so today, the UPS guy brought.....

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so today the UPS guy brought.....

im still waiting on:

pilot bearing
rear main seal
king cobra clutch
energy tranny mount
fms 9mm wires
msd coil
arp hardware for the pressure plate, flywheel, and starter

aside from that stuff, i just picked up a tri-ax, fms aluminum driveshaft, and asp smog pump idler.

and so the mods begin.....

 

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oooooooo very nice. Good start

 

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Is Joe chipping in some $$ for that?

(btw Rog...how about Towers this Friday?? Pete and I may be going)

RC

 

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towers is a possibility.....im off work but may be busy. ill call you as soon as i know something for sure.

 

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Green 94 5.0 said:

towers is a possibility.....im off work but may be busy. ill call you as soon as i know something for sure.

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Pete got himself a 99GT last year and just slapped a Vortech on it (in addition to his vette)
Lemme know
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Nice flywheel. Aluminum right? I run a fidenza aluminum flywheel on my 347. Really nice piece and light. It comes with a little bottle of green loctite that you much use on the weight bolts and the dowel pins. If its a stock shortblock, you need the bigger weight which is 50oz.

Fwiw arp pressure plate bolts don't work. You need to buy new ones from ford or reuse your stock ones. I reused my stock ones and i used blue loctite on the pressure plate and flywheel bolts. I did 70-80 ft/lbs for the arp flywheel bolts and I think 24 ft/lbs for the pressure plate bolts.

 

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I have a fidanza flywheel on my Civic. They are very nice. I'll be putting one on my 351 for sure.

 

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thanks for the tips.....this is my second fidanza. i had one on my old 94.

i was completely in the dark about the flywheel bolts though. why wont they work?

 

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Nice flywheel.

Are there any drawbacks to running an aluminum flywheel on a street car / daily driver?

 

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it caused absolutely no driveability problems on my other car. and i did notice a slight difference in responsiveness under full throttle.

 

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Green 94 5.0 said:

it caused absolutely no driveability problems on my other car. and i did notice a slight difference in responsiveness under full throttle.

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More responsive, or less?

I would assume more because of the lesser inertial load.

 

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more responsive.

 

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arp flywheel bolts work, arp pressure plate bolts will not.

people who have never driven an aluminum flywheel will tell you how bad they are. Others like myself and green 94 who HAVE them will tell you theres NO difference in terms of driveability and streetability. Make sure you take advice from people who have and run the part rather than people who base their info from the internet. When I took my first drive I was actually thinking to myself how stupid some of the people are who say how bad aluminum flywheels are for street cars. Don't forget that the aluminum will also be less wear/tear on your rotating assembly and bearings due to less weight

 

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what is the problem with the pressure plate bolts? according to summit, they are correct for the car. is it a size issue?

 

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They are just the wrong thread.

 

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How much $$$ we looking at to get one of those aluminum flywheels?

 

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You can find fidenza aluminum flywheels from dealers on Ebay for $289. I paid $320 through my builder as I don't do egay

 

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I put your exact clutch setup on last weekend. You might want to check those pressure plate bolts they sold you since ARP does not make what you need. If you just got them for a 5.0, then their will not work because you have metric threads. I just bought new ford pressure plate bolts and arp flywheel bolts.

 

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I put your exact clutch setup on last weekend. You might want to check those pressure plate bolts they sold you since ARP does not make what you need. If you just got them for a 5.0, then their will not work because you have metric threads. I just bout new ford pressure plate bolts and arp flywheel bolts.

The flywheel is fine, I am assuming you got 200-2802