LtWt Flywheel, Who's Runnin one?

[Nihil]

I wanna know who's runnin a light weight flywheel. Brand, weight, material, miles you've got on it and how it's holdin up. I'm in the market for one but can't decide on what to get.

I don't want to know pros and cons, that's all I can find in regards to them. I'm interested in quality and longevity, issues or problems and what not.

Share your experiences, please!

[kywhitelightning]

I've had an RPS for 7 years now. I just rebuilt it with the replacement pads. ~30k on it so far.

Jeff

[drew0u812]

I have over 200,000 miles on my Fidanza, it has worked great over the years. I would not go back to the heavy stock flywheel.
I don't have a problem launching the car either... Yes, you will need a bit more revs for an aggressive start, but the engine revs up faster and is more responsive to the throttle, I don't have a problem getting the tach to around 5K for a nice hard launch, about 500rpm more than the stock flywheel. I do believe however, that the smaller mass of the flywheel can exasperate the transmission "rattle" noise when idling.

[Nihil]

Thanks guys. I've heard of the Fidanza's warping, I'm wondering if it's from people who can't adjust to the different throttle response and are slipping the clutch more, causing more heat and warping.

I wouldn't think billet aluminum would warp unless under heavy abuse.

[Maximal]

I beat the crap out of my FWD Fidanza for years without any issue...countless drag passes with a 150 shot of nitrous. When I went with my TT swap I threw an AWD one on and haven't had any issues with that.

With that said, if you plan on drag racing or launching for whatever reason I'd stay away from it as it makes the car bog easier. However, if you're doing anything else (street, auto-x, track) I'd definitely recommend one.

If you guys are interested let me know and I can get you some pricing. /shameless plug.

[green-lantern]

I have a Fidanza and it's holding up fine. I bought it used from Chris (IPO) a few years back. Seems like most like a heavy FW for drag racing and a light one for road course.

[SUTHNR]

I've had my Fidanza in my car since about 2000 - same one. Been through probably 4 faceplates. It's a billet CNC backing with a steel faceplate held on with 18-20 bolts. If someone says it's warped, they are either not installing the faceplate correctly or not installing the clutch cover correctly, or not driving correctly. But the surviving the driving has been more than proven by many people here - mine has about 200 drag passes, many hours on the road course, and at least a dozen autocross events...)

We have them in stock for TT and NA: Fidanza Aluminum Flywheels - MIT5 VR4/TT and MIT6 FWD/NA*-*Mitsubishi 3000GT*/*Dodge Stealth Parts

EricB

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

matt at DR sure has a different opinion.

[DuTTch]

I went back to stock flywheel

[CoopKill]

Throwing an IPS lightweight stealy on