Yep you're right. Cause putting a heavier load on something than what it was orignially intended for has zero affect on the wear and tear of an item. As usual you know everything....

 

I dunno, I would probably be a little more suspicious of the machining of the flywheel than the clutch itself. I could see it maybe not being perfectly round and pushing against the starter or something like that.

I kinda wonder what the weight difference even is? I would imagine most of these kits come with aluminum flywheels vs the stock cast Iron so it might be a wash?

 

A few lbs in the weight of the flywheel is of little consequence vs the rest of the stuff being turned over in the engine, as well as the compression stroke.

 

Sure if you say so. Like I said you know everything......

 

I don't know everything. It just seems like it because I'm constantly correcting misinformation that gets posted here.

 

Can't speak for all multi disc flywheels. But I do know the one on my Exedy Triple isn't aluminum.

 

Wow they are really using a cast iron flywheel? You would think with how expensive those kits are they would be using something a little higher end.

Edit: After looking it up they say its "Lightweight chromoly steel" So i assume they mean light weight compared to a stock cast unit?

 

Yes. Chromoly isn't bad at all.

 

Still not that much of a weight savings. OEM Flywheel weights about 13.9 lbs. The exedy FM12 flywheel weighs about 11.8 w/out the flywheel ring. Add that to the equation and they are about the same.

 

Maybe the starter it came with needs brushes or something stupid easy to fix, maybe some lube and maintenance. I bought a Amazon Chinese starter for my wife's WRX and it worked a couple of months and then quit. When I disassembled it I found a well made starter that had been assembled with no lube. A case of people building parts for cars that don't own or work on cars. I added a little lube and its been working great for about 1.5 years now.