to be fair, they said "up to", which doesn't mean you'll get the full 80%

kinda like the 90% off sales some stores to. It's actually "up to 90%", where they discount some god awful crap that no one wants at 90%, and everything else is close to normal price

 

Thanks but no. We have a brand new stock flywheel on the shelf. It just takes time to model everything correctly. We have to balance whether it is more important for an engineer to work on new products or to provide MOI for stock flywheels. Then there are other issues we will run into such as which stock flywheel we should compare with when publishing the information. If there are three different stock flywheels such as B series Honda, do we model all three? From a business standpoint, what return on investment can we expect for drawing all these stock flywheels? Man it was a lot more fun when it wasn't so complicated.

I am not saying that we shouldn't compare MOI or won't do it, but it's tough to put any priority for it at this time. Even if we provide this information, it doesn't help trying to compare with other brands since they won't have this information. We have seen a lot of mis-information out there from different clutch manufacturers as well. So how do you know if it is correct or just advertising hype? OK, OK, I will get off my soapbox now.

 

Yeah... that's not an ACT description. The photo is of an Mitsubishi Eclipse flywheel. It also says that it has a tuff-rided friction surface and a bolt on ring gear. Neither are true. How can it have a bolt on ring gear when it is a one piece flywheel? This is the kind of thing that bugs me. In their defense it is probably just a carryover from a description of an aluminum flywheel.

 

As long as the prolite and counterweight photo that I took (earlier in this thread) is for a rx8 and not the eclipse, then I'm a happy camper

I didn't buy from that website btw. Just used it for reference with the 80% thing.

 

I bought ACT's counterweight because of the lack of concensus on proper counterweight. Some said automatic rx7's would work, others said it would be close, but not exactly right. Unfortunately the counterweight was back ordered and I had to wait a few weeks for it to come in. If it weren't backordered, I'd already have all of this stuff installed on my car I'd rather wait for the proper stuff than install random junk and hope it works.

 

Yum ..... yum yum .....

Im still thinking which clutch to go to (Yeah Im still thinking :P), most likely OEM or Exedy Stage 1. OEM to shut Mazda Tech Line's mouth. Exedy cuz its even cheaper than OEM.

if ACT is better balanced, then I might just get one and change my Mazda CW out.

Oh hey, anybody know where I can directly order the ACT CW >?

 

I bought my stuff from titanmotorsports.com

 

by the way, what are good places to pick up a full clutch kit with flywheel?

 

Ah, that would be very helpful good sir!

Well, I'll be getting the Esmeril Turbo kit soon, and I think a clutch upgrade isn't far after that, especially since I'm still on stock parts with no replacement @ 40k miles, and thats with beating on the clutch in my earlier days.

I was thinking a flywheel that wasn't neccessarily the absolute lightest, so the ACT Streelite caught my eye (instead of the Prolite).

The car is my daily driver and I didn't want too light to be a hassle.

 

Thanks much!

So I should grab either an ACT Prolite or Fidanza, a CW03 weight, and then a clutch set from any of the various providers.

 

Let me simplify it for you... ACT. My opinion is totally unbias of course.

 

kool beans

 

Sometimes you can find pretty good deal on ebay

I found my Fidanza FW for under 300 there. not bad.

Im gonna do my hw this week to find the lowest possible price. Its all the same part, why pay more ?

 

i picked up the exedy stage 1 clutch kit. 300 shipped..

beers

 

I see you are from the UK. In America, brilliance = "anything I couldn't be bothered to pay attention to in school". And we pat ourselves on the back for it. :p

 

Tell me ur source

 

send me a pm..

beers

 

Done. You lazy

 

Thanks, Charles. I just ordered my Centerforce clutch.

 

i get that a lot. the good thing is i have the time to do it.

beers

 

just to sidetrack a little : I had problems with shudder at low rpm when I fitted my ACT HD clutch & prolite flywheel . I can report that this disappeared after a few 1000 km's

 

I have chatter AFTER a few thousand miles. its getting so annoying that Im about to blow my car up .... ok joking but it pisses me off now more than ever.

Clutch changing soon !

 

bret,

ppf?

beers

 

and i am pretty sure you and i have covered ppf. right? and if you have had your motor mounts changed i have a crazy mm story..


beers

 

just came right by itself