ok ive searched from page 1 to page 10 after i typed in "f1 racing flywheel" into the search field and have found nothing...ive even googled it and found that alot of honda, nissan, tiburon, subaru guys have installed them and have liked them so far...but ive seen nothing with us 7 guys...

PLS NO MORE OF THIS...."just save up and buy an act or an exedy"...i know how good act and exedy is....

i just want to know if ANYBODY has installed an f1 racing flywheel into their fc and how is their experience with it so far....

currently im putting down 230hp 201lbs of torque in my t2 until my clutch starts slipping at 5k rpm....im not skipping out on the quality of my clutch...im going to get a bonez street clutch or exedy stage 1....im just debating with the flywheel choice without making myself homeless...lol

so if there is any1 with an f1 racing flywheel installed, pls let me know how u hate it or love it....

 

keep the stock flywheel and get an ACT clutch.


/thread.

 

wasnt this just the kind of reply i "wasnt" looking for?...ok people......let me reiterate this....pls dont reply to this thread unless you HAVE AN F1 RACING FLYWHEEL!....i only want to know who has one and how they like it...geez...pls read the whole thing before replying...thank you

 

save up and buy something of good quality.

 

OsGiken clutch and flywheel combo

http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/part...win_Disk/14198

honestly i cant think of anyone has used one...i dunno...but us 7 owners love to spend the big bucks!

(when we have it )

 

i never heard of a F1 flywheel for a rx7.. ask one of the mods.. lol or that might close down the thread.

 

Lightweight Flywheel + 13b = fail
I installed an aluminum flywheel and pawned it off with in a week for a light chromoly gave that one about 6 weeks before the OE one was put back.
Hills, dead stops, and idle will all take a hit. if you have any porting done past a SP I would forget it.
as for F1 flywheels there good or there not its hard to say with them, you get what you pay for.

 

^Meh, depends on your driving style I guess. I had a 9lber on my car when it was a mildly ported N/A and didn't have any problems. Sure you had to be more conscience about it, revving a little higher at stops and such but it did do what it was intended to do and I had no complaints. I also sported for an ACT street disc and, to my own fault, an extreme PP. IMO the disc will make the biggest difference in starting from a stop, hills etc etc, not the flywheel. It does have adverse effects, but not like a shitty disc.

ACT can be had for ~$60 more on ebizzle. Stop being cheap. There's a reason why most of the good rotary specific co's are charging >$400 for a flywheel and this thing is $168.
Cheap generally cost more and buying the more expensive part is usually cheaper

 

Weren't the F1 flywheels the same ones that were exploding and chopping off peoples legs in SRT-4's?

 

well for one...i still have the stock porting...also...im not doing any extreme driving every weekend...although i usually try to attend track events every couple months or so...so its not like im going to be driving at a constant 8000rpm everytime i go to work.......from what ive researched there have been nothing but good news about them...also with the ACT being $60 more, u also have to think about the $130 counterweight that you have to get with it...so its really pushing it around the $400-450 mark...the ACT streetlite is around 13lbs while the prolite is 9lbs...the f1 is rite in the middle at 11lbs...so i would think it would be nice for a daily driver like mine with occasional track days (autox and drifting)...the f1 flywheel is also SFI 1.1 approved....so for $168 + $98 counterweight = around $270....the f1 racing flywheel also has the ring gear milled into it as with all the high end flywheels...so any input on this?...

o and as for the os giken stuff?...im not trying to buy a clutch n flywheel thats worth more than my tax return and my car all together..lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F1-RA...Q5fAccessories

 

Can't really comment on how the ring gear is installed, but I can tell you the flywheel that came with my Exedy twin disc that retails for something ridiculous like $2300 is a one piece design.

I wouldn't trust any company that offers it's own counterweight. The only counterweight that I would trust would be an OEM mazda counterweight which is where every flywheel manufacturer that I research got "thiers"

 

Man up and buy one. Tell everyone on the forum if it's good or bad, (if it's bad, then resell it on ebay).

Start a trend, be a pioneer.

Every new mod and new product gets hammered until it is proven or disproved by someone.

Good luck and by the way, I hear those little rascal electric carts work really well, just in case you lose your legs on a tragic flywheel mishap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2pz1PkhAo8



http://www.rascalscooters.com/index....oter/655/id/50

 

good point...but again...why would i be driving at 8000rpm 24/7?...and i also dont have 500+ hp to the wheels either...lol...anyway...if i cant find any1 that has some good input on the f1 racing flywheel within the next month, then im probably just going to go with the ACT prolite...

 

Yeah, some parts you just spend the extra dough for proven integrity

 

ACT is
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ACT-X...Q5fAccessories

Thats a whopping $40 more. Buy quality.

 

Or buy something used. Great friend of mine recently sold an RB flywhel, PP and street disc for ~$450 total.

 

i have that dual setup with the billet anodized clutch cover,OS GIKEN bearing and OS GIKEN adjustable tranny fork on my drag/street car and is fuc^(( amazing,lucky me i didnt pay for it it came with a J-SPEC that i ordered from CANADA

 

$130 counterweight NOT INCLUDED...

 

You'll need the same counterweight for whatever flywheel you buy.

 

I said that already, he doesn't seem to get it... maybe the third time?

You'll need to get a counterweight for whatever flywheel you buy unless it's a stock replacement. I have never known a company to make thier own counterweight. All the Co's that I talked to bought them directly from Mazda and sold them as "thier's" So you can buy the $98 F1 counterweight as long as they don't make them themselves with a different bolt pattern. But if that were the case, I wouldn't buy it regardless.

 

I ran a NIB 9lb Fidanza flywheel that I bought from a fellow forum member for ~$200 in my old NA. Daily drove the thing for 2 years and loved it. I also found a friend who had bought a used counterweight for (IIRC) about $50 from another forum member. My point is that you don't always have to pay top prices to get good stuff. You just have to spend some time shopping around.
On the other hand, if you're just itching to try something that no one in our rotary community seems to have commented on I say go for it. Just be sure to let us know how it turned out.

 

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You'll need to get a counterweight for whatever flywheel you buy unless it's a stock replacement. I have never known a company to make thier own counterweight. All the Co's that I talked to bought them directly from Mazda and sold them as "thier's" So you can buy the $98 F1 counterweight as long as they don't make them themselves with a different bolt pattern. But if that were the case, I wouldn't buy it regardless.[/QUOTE]

So is the counterweight needed for all of these flywheels one out of an automatic? And if you installed an ACT with the counterweight you will also need to get the rotating assembly balanced?

 

You'll need to get a counterweight for whatever flywheel you buy unless it's a stock replacement. I have never known a company to make thier own counterweight. All the Co's that I talked to bought them directly from Mazda and sold them as "thier's" So you can buy the $98 F1 counterweight as long as they don't make them themselves with a different bolt pattern. But if that were the case, I wouldn't buy it regardless.[/QUOTE]

So is the counterweight needed for all of these flywheels one out of an automatic? And if you installed an ACT with the counterweight you will also need to get the rotating assembly balanced?[/QUOTE]

The OEM flywheel has the counterweight built in.

The FC Automatic has a *flexplate*, as do all automatic tranny's. Therefore, Mazda uses a counter weight that goes on first to balance the engine. This is the counter weight you need.

You MUST use a counterweight from the SAME SERIES as your engine. S5 needs an S5counterweight , S4 needs N counterweight S4. Why? The rotors on S5 weigh less than the rotors on S4. Therefore, you need to keep within the series for your counterweight.

If you put the wrong counterweight on, your engine could shake itself and the car to pieces.

Only buy a counterweight from someone you trust, or from a known automatic parts car.

Do not screw this up.

Good Luck!

 

It's like unprotected sex, it only takes one time for bad things to happen, whether its desease, unplanned pregnancy, etc. Sure its more likely to happen if you do it all the time, but if the flywheel has a defect in it, then just one trip to 8000rpm might be enough to break it, and if you're taking it to the track, that means repeated trips to redline, plus probably a few trips to redline a day, so it adds up.

Me personally, I don't want to take chances with this stuff, and it's ALWAYS cheaper to suck it up and buy the good stuff the first time, rather than wasting time on cheap crap and then buying the good stuff. No personal experience with F1 flywheels, just a general comment on cheap parts. I've learnt that lesson myself before with track wheels, after getting bitten by cheap Rotas that cracked after only a few uses, I've now got a set of custom 3 piece Kodiak Racing wheels heading my way. My only regret is wasting my time with the cheap stuff to begin with.

 

i thought of getting the f1 flywheel but my buddies tells me they aren't to great, so i saved a little extra and got the fidanza flywheel put on my supercharged fc. im satisfied