Damage? Flywheels failing tend to wreck **** pretty bad :-/

I got lucky, there was no damage, the head was just bouncing around in there. I was really surprised to hear there was no damage after hearing the sounds the thing was making, it was so bad...

Ohhh...so when we talked and you said how loud the flywheel is, it was due to the head of the bolts floating around? Wow...

I bet he only had 1 or 2 shear off, and that's what the damage wasn't bad. Even with one gone, aside from the bits floating around in the there the flywheel will be out of balance, can put odd rotation stresses on other components, etc. Sorry to hear about that RCZ, hopefully they'll update their design and take care of you guys with failures.

Sooo Raul, you coming to the Z meet?

Actually nah, I was just referring to the rattle when we talked. When the nut sheared off it sounded like the flywheel was broken in half...it was really really bad.

One bolt sheared off. Hopefully we hear something from them soon.


I'm gonna try and make the meets.

Tight, u could check out my advans

When and where is the meet? Maybe my car will be ready by then.

Raul, are you going with a different flywheel or waiting to see what Fidanza has to offer? I'm thinking about ordering up a different make just to speed up the process a little bit. It's getting hard to find rides every where lol.

I know what that's like man. I am leaving it in there for as long as possible. Its rattling as usual, I just dont know if its any louder than usual. I think maybe we need some different bolts... I really dont want to put a heavy fw back in there...it really livens up the car when its in there.

NO ONE does.

Maybe fidanza will provide us with a fix when they do some testing. Maybe all we need are different bolts...

Hopefully they do, and hopefully it's just a simple fix like that!

BTW, you are approaching 1,500 posts, 100 pages, and 100,000 views for your journal thread, Raul. You're definitely one of the 370 pioneers. From comforting, floral beginnings to a supercharged beast... this has been one hell of a thread! :tup:

Thanks Steve, its been a great ride so far thanks to the awesome people on this board. I'm trying to think what I'm going to do in honor of the 100,000 view...wonder who is going to be the 100k view and the 1500 post.

^Here an update on the tire sizes you recommended for my setup. AWESOME.

You going to be around Saturday at 2pm? That's when my tuning session with HP Logi is. It would be great to meet up with you, Jason, Ray, whomever.