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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 06:08 AM
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Talking Look what just came in the MAIL...ACT goodies

Just wanted to show my fellow RX7 brothers what just came from Mr. UPS a couple days ago. ACT Street/Strip and XACT Prolite Flywheel.

Counterweight & Street Disc

Flywheel & Pressure Plate

All parts came from Jason @ RX7store.net (great service might i add). I havn't seen many posts about the XACT flywheel so I am assuming that not many people have tried or used it yet. I decided to get the XACT Prolite for 2 reasons: 1) I was told the materials used to make the flywheel was stronger than similar aluminum flywheels and 2) because it was made by ACT and I having matching products. Should be no different than any other 9.5lb flywheel, except the fact that its made of Chrome-Moly Steel, but I follow up on it after I break it in per recommended 500 miles.
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 06:18 AM
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nice, i also have the act prolite flywheel waiting to be put on my car.
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 06:20 AM
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great...i think we are the "entrepenurs" for testing the product...my clutch and flywheel are being installed as we speak. gettin it back on tuesday. i'm so excited can't wait
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 06:50 AM
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sweet...lemme know how it goes because i'm not installing mine for awhile lol
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:04 AM
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Where did the pics go? I'm about to order one and I wanna peep it out!
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:16 AM
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if you have the act xtreme s/s setup, you might look forward to a broken clutch fork. i have one in mine, but it lasted almost a year before the fork took a crap. other than that i love it. great feel on the street and grabs like crazy at the track
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:40 AM
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I put one in a T2 awhile back( 2 months) It works great. The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that you can't replace the friction portion of the flywheel like with the RB or Indigo ones.

Still a quality flywheel.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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sorry guys the pictures in the first link went kablewy for some reason. here they are again.

Counterweight & Street Disc

Flywheel and Pressure Plate

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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:47 PM
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Originally posted by spoolin93r1
if you have the act xtreme s/s setup, you might look forward to a broken clutch fork. i have one in mine, but it lasted almost a year before the fork took a crap. other than that i love it. great feel on the street and grabs like crazy at the track
i opted for the heavy duty pressure plate instead of the extreme...so i guess i should have nothing to worry about. thanks for the warning though...new info is always good to know

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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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let us know how the flywheel goes
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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I just installed a act s/s clutch and its a lot stiffer than the stock clutch but that was expected.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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Originally posted by spoolin93r1
if you have the act xtreme s/s setup, you might look forward to a broken clutch fork. i have one in mine, but it lasted almost a year before the fork took a crap. other than that i love it. great feel on the street and grabs like crazy at the track

Thats funny, I just broke my clutch fork last night. I have the ACT S/S clutch. Its been on there for 7k miles/9 months before the clutch fork took a dump. roughly 120k miles on the clutch fork.

do yourself a favor and replace the clutch fork while you are there. do a search and you'll see how often they break.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 02:53 PM
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just an update for those following the thread.

i got my car back from Rick's Rotary Performance on Friday with the clutch and flywheel installed.

my impressions on the CLUTCH: clutch pedal feel is stiffer than stock (which was expected) but not no where near as stiff as a 6puck. i havn't broken it in yet so i havn't gotten on it much but from what i can tell it grabs well. the engagement point is still pretty much the same as stock.

my impression on the FLYWHEEL: this was the weird part for me, i had never driven a car with a lightened flywheel so i'm still trying to get used to it. it takes a lil more to get the car rollin from a stop, i will admit i stalled a couple times on my first stabs at it. the car's revs climb and drop more freely but like i said havn't broken it in so havn't gotten on it. but once it's broken it imma take it to redline and do a followup. other than that the lightened flywheel is still very streetable.

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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Originally posted by TheGermy
just an update for those following the thread.

i got my car back from Rick's Rotary Performance on Friday with the clutch and flywheel installed.

my impressions on the CLUTCH: clutch pedal feel is stiffer than stock (which was expected) but not no where near as stiff as a 6puck. i havn't broken it in yet so i havn't gotten on it much but from what i can tell it grabs well. the engagement point is still pretty much the same as stock.

my impression on the FLYWHEEL: this was the weird part for me, i had never driven a car with a lightened flywheel so i'm still trying to get used to it. it takes a lil more to get the car rollin from a stop, i will admit i stalled a couple times on my first stabs at it. the car's revs climb and drop more freely but like i said havn't broken it in so havn't gotten on it. but once it's broken it imma take it to redline and do a followup. other than that the lightened flywheel is still very streetable.

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so can u say it revs up really fast like a bike now? you have to rev it up really high to get it rolling in 1st gear right or it will stall?
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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Originally posted by RX7 RAGE
so can u say it revs up really fast like a bike now? you have to rev it up really high to get it rolling in 1st gear right or it will stall?
not sure if it revs like a bike now...havn't mashed on the gas. and no you dont have to rev it really high to get it rolling in 1st just a lil more than stock. nothing dramatic, after awhile it pretty much all feels the same.

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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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any updates?

Thinking of doing the same, I have the clutch (ACT S/S)
debating on the flywheel whether to get it resurfaced or just get this XACT flywheel

thanks
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 02:40 PM
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update:

sorry took so long for the update guys. here are my impressions thus far. i love this combo and the engine does feel like it revs more freely, picks up revs very fast and accelerates much quicker. in the couple races i've been in i'm finding it hard to launch but i expected that...i just gotta refine my technique a lil bit. i've raced a lightly moddified TT supra and lost but lost by like a fender only. so the potential is there, now i can't wait till i put my exhaust, dp and **** in thats just sitting around collecting dust.

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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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Yeah I love my ACT S/S clutch and flywheel, but if my fork breaks on me soon ill cry...
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 08:17 PM
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Re: update:

Originally posted by TheGermy
sorry took so long for the update guys. here are my impressions thus far. i love this combo and the engine does feel like it revs more freely, picks up revs very fast and accelerates much quicker. in the couple races i've been in i'm finding it hard to launch but i expected that...i just gotta refine my technique a lil bit. i've raced a lightly moddified TT supra and lost but lost by like a fender only. so the potential is there, now i can't wait till i put my exhaust, dp and **** in thats just sitting around collecting dust.

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Get the DP on at least to get that POS pre-cat out of there!
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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damn man what happened to the pictures again!? get a more reliable picture source or hosting.
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 08:30 PM
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You will find once you get past about 350 to 360 rwhp the street/strip is not enough clutch. I have since moved on to the xtreame (using an 'old' SR 9.5 flywheel) and it is barely holding on with my T04S. Will probably need to go to Exedy Twin Disk system if I want to stay organic. I have a feeling I won't get a year out of the Xtreame.

YMMV, but I got plenty of use out of my street/strip running in the 330 rwhp range. Sounds like you've got room to grow still. You should invest in a stainless steel clutch line. The additional stress on the standard line, coupled with age, will cause the older rubber ones to bulge under use and eventually burst. Very common failure on our cars.
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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Originally posted by Beast From The East
You will find once you get past about 350 to 360 rwhp the street/strip is not enough clutch. I have since moved on to the xtreame (using an 'old' SR 9.5 flywheel) and it is barely holding on with my T04S. Will probably need to go to Exedy Twin Disk system if I want to stay organic. I have a feeling I won't get a year out of the Xtreame.

YMMV, but I got plenty of use out of my street/strip running in the 330 rwhp range. Sounds like you've got room to grow still. You should invest in a stainless steel clutch line. The additional stress on the standard line, coupled with age, will cause the older rubber ones to bulge under use and eventually burst. Very common failure on our cars.
already have a stainless steel clutch line...got it all at the same time and installed. gettin to 350+rwhp is a long ways away, thanks for the info though thats a good piece of info to know. pics are hosted through YAHOO on my briefcase so ionno whats the problem i'll try to get some better stuff up haha.

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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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Originally posted by Beast From The East
You will find once you get past about 350 to 360 rwhp the street/strip is not enough clutch. I have since moved on to the xtreame (using an 'old' SR 9.5 flywheel) and it is barely holding on with my T04S. Will probably need to go to Exedy Twin Disk system if I want to stay organic. I have a feeling I won't get a year out of the Xtreame.

YMMV, but I got plenty of use out of my street/strip running in the 330 rwhp range. Sounds like you've got room to grow still. You should invest in a stainless steel clutch line. The additional stress on the standard line, coupled with age, will cause the older rubber ones to bulge under use and eventually burst. Very common failure on our cars.
Is this with the heavy duty PP thats rated for 402ftlbs of tq?
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