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I stil need to replace the inner O rings for that however I will elect to do that myself when I install a set of headers (after my giac ecu of course).
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I stil need to replace the inner O rings for that however I will elect to do that myself when I install a set of headers (after my giac ecu of course).
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Hey guys A bit ago there was a topic I chimed in on reguarding the heaviness of the clutch on 996er's specifically my 99 996. Well, I just had the clutch replaced and all I can say is wow! It now takes the same effort as the boxter loaner I had previously! Also upon my service manager letting me check out the "wasted" clutch, I found it was almost about to eat the flywheel with the rivits! In addition the pressure plate had hot spots all around it. The most distrurbing and odd thing about it however, was that the wear on the clutch disc was very uneven and in strange areas. BTW my RMS was not leaking but it was replaced as a precautionary step, why now with a 2 yr warranty. If it fails what more than 3x new engine? j/k who knows. also the seal on the intermediate shaft on my tranny needed to be replaces as well as the seal for the cam actuator. I stil need to replace the inner O rings for that however I will elect to do that myself when I install a set of headers (after my giac ecu of course).
sounds good, did you consider doing a billet flywheel at all, many have said thats a worthwhile upgrade at the time of a clutch install, is this an OE clutch or did you go aftermarket?
I was actually going to, however after hearing the "gear noise" that was a byproduct of the installation when the clutch was out, I elected not to. The noise was a pretty annoying chatter that I heard on Ben's car, and as my car is my daily driver I think it would have driven me crazy. I had 40k on the original clutch. The effort required to push it in went to heavy at about 32k.
sounds to me like the lighter flywheels transmit a throw out bearing noise more so then the stock ones.... this is just from my experiance with other vehicles, however i could see it being anoying, i just can't get over the fact of saving 12lbs in rotational weight tho!!
It's not the throw out bearing but the actual "gear noise" of the transmission, because the aluminum flywheel acts as an amplifier, amplifying the sound, whereas the old flywheel was more of an insulator. That was what I was told by the chief engineer of Fidanza. They have simular problems with the torque tube noise on corvettes-
My clutch is feeling really heavy lately (and requires some serious slippage to get the car moving). I'm finally (and hopefully) getting the lightweight flywheel installed sometime soon and will try to get a sound clip for everyone.
I got my clutch at a deal because another dealer bought 1 too many. I got the oem one in the porsche box for 360. My service guy is pretty cool and gave me a discounted install rate of 550- for the install.
