Solid flywheel?
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Drifting
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From: Hawthorne CA
Solid flywheel?
I bought a SPEC stage 2 clutch disc and noticed when it arrived that its unsprung. So considering im going to use an aluminum fidanza flywheel I think I need to return the SPEC and look for a sprung hub. So while shopping for a replacement I see carolina clutch has some good looking discs, however they warn that their disc must use a solid flywheel. Im pretty sure the fidanza is not solid as it has a removable friction surface.
My question is what is the requirement to use solid flywheel? what happens if you use the fidanza with one of their discs?
My question is what is the requirement to use solid flywheel? what happens if you use the fidanza with one of their discs?
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I bought a SPEC stage 2 clutch disc and noticed when it arrived that its unsprung. So considering im going to use an aluminum fidanza flywheel I think I need to return the SPEC and look for a sprung hub. So while shopping for a replacement I see carolina clutch has some good looking discs, however they warn that their disc must use a solid flywheel. Im pretty sure the fidanza is not solid as it has a removable friction surface.
My question is what is the requirement to use solid flywheel? what happens if you use the fidanza with one of their discs?
My question is what is the requirement to use solid flywheel? what happens if you use the fidanza with one of their discs?
thats what i have been running for years (with a spec stage 3+ Sprung hub clutch). Love it
yea you did the right thing by noticing you needed a sprung hub clutch (bc you got rid of the dual mass dampener flywheel)
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Drifting
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From: Hawthorne CA
uhhhh , yeah the lightweight louis fidanza alum flywheel (with replaceable steel friction surface) is a solid flywheel !
thats what i have been running for years (with a spec stage 3+ Sprung hub clutch). Love it
yea you did the right thing by noticing you needed a sprung hub clutch (bc you got rid of the dual mass dampener flywheel)
thats what i have been running for years (with a spec stage 3+ Sprung hub clutch). Love it
yea you did the right thing by noticing you needed a sprung hub clutch (bc you got rid of the dual mass dampener flywheel)
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Yes, just to add: that flywheel has a replaceable friction surface, but it's still a solid (single-mass) flywheel because they move as once piece when the friction plate is bolted on. The dual-mass flywheel actually has a separate mass that moves independently of the "main" casting (constrained with springs and travel limits). So it's a very different thing. Yeah, if you had installed that unsprung disk, you would have regretted it!
