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Old 10-31-2003, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Flo' date='Oct 30 2003, 05:38 PM
Thats good to hear. I am putting in a new clutch and planned on getting a new flywheel too. But I was looking at the SP 9lb. Might be too light and harsh but I already got a girl
The RB is actually 8.5 lbs . It's the counterweight that totals the whole thing to 12 lbs. I'm sure it's the same weight as the SP 9lb one. I'd say go with the RB one simply b/c vendors usually sell these with the act ss clutch as a combo... you save only a little $$, but everything counts with these cars.
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Old 10-31-2003, 10:05 AM
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Unless you are road racing stick with the stock flywheel. It ain't worth all that extra money to get an aluminum one
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Old 10-31-2003, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 93 R1' date='Oct 31 2003, 08:05 AM
Unless you are road racing stick with the stock flywheel. It ain't worth all that extra money to get an aluminum one
why do you say that? I noticed a huge difference in my cars performace with the aluminum FW.
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Old 10-31-2003, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rfreeman27' date='Oct 30 2003, 10:41 PM
I have heard the opposite
Thats what I have heard too! lol.



Twin plate is nice, but it hurts the wallet. Hard petal or soft makes no differance to me.... as long as it can grip. I am going to do the flywheel also. I have heard that the 9lb'er is "fun" to drive, so I will find out in about a week. I thinking of going with the ACT HD PP with the s/s disc. Figure I will need to get the good stuff. Should be going single turbo in 6 months or so. Nothing crazy, 425rwhp or so. That clutch be able to hold it, right?



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Old 11-01-2003, 11:19 AM
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Centerforce doesn't seam to last on the fd. It also doesn't have those weights that the advertise because the fd has a pull-type clutch. The ss works well for cars making 400 hp or less. Beyond that you'll need the extreme.
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Old 11-01-2003, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by moehler' date='Oct 31 2003, 12:41 PM
why do you say that? I noticed a huge difference in my cars performace with the aluminum FW.
It may be *fun* to drive a lightweight flywheel, but for drag racing you want the extra mass of the stock flywheel. Also the aluminum flywheel can warp if you abuse it too much...basically I rather spend the $500 on a water injection setup or something else cool that will make more power
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Originally Posted by 93 R1' date='Nov 1 2003, 04:39 PM
It may be *fun* to drive a lightweight flywheel, but for drag racing you want the extra mass of the stock flywheel. Also the aluminum flywheel can warp if you abuse it too much...basically I rather spend the $500 on a water injection setup or something else cool that will make more power
yeah, I didn't read the "go to the drag strip twice a month" part of the original post... I agree that a lightweight flywheel is no good for hard launches.
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I have the centerforce currently and do not like it. The pedal is too soft and slips too much during hard launches. I am soon going to go back to an ACT s/s clutch, which I never had any problems with.
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I dunno, asfter having a lightweight flyhweel I'd never go back to stock. The car just revs soooo slow! Every time I test drive a customer's car and it has a stock flywheel I'm like %#@%^%^! Can't rev match properly. I've had my M2 9.5 lb for like 3 years now and 35k miles. Just recently I had to replace the friction surface on it.
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