Light Flywheel advice

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I am replacing my clutch and want to replace my stock flywheel with an aftermarket lightened flywheel. What brand should I look at for a decently priced, but still quality flywheel for my daily driver?

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ACT
Exedy
Spoon
Toda
Fidanza

Best bang for the buck would probably be the ACT

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depends on where you look. i hear more horror stories about ACT than any other. Fidanza make the best stuff. Clutchmasters makes some nice ones.

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make your mind up on the clutch if you already haven’t and then go for the flywheel, exedy makes the best compromise between a 7lb race and 12lb street flywheel, theirs is 9 and some change…thats what i’m goin for, especially since i already have a exedy organic!

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Dont get a really light (7lb) flywheel because I have heard they can be hard to drive…

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Thats not true, its hard to drive if you shift like a fag. I was afraid of using a light flywheel on my teg but I decided to try it anyway. I got the exedy 9.5lb. Its incredibly fun to drive, I was surprised how much fun it is. I would even have got a lighter flywheel if I would have know. I’m not a race pilot and I drive my car in the traffic too, just to give you an idea.

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I went with the fidanza 7.5lbs one and i haven’t had any problems driving and didn’t really notice that big of a difference. the revs do drop a lil quicker but you won’t have a problem changing gears unless it takes you 15 seconds to do it lol. i only went with the exedy stock replacement clutch by accident but i am not out racing mine either but i do like it though. hope it helps

later
casey
92 GS-R

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ACT Prolight (8.8 lbs)

ACT is the best bang for the buck, and people that get the streetlight (12 lbs) say that it really doesnt make that big of difference

I have the prolight and love it, make it much funner to drive :wink:

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thanks everyone for all the advice.
i’ll look into all of the suggested brands and weights and let you know what I decided to get.
i also heard that if you get a 7lb or lighter flywheel you can spin a bearing really easily. is that true? i doubt it.

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Somone just made this same comment yesterday, I said :wtf: and asked if anyone else had heard that and 3 people said that its :bs: so No I dont think its true, I have never heard of it anyways…

It may be said just becasue you can rev the shit out of your engine really quick with a light flywheel, You have to be carful, you miss a gear, and your hittin revlimiter cuz it revs so damn quick…maybe thats why they say that

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i’ve had my ACT prolite flywheel for atleast 2 years now and i’m now using it in my new build with no problems what so ever.

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i think im going to get the Fidanza that i found at this website

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nothing beats oem itr

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:werd: i jst got one today for 70 bucks, and the itr flywheel is 10 lbs. im goin wit a exedy oem replacemnt with this flywheel and ive heard alot of good things with this setup.

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I like this one:
http://www.passwordjdm.com/product.asp?numPageStartPosition=1&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&strSearchCriteria=&PT_ID=132&P_ID=1034&btnProduct=More+Details

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I am currently using an ACT streetlight flywheel in my GS for about 8 months now. I certainly felt a difference with it installed, the engine just revs up faster. However I think I’m noticing an increase in the engine bucking around, and almost studdering when accelerating over a bump/pothole. Has anyone else noticed this occuring after installing any kind of lightweight flywheel?