Flywheels

Boris · Post by **Boris** » April 27th, 2006, 8:41 pm

Anyone know of any good aluminum flywheels for mx3s? I found a centerforce one already but it's out of my price range (I think it's aroun $750). That's the only one I've found so far. I know fidanza makes good flywheels but they don't make them for the mx3...which leads me to my next question: Will a Miata flywheel work on an mx3??? Kind of a long shot i know...but SOMEONE out there must have a good flywheel in their mx3...

Thanks,
Boris

Joey's mx · Post by **Joey's mx** » April 27th, 2006, 8:50 pm

yes get a 1.6L miata flywheel!! It fits because i am running the fidanza one right now!!

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » April 27th, 2006, 8:51 pm

the flywheel from the miata 1.6 and mx-3 are the same wheater they are the 1.6 sohc or dohc and the 1.8 maita flywheel are the same for the protege LX BP

Boris · Post by **Boris** » April 27th, 2006, 9:12 pm

Awesome, I'll start looking for a good price then

If anyone has any suggestions, feel free. i'm prolly just gonna try ebay, and maybe jrp.

Boris · Post by **Boris** » April 28th, 2006, 2:30 pm

Well I just bought a miata flywheel. Got a fidanza off ebay for what I think was a really good deal.

Shipping cost is only $5 to Canada and FREE anywhere in the states.

The actual flywheel was $319 US...so in total with shipping I paid like $360CAN. Aluminum clutch, weighs only 8lbs

Can't wait to put it in!

Here's the link if anyone's interested:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/FIDANZA-ALUMINUM-FLY ... dZViewItem

Joey's mx · Post by **Joey's mx** » April 28th, 2006, 2:31 pm

try nipponpower.com that is where i got my clutch and flywheel..it was the best prices i could find for the fidanza flywheel!!

Boris · Post by **Boris** » April 28th, 2006, 2:34 pm

lol one minute too late. Oh well I think they're around the same prices...I dunno how much nippon would charge for shipping.

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » April 29th, 2006, 7:52 am

If it is shipping ground from the US unless you have your own customs broker expect to pay a lot of hidden fees. I know of parts that were worth $200 US costing almost as much in hidden fees to clear it across the border but at least the shop knew was a NAFTA declaration was so at least it was duty free and it went to an address outside of Quebec so only the GST was add not like people in Quebec that get hosed with both the GST+PST

SpikeDerailed · Post by **SpikeDerailed** » April 30th, 2006, 2:58 am

What is the weight of the stock flywheel? As far as im concerned the engine takes to long to rev up(from idle to 6k in neutral).

ModMX3 - (Carmaster2005) · April 30th, 2006, 8:36 am

Just to add, the weight of the stock flywheel has a purpose, to smooth out the idle on thease small motors.

mx3dude · Post by **mx3dude** » May 5th, 2006, 2:30 am

As far as I've read, our stock flywheels are approximately 16-17lbs. What I would like to see is an all titanium flywheel. I have a feeling that would last the life of the car, no matter what. It would be incredibly light and strong.

WingleBeast · Post by **WingleBeast** » May 5th, 2006, 2:57 am

do you know how much titanium cost per cubic inch? not to mention the tools to machine it. and in fact it owuld probably be worse then steel.

tatanium dosent do well with heat or friction. which is why they dont make gun barrels out of them, and last time i checked your clutch puts alot of friction on the flywheel

mx3dude · Post by **mx3dude** » May 5th, 2006, 3:50 am

WingleBeast

PostPosted: 05 May 2006, 00:57 Post subject:
do you know how much titanium cost per cubic inch? not to mention the tools to machine it. and in fact it owuld probably be worse then steel.

tatanium dosent do well with heat or friction. which is why they dont make gun barrels out of them, and last time i checked your clutch puts alot of friction on the flywheel

After doing some research, I found that the tensile strength of titanium can reach as far as 200,000psi, it is about 56% the density of steel (so almost half the weight of steel), and it's melting point is appr. 3135 deg F. This is 400 F above steel and 2000 F above aluminum. It probably handles heat well and as for friction, I can't see it causeing much more frictional heat than other metals, especially with the chromoly coating they get. But on this last point, I'm not sure. Just some info I've found.

WingleBeast · Post by **WingleBeast** » May 5th, 2006, 1:23 pm

tensile strength dosent matter. titanium can only be hardened to 42 on the rockwell scale before going extreamly brittle, so in most high friction applications, titanium will technically be softer then steel, so it will wear faster. and if it is as hard as the steel it will be significantly less safe

Boris · Post by **Boris** » May 9th, 2006, 10:54 pm

Got the flywheel today! Looks awesome... COD was $12.06 or something like that so total cost of the flywheel ended up being about $375 shipped. That's in Canadian dollars btw..

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