Fidanza flywheel reviews?

[Frozen240]

Looking for a little advice from all you out there who have some experience with aluminum flywheels. I'm replacing my clutch and I'm going with a six puck sintered iron disc, I was thinking about getting a fidanza flywheel but I'm worried that the iron disc will eat it up. Should I just run with the stock one? The car will be drag raced and auto-crossed so the clutch is going to see a lot of abuse. My set up so far is a Nsport kit but I will be taking it to stage two soon.

Thanks.

[fastpace]

The fidanza flywheel is a good investment if you are doing a clutch job and turbocharging your car. I have one on my car and am still kind of getting used to it. I still cut off the car sometimes because it drops really quick if you don't push in the clutch all the way. I really didn't notice the benefit of it until i barely pressed the clutch and the tachometer climbed pretty fast. All and all, the fidanza flywheel is a good investment, but I am not sure on the affects it will have with the iron disc you are going to install also.

[boost infested]

its not good for drag racing.

[Projex240]

thats not entirely true--its great for drag if you have the tires to hold the power it puts out off the line--its promotes quicker spool and great response.

It totally wakes the KA up--fantastic mod in my opinion

[WDRacing]

I've been drag racing for years and have always used a lightened flywheel. Its a simple matter of getting used to the motr. But you'll get the same thing with several different mods.

Brian

[Calesta]

Lighter flywheel = less rotational inertialess rotational inertia = less mass to accelerateless mass to accelerate = faster car, faster response

Most of the Fidanza flywheels have rebuildable friction surfaces. I run a 7.5 lb Fidanza on my Civic and I love it.

[MaxType 240]

Turbo aside, it's the next best upgrade I've done on my car.

Reap the benefits of reduced rotational mass, especially during thise pricey gas season!

[Frozen240]

Thanks for the input guys, I think I'm going to go ahead and get it.

[BuddhistWitch]

Is it possible to get something lighter than stock but heavier than super-light aftermarket? Most I see are around 11lbs. I wouldn't mind having faster revvs, but the dropoff is bad times, so I'm thinking more towards the best of both worlds.

[fiznat]

a new stock flywheel is something like $225 anyways... when you think about it, for only $75 more you might as well take the lightened one if its not going to cause any problems.

[Nathan]

Having never driven a stock 240...I cant compare. But its not difficult to drive my car and it has a fidanza flywheel, ACT heavy duty pressure plate and a 6 puck unsprung disk. As long as I'm paying attention, all goes well with it The engine revs very freely too, I'm very happy with it.

[den240]

You could get a used flywheel for .... lets say $50 and get it resurfaced, and lightened to about 17lbs by a local machine shop... probably about $140 or so, or send it to racetep.com:http://www.racetep.com/flywheel.html

I am still in the process of swapping to a manual trans on my convt, but putting in al flywheel that has been lightened to about 18 lbs and fully balanced, etc at a shop here in Denver for $140...

[aleph1]

What shop is that? Im in denver as well.

[den240]

I'll check, but I think it was Paul's Heads... shop is bit east of Oxford and Santa Fe.

What's your car look like Aleph1? I'll keep an eye out for you.

[aleph1]

OH! Heads by Paul. I know them.

I got a dirty (most of the time anyway) black S13 hatch with a loudish can exhaust (5Zigen)...popups may or may not be sleepy =)

How about you? I know Ive seen a few nice 240s...there is this red s13 hatch I see all the time...

[den240]

Black S13 vert with dual-N1, motegi rims, dropped about 1 inch.

I don't see many S13s around Denver, esp verts, I've only seen one white one and one other black one. Most others I see are hatchbacks, and most look pretty stock.

I've also got an 89 coupe with 3-projector silvia front end and a rb25det that I'm working on bringing together... In my copious spare time.

[WDRacing]

careful with the machined stock flywheel, if it ever explodes it will cut your legs completely off. Thats no BS either. I'm putting a scatter shield on my car with the fidenza. But I have to do to NHRA rules and cars running under 10's.

Brian

[co_s14]

Hey I am in denver also. I have a black 97' with FN01R-Cs, JDM K's rear wing and bumper, Apex-i N1, dropped 1.5-2.0 in. with JIC FLTs, and a CF hood as far as outside mods. Where do you guys take your car for repairs that you are not equipped to do yourself? Send me an E-Mail if you want to get together sometime.

-Blake

[TogueDrifter]

Would any of you recommend putting that flywheel on a stock KA? Those of you that have them seem to have a turbo.