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Posted by mentat (93se 5spd) on August 25, 2002 at 11:51:51:
I am also considering an aluminum flywheel, any recommendations for or against? Base price seems to be in the $400 range as well (AASCO model on www.optauto.com - they seem to have decent prices). Does the alum flywheel have a noticeable effect on driveability, ie harshness, easier to stall, etc? Matt had mentioned that you don't get the full effect of the lighter flywheel without better intake, and I will most definitely be getting a CAI quite soon (and have a JWT Pop charger currently) so thats not an issue. I guess what I'm trying to ask is basically "Is it worth it for the performance gains?" Like I said I will be putting a CAI on, and I do have an ASP UDP waiting to be installed as well. Will the aluminum flywheel, in addition to these mods, give a performance increase worth the $400? Yeah I know, personal preference, but I'm thinking bang-for-the-buck here, ie UDP was a little over $100, CAI will be $150 or so, see what I'm saying? If adding the flywheel to that mix really does give you a "whoa!" type of improvement, and will give an even greater edge for shaming ricey F&F retards that try to impress their girls by racing a beat-on looking old Max (like they say, never pick a fight but always finish one) then I am all for the purchase. My main concerns with the clutch are smoothness of engagement (with our without the alum flywheel), noise, and cost. I dont want some super grabby racey clutch, as most of the time I am not driving in a way that calls for that. And frankly I'm still not all that good with the whole clutch and shifting deal at this point anyway, only been driving stick since I got this car a little under a year ago. And as for the flywheel, to sum it up, I am about to sink large amounts of money into the Max in the upcoming month (springs, struts, and some front-end stuff after the clutch is taken care of), is it really worth the money to splurge on the flywheel too? Also, anyone who actually HAS an aluminum flywheel, could you give me your general driving impressions, the "feel" of it all, things like that? Thank you gentlemen for taking the time to read all this; I know someone will have some answers for me. Gracias
So I will be having a clutch job done very soon, 125K on what is probably the original clutch. I need some recommendations re: which kit to buy, I know that the ACT street kit is sort of the default choice here but I have not seen it for much less than $350-400, is this pretty much the baseline price I'm going to find? Matt93SE has mentioned the Luk unit, which I have only found for approx. the same prices as the ACT... And are the cheaper kits in the $250 range, such as Valeo and Exedy, very much lower in quality? I'm sure that, like everything else, you get what you pay for, but money is still an issue for me here, because...
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