stock flywheel or lightweight..
#1
stock flywheel or lightweight..
ok.. gotta go with a new clutch.. have an apr tune and when you hammer in third gear at 2000 it slips like a bitch... so i need a new clutch.. trying to weigh the pros and cons of a lightweight flywheel with a RS4 clutch or a stock flywheel.. or just going straight up stage 3 flywheel/clutch.. which i can get with a flywheel for about 700.. or get just the RS4 clutch without a flywheel for about 500... which is the better choice??
#2
RS4 w/ LWFW if you have no plans for stage 3.
Vast Stage 3 & LWFW if you want to go stage 3 in the next year
What "stage 3" clutch are you looking at? For $700 w/ a LWFW its probably not very good IMO...
Vast Stage 3 & LWFW if you want to go stage 3 in the next year
What "stage 3" clutch are you looking at? For $700 w/ a LWFW its probably not very good IMO...
Last edited by SourDieselS4; 11-28-2008 at 09:55 AM.
#3
well you know how it goes.. happy with staying around stage two but you know once you get a taste of a little power your always hungry for more.. i guess if i go with the rs4 clutch would be good for now then if i go stage three i have to take the engine out anyhow to do the turbo swap, right?? so i could upgrade the clutch to a stage three then .. and the clutch i saw with a light weight flywheel is an exedy and the flywheel is a fidanza..
heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EXEDY...Q5fAccessories
if the quality and/or characteristics of this clutch/flywheel is not good lemme know..and actually the clutch is not listed as stage three but i questioned the seller and response was itll hold up to 450 and 500.. which could be completely not true.. the flywheel he said was 11 lbs.. which i thought was VERY light... heres another one i looked at..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-05...Q5fAccessories
heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EXEDY...Q5fAccessories
if the quality and/or characteristics of this clutch/flywheel is not good lemme know..and actually the clutch is not listed as stage three but i questioned the seller and response was itll hold up to 450 and 500.. which could be completely not true.. the flywheel he said was 11 lbs.. which i thought was VERY light... heres another one i looked at..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-05...Q5fAccessories
Last edited by bigern45; 11-28-2008 at 06:33 PM.
#4
The fidanza flywheel is a popular product but i havent heard anything about the clutch.
Most people seem to get RS4, VAST, Southbend, or Clutchmasters. Id get the stock flywheel resurfaced if it meant getting a vast clutch over the ebay one. Its just my prefrence maybe those clutches are great but id rather not take a gamble because of the labor, time, and money involved.
And yeah its sometimes easier to remove the engine and transmission together for a turbo swap. I plan on doing that and rebuilding the transmission too at the same time
Most people seem to get RS4, VAST, Southbend, or Clutchmasters. Id get the stock flywheel resurfaced if it meant getting a vast clutch over the ebay one. Its just my prefrence maybe those clutches are great but id rather not take a gamble because of the labor, time, and money involved.
And yeah its sometimes easier to remove the engine and transmission together for a turbo swap. I plan on doing that and rebuilding the transmission too at the same time
#5
thats where im trying to figure out what to do.. i work at a shop and i have a bay with which i can do the clutch myself... i might just go with a LWFW that ive found and an RS4 clutch.. itll total be about 850 but better safe than sorry yeah i dont wanna have to do it twice.. thanks for your suggestions..
#6
We offer Southbend and Clutch Masters clutch kits and flywheels for the S4 at discounted prices, even include free ground shipping in the 48 states.
Our S4 2.7 clutch page
Our S4 2.7 clutch page
#8
Well just make sure to not go with too light of a flywheel if you plan on going drag racing. I actual use a 15 lbs flywheel in my A4 and am able to pull 1.5 60 ft times and dont have an issue with the rpms dropping to quickly between shifts while pulling 10 second 1/4 mile runs.