vespam5

I'd really like that. I'm very curious to see the noise and driveability of a RS clutch equipped car.

I read my "Enthusiast's Companion" and it pretty much says there is no right way to make the light flywheel work without converting to the full RS flywheel sensor system (which is totally different than our cars right?) The software fix only ups the idle a bit to try to keep the engine alive when dropping to idle.

I learned a lot with my heavily modified m3, I did a 12 pound aluminum flywheel, and it was amazing the way it reved, shifted, and downshifted...it transformed the car! But often it died in traffic, I'd have to blip it to "keep it alive" and doing that on a daily car sucked. The noise the flywheel made was also nerve racking.

Nontheless I am very tempted! I started reading a little bit about switch to a 1989 or was it 1990 single mass unit which is about 19 pounds...I don;t know much about this yet but perhaps it's a happy medium?

crg53

There has been lots of threads on the LFW subject, and there seem to be a few different opinions from the people who has actually installed one in their car, some find the transmission makes a little more noise, some find idle/stalling issues, but in my case with the RS LFW/clutch package and Steve Wong chip, the car performs absolutely perfect, no added tranny noise, no idle/stalling issues, so in my humble opinion it is a very worth while upgrade for your porsche.

vespam5

^that makes me want to pull the trigger and go with it. Whats the best deal out there on a complete set up?

crg53

I would check the regular suppliers here on RL, such as Sunset, Pelican, Patrick Motorsport, Rennsportsystems, Vertex, (no affiliations) , my indy supplied mine when the engine was out for cylinder head work.

christallon

New kits run $1,600 ish. You'll need GT3 clutch disk (this is the one everyone uses for this application); pressure plate; Lt Wt flywheel; Throw out bearing; guide tube; another bearing (can't remeber what it's called) and new bolts (shorter than dual mass set-up). Pelican sells the kit as does Sunset.

I found absolutely no change to the idle in my car with either AC on or off, and I have thus far retained the stock chip. (I do want the Steve Wong chip, but haven't bellied up yet). This is not to say you won't have idle issues, as it seems this varies greatly among users, for some reason.

PM me your number and we'll set up a time you can drive my car, and we can talk more about it then.

Chris

BIG'UN

I thought you'd like to see all those pictures in one place now it's nearly complete....Taken by the technician that built it back up..good job he's much better with the spanners!!
Looks much better close up.

Andy.

vespam5

Very Nice!

I have made a lot of progress as well, I need to post pictures soon!

Man I miss driving my car it's been weeks!

vespam5

Updates!

Powder coated parts, engine coming back together, you can see I painted my rebuilt injectors pink :

vespam5

New alternator, RS hub/single belt conversion, painted fan and housing, new timing chain gaskets, rennline gusset kit, etc

vespam5

rarebear

GREAT JOB !!!!! HATS OFF WOOOOOW its better than when it left the factory !!!

vespam5

Thanks! I consider my motor "refreshed". I figure I'll keep her as leak free as possible and when the time comes, a real rebuild can happen.

Going in:
New turbo kraft trans mount
New WEVO motor mounts
Bronze bearing shift fork conversion
RS single belt conversion.
Rennline gusset kit
adjusted valves
all the "while I'm there" tasks done.
New Alternator
etc etc

hawk911

HOLY CRAP!!!! it looks great with the black and gold. Nice job

BIG'UN

The contrast does look good against a black car.
Great work.

Andy.

hawk911

not to be nit picky, but why not put new bolts on the newly painted pieces? or at least blast them with a shot of black paint.