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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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What's the deal with this flywheel?

I purchased this lightweight steel 225mm flywheel some time ago on Ebay from a gentleman in Canada. I should have studied the pics more carefully because once I tried to fit my racing beat clutch and pressure plate to the unit disappointment quickly set in!
Turns out there is no outer raised area on this flywheel for the pp to bolt to.
If I place the pp directly on the flywheel there is a large gap between the two.
Does anyone have experience with this unit and if so can you tell me more about it? It seems I have nothing more than a paper weight if I cannot locate an appropriate clutch/pp to work with it.
The guy I purchased it from had no additional info on the unit.
I put up a couple pics http://webpages.charter.net/heath7/
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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You need the right size spacers. Contact the guys at Mazdatrix, or find a clutch shop in your area. They will be able to fix you up.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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So you think spacers would be safe to use with this? It's going on a 12a peripheral port and it will be spinning at pretty high rpm's
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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It's designed to work with spacers.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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RB sell a kit with bolts and spacers for about $30. The spacers are right at 1/4" thick. Had I known that, I would not have spent the $30 for the kit.
Good luck!
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 10:55 PM
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I didn't see the spacers on their site. The flywheel doesn't look like any they have pictured.
Any clue who manufactured this flywheel? Are you thinking the spacers racing beat sells will work with this unit even though it dosn't seem as though they design or sell it?
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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Call Mazdatrix. They will get you exactly what you need.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Yes. Danthe man is right!! I've used the same spacer kit and flywheel setup on bridge port SCCA GT-3 and p-port GT-1 engines!!! Listen to Dantheman. He is dead on target!!
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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Here are a few pics of the flywheel with the clutch disk and pp. The gap is a bit under 3/4" ...maybe 11/16" or so. Sorry if the pics are a bit large



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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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Hey, if you want an RB Bolt kit, I do have a spare.
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