Since the tranny assembly was gonna be pulled off in Spring '03, I decided to upgrade to a lightweight flywheel at the same time. I'm a big fan of doing more work at one time just to save myself from having to work even harder later on. I chose to go with the Fidanza since it was readily available and relatively cheap compared to the other flywheels that were available from Toda, HKS, etc. Plus, friends from all over the country have proven that the Fidanza stands up very well to racing abuse.
You can see the replaceable friction surface held down by aerospace-grade fasteners. That way, you can just replace the friction surface instead of the entire flywheel. You can't really tell in the pics, but the ring gear for the starter is heat treated.
I weighed it at the local UPS shipping center and came up with exactly 9 lbs. 0 oz. I'll weigh the OEM flywheel when I pull it off and clean it.
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