Ok car is coming together, got a gsr tranny to mount to my b18a. gotta get a clutch and flywheel i'm gonna go ebay unless anyones knows of a better deal. Any expeirence with these? which flywheel is best, fidanza, xtd.... and which clutch xtd xtr exedy? i suppose i'd go fidanza but not sure of the clutch. ne expeinces with these brands or the ebay clutches let me know. thanks again!

btw goin for a light weight flywheel.

Good thing yo uasked before buying. Props. um, unfortuantely I don't know TOO terribly much about them myself so..BUMP

As for my preferences, I stick with the one-piece steel lightweight flywheels. 10-12 lbs is good. After my experiences with fidanza I will Never purchase from them again, or a billet aluminum flywheel for that matter. Had a brand new flywheel from them installed in my friends 97 corvette, the engine ran rough as hell at idle and got worse at increased rpm. Turns out the damn thing was not properly balanced, and had to rip the trans out again to replace it with the stocker flywheel.

That and I would be scared that the starter ring (which is pressed on the alum. flywheel) would separate and cost you a tranny, or worse. I know it's an extremely small possibility, but for a DD it really made sense to me to go with the 1 piece flywheel. I have an X-lite flywheel in the Prelude and in my civic both with exedy clutches, and have been very happy with both of them. The exedy is an excellent street clutch.

Good luck!

i can get you a exedy stage one clutch with kevlar facing with greatly extend the life of the facings i would say by about 10x @ least my friend has this set up but with a stock pressure plate and had a turbo b18a1 with like 12 psi and ran a 12.8 with the motor messed up with no probs holds all day long he has gone threw 2 motors and 2 trans and still is using the same clutch. also have another buddie that has a simial set up on his tsi talon that ran a 11.16 on pump 94 octane using a act 2600 pressure plate that was rebuilt and disk with kevlar facing with a 1.7 60'. the only prob we have had is after about 10 back to back runs with a 55 shot on the b18 was that it started 2 slip gave it 30 min to cool and was back grabing like it was new. let me know if you would like more info they can ship it 2 you from warren mi and i would bet they can beat any price as they do work for dakin clutch which owns exedy.

i also liek the idea of the one peice flywheel but i havn't heard about that many problems with the fidanza's, hopefully we get some other comments from owners.

Well I have one. One from Ebay a F1 stage 2 with a fidanza 11 lb flywheel. To be honest once I broke it in the thing works fine. Nice meet, good pedal feel, and the price of course. To be honest all you need to look for is what will suit your needs. The 500 mile break in is hard, drive the car like a rental, you can not do anything stupid.

I've never heard of any problems with the Fidanza flywheels, and I've had one myself on my B block. Go with the lightest flywheel you can stand. I personally don't think the 7.5 is hard to drive at all.

I like sticking to ACT clutches. I've had the HD/SS a few times, and my old college roommate has had both the XT/SS and the HD/SS on his turbo SE-R and is happy.

I guess fidanza would be out of business if they didn't get it right with most of their customers. It's just not fun to have to dive back into something like that because of a faulty part. I'm probably one of only a handfull in the market who would say no to fidanza. So to put it in perspective, if you were to get one of their flywheels it would almost certainly meet your expectations, it's just that I have a grudge is all.

what is the setup you are running. that would be the best to start out with.

lol..i have one of those ebay clutch on my car...i think i got it in combo...fidanza 7lb with the F1 stage 3 spec clutch for 285 or something...i've been running on the clutch for bout 10kmi with no problems...pedal is lighter than stock...but works great for a cheap kit.. the 7lb fidanza is the bomb..you'll see the differences..

go with a company that knows how to make a flywheel..



i was stupid and put a crappy ass cheap itr flywheel in. guess what i just learned a 650 doller lesson.

also what ever one has said about the exedy clutch is right on.ive got the organic stage 1. and love it. torque rated for 245ft lbs at the fly.the pedal feels perfect. wish stock clutches were this good..

also the above flywheel is a act street lite. direct tuning has them on sale for like 214 shipped. ring gear teeth are milled in and not pressed on.

Personal opinion - stay away from exedy stage 1 and the kaiten super flywheel. too light and the clutch doesnt hold up very long.

the flywheels dont really matter much, just try 2 stick with a company thats gonna allow some play, like warrant or at least 30 day return. clutch wise always go with excedy or clutch net, spring loaded spline hub and 2yr warranty on loss friction or spring failure! best on the market thats why we sell them. also think about the gear ratio and the upper end of your build when thinking about the speed pick up on your non vtec engine, unlike vtec motors you reach you best power peaks around 4500-5700 is the most torque play, so always know you dont want 2 go through it to fast without making some time for power.

btw goin for a light weight flywheel.[/quote]

Im most likely going to go with a competition clutch stage 2 with no flywheel at the moment. What would be the most reccomended flywheel that I should buy?

here at our shop we like to go with clutchmasters or excedy is very strong material also.

How much could you sell me a stage 2 exedy or clutchmater clutch for? PM me if you dont want to say the price over the boards.

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