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YOUR RESEARCHA thing of beauty... AASCO Lightweight Flywheel
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weight thing, not vibration as i understand it
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The RMS issue is a weight thing, not vibration as I understand it.
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Total time spent to this point is 4 hours BUT that includes a few phone calls, getting something to eat and dealing with the carpet cleaning guy that came today.
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Fill bushing <including those in the rear subrame>
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- Ride in the 996 is MUCH better (though on the Z it was much my fault due to replacing every rubber and silicone filled bushing <including those in the rear subrame> with urethane ones.
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Total time spent to this point is 4 hours BUT that includes a few phone calls, getting something to eat and dealing with the carpet cleaning guy that came today.
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Now that I am almost done, what is the recommended break in procedure?
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Total time spent to this point is 4 hours BUT that includes a few phone calls, getting something to eat and dealing with the carpet cleaning guy that came today.
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- Ride in the 996 is MUCH better (though on the Z it was much my fault due to replacing every rubber and silicone filled bushing <including those in the rear subrame> with urethane ones.
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- Ride in the 996 is MUCH better (though on the Z it was much my fault due to replacing every rubber and silicone filled bushing <including those in the rear subrame> with urethane ones.
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WOOT! UPS came and left not 5 minutes ago...
Great deal at $800 shipped ($750+$50 for 3 day UPS) from Ultrarev.com. Ordered Monday afternoon, in my hands on Wednesday.
Pcar is up on stands waiting on the clutch kit to arrive from Suncoast. Install on Friday and off we go!
This is why I prefer to do any of the maintenance myself that I can. Figure around $600 or so labor for clutch replaced at the dealer which is not much less than the flywheel. Win-win..
Yes, I have heard about the chatter, etc. have driven cars with LWFW's before (last was a '90 300ZX Twin Turbo with a twin plate clutch and Unorthodox LWFW. It was dyno'd at just shy of 425 RWHP and while there was some chatter it was not unbearable by any means). Basically it is a trade off.
As long as the ECU can keep up with it? Have one on my 964 and love it but the car does stall every once in a while. Will also take stress off of the rear main seal, so might help avoid a leak??
no need to do anything with the ecu. mine has been fine since day one.
i think you are right about the LWF relieving stress on the RMS. mine has not leaked and i have 99K miles on it.
You're going with a single-mass LTW flywheel mated with factory clutch kit? Any reason why aside from not wanting your left leg to be larger than the right leg?
The stock clutch hub is rubber. Aftermarket clutch hubs are sprung hubs.
I'm curious to see how the aftermarket single mass LTW flywheel works with the stock clutch (rubber hub) and PP.
The clutch kit is this one:
http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/me...y_Code=996main
The box the LWFW came has a label which says:
"CAN BE USED WITH A SPRUNG CLUTCH DISC"
I spoke to AASCO and was told that they had modified the design from the original and that it would work fine with the OEM clutch. I was told this as well by Suncoast. Hope all goes well, will post pics of the OEM clutch with the LWFW as soon as the clutch arrives on Friday. <FINGERS CROSSED all goes well and play nicely together>
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Wanted to show the clutch so all can see it is sprung.
Ultrarev is a great place to buy parts for a great price.
I've been emailing them and they keep stating a Findaza flywheel is available for our 996 N/A application also.
BTW - it is Fidanza, not Fi
n
daza.
I am not sure that is true. If you do a search on "Fidanza" you will find that a few other guys ordered a Fidanza FW and found that it had the wrong number holes for mounting. Maybe they have come out with a new FW for the 996?
$100 less? More like $70 (ebay is $358, OEM from Suncoast is $430). For $70 felt better about Suncoast...
To answer another post about weight; do not have the original flywheel off yet so cannot weight it but FWIU they are around 35 pounds. The AASCO is 13 pounds. Quality looks to be excellent.
Yes, 1990 300ZX Twin Turbo... Miss it in some ways, not in others.
Here is a pic of it before I sold it
It was very fast (just under 425 RWHP) but the Z's have a severe traction issue due to no rear end weight. My 996 may not have the HP it had but:
- Ride in the 996 is MUCH better (though on the Z it was much my fault due to replacing every rubber and silicone filled bushing <including those in the rear subrame> with urethane ones. Would definitely rattle your bones in the passenger seat!)
- Better traction in the 996
- MUCH better retained value in the 996
- It is a PORSCHE! 'nuff said!
Ah.. I figured you paid what the ebay listing showed.. You did indeed get a good deal then. I spoke and emailed with that seller but got cold feet based on his knowledge and such. Good to hear all worked out!
Understandable, I rarely deal with Ebay but the model number he had matched the model number I saw on popular web sites.. What I really wanted you to notice was that the friction surface on mine is slightly different than yours. Did you notice that?
Yeah yeah. Didn't have my morning coffee.
Anyways I had a Fidanza LWFW in one of my other cars before no chatter. The saleperson there did tell me what they sell is the 8 bolt version.
That's OK, I screwed up the spelling on my "correction" because I left the "n" out completely. Unfortunately, I did have my morning coffee prior to that.
A couple folks thought there might be an issue with the friction area on the AASCO flywheel not mating up with the OEM clutch disc. Got the transmission pulled this morning and took a couple pics.
Laid the used clutch disc on the AASCO flywheel and the friction areas mate up perfectly!
Here is the old clutch. Good, NO GREAT TIMING!, the wear had just barely started to touch the rivets! YIKES!
All I am waiting on now is for UPS to deliver the new clutch kit so I can put it all back together. Total time spent to this point is 4 hours BUT that includes a few phone calls, getting something to eat and dealing with the carpet cleaning guy that came today.
Now that I am almost done, what is the recommended break in procedure?
Well, almost done. Took a few hours off, all that is left is reconnecting the shift linkages, plugging the reverse light switch back in, torque the half shafts and the underbody plastic pieces. Was actually a pretty easy removal. Reinstall of the transmission was another story! For the life of me I thought I would never get it stabbed back in! Finally remembered a trick; got a few bolts and took the heads off, screwed them in the bell housing bolt holes and used them as guides. Of course would have been a breeze if I had a lift. Doing it on jack stands was a PITA!
Will post impression tomorrow after a drive, of course will not be able to offer much since it will be a day or so before break in of the new clutch is done....
Thanks to one and all for the help!
Have ~450 miles on it and I would definitely do it again. Good bang for the buck and especially if you need to change the flywheel anyway (mine was still in good shape) it is a no-brainer
riad... those are the old dead AA's from the old FW. New one runs off dilythium crystals...
Thanks. I may need to replace my clutch soon (slipping a little in 1st gear only) and I may go ahead and upgrade the flywheel as well. Do you happen to have the part numbers of the parts you ordered from UltraRev and Suncoast?
No part numbers, just called them up and told them I needed a clutch kit. They sent all the necessary parts required. If you get the AASCO LWFW it includes new flywheel bolts.
For the LWFW
Part# 106411-11 Porshe 996
I paid $750 for the LWFW
