheel? Sounds good. Sure you can get a cheap clutch setup too from AZ since you work there.

And I have been out of the drag stuff since high school, but the comment about rotating mass seems like a load of shit.

Just thinking about weight, all the steel shit is heavier, so it would seem to me that it would actually drag on the motor since there is more weight to rotate?

[jw33]

See now this is what happens. I'm on your side but then I have people telling it will just suck ass for driveabilty, have to rev it extra high to get rolling ect.. But I bet it runs like a motherfucker once it's rolling.

They don't know shit or they drive a 95hp FWD. You will never know it is even there driving it around everyday.

[racrguy]

Just put the cheap shit in there. $35 for a stock flywheel? Sounds good. Sure you can get a cheap clutch setup too from AZ since you work there.

And I have been out of the drag stuff since high school, but the comment about rotating mass seems like a load of shit.

Just thinking about weight, all the steel shit is heavier, so it would seem to me that it would actually drag on the motor since there is more weight to rotate?

It depends on what you're trying to do, sometimes a heavier flywheel is better than a light one.

[Lone Sailor]

If you're going to change to a different transmission in the near future then just resurface your current flywheel, if possible, and put in a cheap pressure plate and disk.


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[91CoupeMike]

Just got it all apart and there was oil all in the bell housing and the clutch disk had 2 darker rings of wear. It wasn't wore like my last one, but this one was still half ass working.

[91CoupeMike]

I'm going to replace the rear main, I also had 1 flywheel bolt that was oily. 2 possible leaks, the back of the flywheel was dry though.

[5.0Thunder]

were those bolts loose at all?

[91CoupeMike]

were those bolts loose at all?

No. They were on there pretty good.

[5.0Thunder]

welp, might as well attack that seal while you are in there. lol

[91CoupeMike]

There was always oil on the bottom of the bell housing and you can see on the block plate where it had been dripping behind the flywheel. But I never had any oil on the ground, which makes me think it's the bolt because it would only leak with the engine running at a certain oil pressure (theory).

I've had a rear main on my shelf for about 2 years, so might aswell.

[5.0Thunder]

There was always oil on the bottom of the bell housing and you can see on the block plate where it had been dripping behind the flywheel. But I never had any oil on the ground, which makes me think it's the bolt because it would only leak with the engine running at a certain oil pressure (theory).

I've had a rear main on my shelf for about 2 years, so might aswell.

I wouldn't think that a bolt would leak unless the threads got facked during a flywheel install or something but maybe it is still finding a way through.