I need one made for my falcon. I called Rob in Idaho but their clutches are way small and would end up costing me more than a reasonable amount, and he said there's likely someone else out there that might make an easier time of it.
Anyone ehere make stuff out of aluminum ? Or know somebody that can copy my iron one and make me an aluminum copy?
This message has been edited by koolminx on May 12, 2009 2:08 PM
I know they need a steel friction surface... I NEED to get my instant rotational speed back, this flywheel I put in raped about 40% of my idle to 5,000 rpm speed, where before I could hit red-line in 1/2 to 3/4 of a second, after the 3.03 tranny swap and this ginormous flywheel now it takes nearly one and a half seconds to get there....
The engine used to frickin' ZING on demand, even while in gear! But, with this flywheel robbing all my bottom end I got nothing.
That's why I want a billet aluminum flywheel, to give me back my bottom end.
But not what you want. An aluminum flywheel would be more for winging the motor on the line for a hard leave in a big HP car and letting said big power car buzz up between shifts - they don't need or want a lot of inertia input. Your bitty 6 most likely does need and want that inertia energy.
Mcleod don't have it. They only make SB and BB stuff for ford's noting 6 cyl.
I want my damn ZING back. that extra 12 lbs took about 15 HP out of my motor at idle. I want it back...
Shouldn't cost more than $300 bucks to copy a big fat old iron one with aluminum I'd think, but if it's once again going to cost the same to make a damn flywheel as it is to chrome a damn bumper, then I gotta do what I gotta do... Simple as that.
If I cannot get a flywheel, I'll just buy another 2.02 tranny with clutch and go back to the original 7" clutch and non synchro tranny to get my ZAP back into my Falcon....
I could be rolling in 1st OR 2nd gear and stomp it and get a good chirping squeal out of the other combo, but this 3.03 don't let me squeak the tires except when I dump the clutch with 300+ rpm's on it... Same gear ratios in each tranny...
That's why I need to know who makes them forspecial It's not that they are difficult to copy... I just don't have a CNC or lathe or any billet aluminum over 3" cubed...
I'm just stumped as to why every damn piece of my friggin' car has to be $500+.... Just blows my mind that nobody can make anything for less that $500 bucks now day's, can't even chrome a bumper less than $560 bucks...
Who'd a thunk that a moredoor would be such a cash pot...
Back to the tiny falcon tranny I guess... I can buy 5 or 10 of them for the price of one friggin flywheel, so if I break one it's no big deal....
Man, go have a cold iced tea & chill. Aluminum flywheels are for race engines & the last time I looked the small sixes were not being raced. I don't know what the measurements of the little six's wheel are but if you could find one with the same ring gear then you could adapt one by re-drilling the attachment holes. I wouldn't do it though.
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Hahahaha, I don't need to chill nor do I need sympathy. I'm just finding out now that the reason I never did any custom work is because it's gaddamn expensive!
The REASON I want an aluminum flywheel is that the original one weighs nearly nothing, but the upgrade to the T-5 weighs nearly twice as much!
That is why I want an aluminum one.. If I can get a lighter flywheel (I.E. Aluminum) it won't seem like I'm trying to smuggle Mexican's over the border in my trunk every time I leave a light...
And the prices once again make me pause, and think that I am not charging my customer nearly enough...
Gary, you're going through the same angst I did with my '60 Falcon when I found that a NOS trunk handle with emblem was $250-$300. That's why someone repops it now for $200. That was in 2000 so by now everything for an old Falcon will cost $500-$600 a piece!
As far as the aluminum flywheel, without the torque, a lighter flywheel would be a bitch to drive everyday in that Falcon. Trying to make that boat anchor of an engine do cartwheels is probably not a worthy task. Drop some cubes in it.
I understand the prices now... Unwillingly I do anyway...
But, My ORIGINAL flywheel is 1/2 the weight of my current one. I drove it just FINE before I upgraded to this 3.03 67 Mustang tranny and flywheel and clutch, so I gotta get me a lighter flywheel to make some of the difference up.
So going aluminum will only be giving me back what I originally had free spinning wise.
You can also check out swap meets, ebay, etc for same parts for less money. I mean you can buy headers, a better intake manifold, a performance camshaft (or all of the above) to add some "zing" to your "sick cylinder" motor.
I have ZING damnit! I just don't have the ZING I used to have. I'm going to try to get this flywheel lightened, and if that comes to no avail, I'll spend the 7 or 8 hundred bucks and have one made.
The silly thing stock is only 120 HP and when I'm done it will have at the very least 200, which is like what you guy's get out of 3 cylinders in your big Vee-Ates Only I'm doing it my my own tooling in a genuinely old school fashion and not going to use an aftermarket head or go to Clifford for my power...
I think I can do it without them, I can even do it without the aluminum flywheel, but that's an advantage I would like to have...
I'm going to have the fastest Naturally Aspirated 61 Falcon moredoor Log Head 200 CI motor in the entire world! (eventually)
Thanks for all the suggestions. (even the bad ones)
Just make sure when cross drilling to keep holes on an equallized bolt pattern. Otherwise you may end up with a balance issue. Should be short work of it at the local machine shop... I could suggest someone, but that might be crossing the line. You know you'll need Chuck's permission before you can do this modification. Just shoot him an emaail, and ask nicely!!
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? Or know somebody that can copy my iron one and make me an aluminum copy?
