What flywheel and clutch???
10-29-06, 09:25 PM
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What flywheel and clutch???
I have a s4 T2 stock block. I want to know if anybody has a 14lbs or even lighter like 7lbs flywheel, and how it makes a difference or drives comforatble. Ill be making around 320whp to 370, I need to know what is a good clutch to use for daily and strip. I dont want ppl making **** up, if you have it on your car or you recomend anything tell me how the car drives and acts. THANKS
10-29-06, 10:40 PM
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I have an ACT XACT Prolite flywheel that weighs 9.8 pounds. It really doesn't make that much of a difference under normal driving circumstances. I can launch basically from idle as long as I engage the clutch properly. The RPMs get up and fall noticably quicker than a stock flywheel... I don't really mind.
As far as clutch/pressure plate goes, I have RX7.com's street/strip combo. I talked to Chris about it and told him about how much power I was making and he assured me that the setup would hold up.. he was right. The other night when I was overboosting (up to 1.5 bar), the clutch held up perfectly. Absolutely no slipping in any gear. The kit, although they don't exactly specify there, is an ACT Pressure plate (I'm guessing one of the more heavy duty ones) and an Exedy clutch disk. I am very impressed with it.
Pedal feel with this clutch/pp setup is basically like stock. Engagement is nice and easy if you want it to be, but it'll take off if you want it to.. nothing like a good puck clutch, but it gets the job done. I'd recommend the kit if you're looking for something that will hold up properly under basically any condition (at least that I've come across) and retain great streetability. Relatively cheap setup, too.. you can pick up the Street/strip clutch and PP combo with the flywheel for around 600 bucks.
As far as clutch/pressure plate goes, I have RX7.com's street/strip combo. I talked to Chris about it and told him about how much power I was making and he assured me that the setup would hold up.. he was right. The other night when I was overboosting (up to 1.5 bar), the clutch held up perfectly. Absolutely no slipping in any gear. The kit, although they don't exactly specify there, is an ACT Pressure plate (I'm guessing one of the more heavy duty ones) and an Exedy clutch disk. I am very impressed with it.
Pedal feel with this clutch/pp setup is basically like stock. Engagement is nice and easy if you want it to be, but it'll take off if you want it to.. nothing like a good puck clutch, but it gets the job done. I'd recommend the kit if you're looking for something that will hold up properly under basically any condition (at least that I've come across) and retain great streetability. Relatively cheap setup, too.. you can pick up the Street/strip clutch and PP combo with the flywheel for around 600 bucks.
10-29-06, 10:58 PM
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Ive had problems with the ACT's Ive run so i no longer use them. Ive strickly Spec clutches now. All of their stuff is made by hand and is ussualy cheaper than the competition. Ive used 3 clutches from Spec and a lightweight flywheel on other cars and have loved all of them. The flywheel was superlight, so a bit hard to daily drive but not too bad. Generally though, as long as you stick with the major brands your ok as far as quality. Its all in personal preferance and $ availible at the time. But Id say Spec 100%
Plus they treat their customers well. They are just a few miles up the road from me and I go their myself to get parts and have them make me parts. They do alot of work free of charge or if anything fails prematurely they usually replace for free.
http://www.specclutch.com/
Plus they treat their customers well. They are just a few miles up the road from me and I go their myself to get parts and have them make me parts. They do alot of work free of charge or if anything fails prematurely they usually replace for free.
http://www.specclutch.com/
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10-31-06, 07:03 PM
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I don't have any experience with turbo clutch setups, but I can tell you that you don't want a super lightweight flywheel for the strip. My 11 lb flywheel is perfectly fine for driving around town and great for autocross and the track, but I never really did much at the drag strip. 7lb is too light for most applications (excpet pure race) and will probably cost mucho bucks.
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