where to get flywheel lightened?

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where to get flywheel lightened?

Postby rwd_mayhem » Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:51 pm

anyone know of a good cheap place to get my flywheel lightened???? how much am i gonna end up paying roughly? where have other people with 4ages taken their flywheels?

i took my 4age bluetop flywheel into ms coombes to get lightened but they said the way it was designed it was hard to easily take off much weight, because where the pressure plate needs to be theyd have to take out seperate sections which would take a few hours at $62 an hour ends up costing me alot.
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Postby Bling » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:19 pm

would a blacktop flywheel bolt up?

could be cheaper safer option, if you're talking about lightening a bluetop flywheel anyway
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Postby Brick » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:07 pm

i paid 120 for a clutch kit and the flywheel machined in my old fx so it shouldnt be that much, that was at the challenge place, i think port hills road? might be called canterbury clutches
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Re: where to get flywheel lightened?

Postby RedMist » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:18 am

rwd_mayhem wrote:anyone know of a good cheap place to get my flywheel lightened???? how much am i gonna end up paying roughly? where have other people with 4ages taken their flywheels?

i took my 4age bluetop flywheel into ms coombes to get lightened but they said the way it was designed it was hard to easily take off much weight, because where the pressure plate needs to be theyd have to take out seperate sections which would take a few hours at $62 an hour ends up costing me alot.


Flywheel ligtened, $120
Damage to car after bits of flywheel rip through it, $2000
Removal of both legs. PRICELESS.


As you can gather I wouldnt go near ligtening a 30 year old cast piece of metal. You are simply ASKING for trouble.
What are you hoping to get from lightening the flywheel anyway?
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