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Old 04-14-2005, 06:05 PM
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ok here is the deal,anyone ever had a problem with the flywheel weight "50oz"
rubbing on the block plate? i have torn this car apart 4 times and everytime
i think i have it whipped it is still rubbing.the flywheel is a fidanza aluminum,i have
grinded the parts where the weight would hit and still something is wrong. i'm pissed
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Old 04-14-2005, 06:36 PM
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hey, my buddys car did the same thing but it was a frpp billet steel flywheel, he called the people that put it togeather and they said let it go, its going to grind away what hits then it will be fine, me i think that is a dumb idea, all i can say is take it back apart and see where it is rubbing again, grind the block plate down again and see if it helps, it's a pain in the ***, but you never know, also i have a 50oz frpp billet steel flywheel and it works great, it could just be the flywheel.
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Old 04-14-2005, 08:51 PM
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i have heard the same response from fidanza and spec. get this i went grinder crazy
the last time i took everything apart and i threw off the geometry of the starter
also. i did talk with a guy and he told me if i grinded close to where the bellhousing
lines up with the block plate that would have thrown everything off. fidanza screwed
up when they made this flywheel i think they made it to thick. i did buy a brand new
block plate and will start over from scratch hopefully this weekend!!
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yeah i like my frpp flywheel
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