JayRolla
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- Feb 23, 2006
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Colorado Spring,
Colorado
I bought a fidanza flywheel/act 2600 setup to install on my car with my new transmission. The guy I bought it from gave me some pointers on installing the flywheel that Ive never heard of before and want to know what you guys think.
First off he tells me I should get a flexplate ring(not correct name) that installs on the auto flywheels. He said its a steel ring that goes around all the flywheel bolts and acts as a washer. He said the bolts are steel and you dont want the bolts bolting straight too aluminum. The ring allows the load to be distributed between the bolts.
Then he said the fidanza is a little thicker than the stock flywheel and if I use the ring that will make it even thicker. He said get a set of auto flywheel bolts that are longer and use those so when you install the flywheel you have the same thread count as the stocker.
Now the auto bolts are a little too long so he recommended I use a bottoming out undersized tap, to tap the bottom of the holes on the crank so the auto bolts wont bottom out and now I have the same thread count as if I was running a stock flywheel.
Is this all neccessary for the install??
First off he tells me I should get a flexplate ring(not correct name) that installs on the auto flywheels. He said its a steel ring that goes around all the flywheel bolts and acts as a washer. He said the bolts are steel and you dont want the bolts bolting straight too aluminum. The ring allows the load to be distributed between the bolts.
Then he said the fidanza is a little thicker than the stock flywheel and if I use the ring that will make it even thicker. He said get a set of auto flywheel bolts that are longer and use those so when you install the flywheel you have the same thread count as the stocker.
Now the auto bolts are a little too long so he recommended I use a bottoming out undersized tap, to tap the bottom of the holes on the crank so the auto bolts wont bottom out and now I have the same thread count as if I was running a stock flywheel.
Is this all neccessary for the install??