LtWt Flywheel, Who's Runnin one?

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

interesting, first i've heard of that happening. though nowhere in the post does it mention TT or NA.

in general, if the guys at a reputable companies like 3SX or Maximal have had good experience with them (especially over the length of time that Eric and Terry claim to been using them, as noted above), I'd say that they're probably pretty quality products overall.

here's another NA and a TT for you.

so, you are saying that Dynamic Racing is not reputable?

I've seen MANY posts over the years of the ring gears separating on those. Just as many saying the friction disks warped and caused the clutch to drag.

Terry is also running FWD. The load of an AWD car with a ton of traction is many times that of a FWD car.

[sketch]

so, you are saying that Dynamic Racing is not reputable?

I don't think I said or inferred that anywhere in my post. Stating that a positive about one company or product is true does not automatically infer that the inverse is true of another company or product without mentioning it. Though you are free to interpret my post in any manner of your choosing.

I've seen MANY posts over the years of the ring gears separating on those. Just as many saying the friction disks warped and caused the clutch to drag.

If you look around enough, you can probably find posts re: any brand's flywheel having a wide variety of issues.

Terry is also running FWD. The load of an AWD car with a ton of traction is many times that of a FWD car.

If you look at his post above, which I conveniently linked for you, he swapped to TT (and subsequently swapped on the AWD flywheel) and didn't have any issues with that, either.

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

The point is he is not running the car AWD, it is not been AWD converted. An AWD car is much harder to launch.

It is obvious you are going to run this thing no matter what I say, so go for it.

[sketch]

Well, it's a good thing that I'm FWD-TT and don't need to worry about AWD launches then, right?

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

Well, it's a good thing that I'm FWD-TT and don't need to worry about AWD launches then, right?

haha yeah if that is what it is then run whatever you want.

[FeaRpb]

I have light weight billet flywhyeel with my clutchmasters setup. I haven't ran it yet, but I feel that it will do me just fine with no issues.

[green-lantern]

I have a friction plate here that came off mine. It's pretty damn flat but I can tell if I lay it on a flat surface it's not perfect. Honestly I wouldn't expect one to be perfect after so many heat cycles. It's just the surface, not really the back bone. The real test would be to check the plate with the FW. I don't think there would be anyway possible to make a stronger aluminum flywheel than a steel one though. Performance vs reliability

Mine had served me well so far, hopefully it will stay that way. If I have it taken off I'll take it and have it tested.

[Nihil]

I have a friction plate here that came off mine. It's pretty damn flat but I can tell if I lay it on a flat surface it's not perfect. Honestly I wouldn't expect one to be perfect after so many heat cycles. It's just the surface, not really the back bone. The real test would be to check the plate with the FW. I don't think there would be anyway possible to make a stronger aluminum flywheel than a steel one though. Performance vs reliability

Mine had served me well so far, hopefully it will stay that way. If I have it taken off I'll take it and have it tested.

This is the kind of info I'm lookin for, thanks for the input.

After the bickering in this thread, I'm feelin a little leary of the Fidanza though. That's the most common one it seems though, huh? Wonder if the quality control has gone down and those who've had theirs for a long time, got one in the days of better economy and quality control ha.

What HP numbers are you guys puttin down, guess I shoulda asked that too, as gump had a good point with the HP/weight

[anyonebutme]

I've given my *used* fidanza hell for years. If you are overheating it to the point of warping, you need a more aggressive plate or to change the launch technique.

I don't slip my clutch. probably why it's still good. no heat.

[Nihil]

Do they have different plate options then? I just read this review on the evo forum. In regards to that, when you guys installed, did you use old bolts, ARP or anything else different? That looks like a bad install to me, that I don't want to happen