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Old 06-20-11, 05:16 PM
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NJ can anyone help me on some tech issue with Clutch?

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so I am trying to get Exedy or ACT clutchkit upgrade, and planning to change flywheel too if needed.

I only knows basics of transmissions, and really not getting what counterweight does....

1) if I want to go for lightened Flywheel, do I also have to change Counterweights matching with Flywheel? or can I just keep using stock one?

2) is lightened flywheel effects drivability a lot? Never experienced with lightened flywheel before..


Thanks!!

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Old 06-20-11, 06:53 PM
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On a manual car, the stock flywheel and counterweight are one unit,when you go to a lightweight flywheel you use the counterweight from an auto trans with the aftermarket flyhweel.

If that makes sense.
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light flywheel is a little worse for stop and go traffic
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Aftermarket flywheels require the use of the auto rear CW.



For street driven cars we recommend the ACT streetlite, it is a little heavier then the Prolite, which makes it easier to drive in traffic. http://banzai-racing.com/store/93+_r..._flywheel.html
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If you're going to run a light flywheel, go light. 9lbs is fine. If you've been driving a stick for more than a week you can drive it just fine.

Light flywheels are cool, but they aren't really $400 cool. If you have the money and you're in there, go for it. It is nice. It's just pricey for the results you get.

The rear counterweight (which is part of the stock flywheel), front counterweight (which is under the front cover of the engine) and the rotors and e-shaft are the rotating mass of the engine. Anything that spins has to be in balance, therefore you have the counterweight. Flywheel manufacturers found it was far easier to make a flywheel that was one solid disc and bolted to an inexpensive Mazda counterweight than engineering a flywheel with a built-in counterweight.

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Thanks everyone.
It's been great help. Thanks!
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