I did a quck search and didnt see anything. Has anyone else had a Fidanza/Spec flywheel break? I havent pulled the trans out yet but did a quick preliminary check. the center "hub" of the flywheel is deffinately broken all the way around. just wondering if anyone else has had a similar failure, or any failure for that matter, with these flywheels.
Going back to a stock one to prevent this from happening again.
you didnt search enough
alot of people have had the centers break
youll prob find more under spec
I did search again and only found 1 other instance of this happening.
Finally got around to pulling the trans out and here is my wonderful aluminum overpriced flywheel.
Stock flywheel going back in, so I shouldnt ever have this issue again.
makes me nervous to put mine in lol
Going back to the good ole steel flywheel. Should help with engine stall issues to. Now I have to hope that my new clutch (that finaly arrived 3 months after motor was rebuilt ast time due to Spec being a bunch of ass clown) doesnt have n failures that seem so common with Spec clutchs. Last one lasted about 17.5K miles.
yup looks like all the others ive seen posted
#1 reason im sticking to a stock flywheel
Hmmm... I have only heard of this a few times. I remember there being a bad batch that made there way to ebay. I have put mine through hell soo far.
FU Tuning
i heard that as well about the bad batch that found its way to ebay..phil
I have had one on my 2.4 and one on my 2.2 ecotec, both with the SPEC stage 3+ clutch... Neither one had any issues....
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might have been a bad batch , but i know some bought them through legit companies , and not from whorebay
ive seen more last along time , then break like that , but to hell with taking a chance
plus i never liked how my friends 99Z acted with the stage 3 and light flywheel , atleast for a street car
It does have about 17.5K miles on it with a Spec 3 clutch, but still this should not have happened considering this is supposed to be a "quality" product. Just waiting on new flywheel bolts and its going back together with the stock flywheel. If it wernt for the fact that the new spec 3 clutch that i ordered, long before the engine was rebuilt, finaly showed up a month to late is in my room I would be looking for a different clutch as well. I have to say that I will never buy another Spec/Fidanza product again.
I never seen that before. I hope that doesn't happen to mine since I bought mine from an org member. I do have a lightened 2.3 flywheel I could use just in case
Jason
99 Z24 Supercharged
157hp/171tq - NA
IMO Spec flywheels are crap, I had the one of the threads strip out on my brand spanking new flywheel while torquing to factory specs installing the clutch plate, of course it was 6mo after I actually bought it so I was SOL and out whatever ridiculous amount I paid for the stupid piece of sh\t. Now its in a landfill where it belongs.
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Mine is going with me the next time I take a load of scrap aluminium to the scrappers. Might get a whole $1.25 for it.
