whats best --tuned cz or light flywheel
01-29-2005, 03:59 PM
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If you plan on going to FI you may want to get the whole tranny assembly done at the same time. The pressure plate/clutch cover, clutch disc, and flywheel. The process of changing out the flywheel is a bitch & a half (or quite expensive if you have it done) so you might just get it all done at the same time. Unfortunately, I was not planning on going FI, so i did my flywheel already. Now if I want to beef up the rest of the tranny I have to drop it again.
01-30-2005, 11:45 AM
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No fi for me at this time. I await a slightly longer time of experience with the differant fi's before I invest that type of money. With just a few mods this car performs quite well. And fi will throw you into a differant catagory when you track day.
I also would like to see rp 's s.c results before any decision in made about fi.
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I also would like to see rp 's s.c results before any decision in made about fi.
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01-31-2005, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by olddragger
Nothing wrong with the mazdaspeed. Its just more expensive
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02-01-2005, 04:44 PM
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I went with the MS flywheel for warranty concerns and def. noticed a difference after the installation. I loved the change. It felt quicker and sportier. That being said, I wish now that I had gone after the most agressive flywheel out there. Maybe the ACT Prolite? The MS flywheel is a little conservative, and after a taste of a light flywheel I wanted more.
I can see having to "re-learn" the car if you got the clutch done at the same time as the flywheel, but only because of the clutch- not the flywheel. It doesn't loose any 'drivability' - at least not with the MS flywheel.
I can see having to "re-learn" the car if you got the clutch done at the same time as the flywheel, but only because of the clutch- not the flywheel. It doesn't loose any 'drivability' - at least not with the MS flywheel.
02-01-2005, 07:08 PM
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RO-T8,
Mazdaspeed flywheel is a great wheel but get this. We can get the street light Act flywheel for $250 and then buy locally a counterweight for the automatic rt 7 for approx $50(in georgia). Total cost $300 plus install. It runs great. Total weight with flywheel, counterweight and bolts approx 13lbs and 2 oz. Its hard to claim that a flywheel has anything to do with a malfunction other than the flywheel itself.
Enjoy it dude!
Nice looking 8 you got there. Wish I had those wheels.
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Mazdaspeed flywheel is a great wheel but get this. We can get the street light Act flywheel for $250 and then buy locally a counterweight for the automatic rt 7 for approx $50(in georgia). Total cost $300 plus install. It runs great. Total weight with flywheel, counterweight and bolts approx 13lbs and 2 oz. Its hard to claim that a flywheel has anything to do with a malfunction other than the flywheel itself.
Enjoy it dude!
Nice looking 8 you got there. Wish I had those wheels.
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02-02-2005, 12:55 PM
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Old,
Yeah, like I said, if I could do it again I'd go with the Prolite. I don't think that the FW would really cause any problems either. But, since its part of the drive train, I didn't want to give the dealers any ammunition to shoot me down should I need to use that drive train warranty! I suppose they could argue that it wasn't perfectly balanced and that it vibrated the motor or tranny apart.
Yeah, like I said, if I could do it again I'd go with the Prolite. I don't think that the FW would really cause any problems either. But, since its part of the drive train, I didn't want to give the dealers any ammunition to shoot me down should I need to use that drive train warranty! I suppose they could argue that it wasn't perfectly balanced and that it vibrated the motor or tranny apart.
02-02-2005, 01:25 PM
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roger that Nemasis but dont let me get there 1st! It would be all over!
I hear ya RO-T8 dealers will use anything they can . Mute point for me because we dont have any authorized mazdaspeed dealers close and my dealer will not install madzaspeed parts such as the wheel without (they say)voiding the warrenty. I dont want to fight that fight.
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I hear ya RO-T8 dealers will use anything they can . Mute point for me because we dont have any authorized mazdaspeed dealers close and my dealer will not install madzaspeed parts such as the wheel without (they say)voiding the warrenty. I dont want to fight that fight.
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02-03-2005, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MadDog
Old,
Yeah, like I said, if I could do it again I'd go with the Prolite. I don't think that the FW would really cause any problems either. But, since its part of the drive train, I didn't want to give the dealers any ammunition to shoot me down should I need to use that drive train warranty! I suppose they could argue that it wasn't perfectly balanced and that it vibrated the motor or tranny apart.
Yeah, like I said, if I could do it again I'd go with the Prolite. I don't think that the FW would really cause any problems either. But, since its part of the drive train, I didn't want to give the dealers any ammunition to shoot me down should I need to use that drive train warranty! I suppose they could argue that it wasn't perfectly balanced and that it vibrated the motor or tranny apart.
Is the drive train warranty different than the standard 4 yr 50K warranty?
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