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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 08:42 PM
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spec and stillen combo!!!

hey ya'll, my clutch pressure plate had lost its grip since almost a month ago. took it to the shop and opened it up: OMFG, the stock pressure plate and flywheel are so F-ed up. All I see are spinned and grinded glazed friction surfaces. Then the car sat in the shop for 3 weeks and finally got the SPEC Stage II and Stillen Flywheel combo in. Man that's a $750 combo+ $300 labor.
Today I went to the shop and worked with the mechanics to put these puppies in. Took the whole day and here are some details I learned to be careful about:

This chattering feeling that everyone's talking about, actually came from dirty friction surfaces. I read articles and posts about this in the mustang forum. they whom installed the Spec II clutch talked over and over about this chattering in detail. The fact is, even a fingerprint on the kevlar or flywheel friction surface will cause chatter. I used a bottle of the mechanical spray solution to clean everything off. then intalled carefully making sure that nothing touches the frictional area of the pieces. After installation, NO CHATTERS AT ALL!!!

I got the earlier production of the 95 maxima's, so I cannot use the flywheel from fidanza. fidanza makes flywheels for later 95's and on. The fitment difference occurs in that extra hole needed for the earlier 95 flywheels. It has "9" ring gear screws to put on that flywheel. Fidanza flywheels only have 8 holes. you can drill another hole but that'll set off the balancing issues. So be careful. If you are a earlier 95, get one from stillen, tell them the production date of your vehicle. They will get you the correct flywheel.

Also, the throw bearing that came with the SPEC kit is BS. they just simply gave you some throw bearings that has no clippings to fit on the throw arm tips. And the size of the bearing is not even right. I end up using the Stock throw bearing. My stock bearing looked like $hit, but I had no choice. I ain't waitin anymore to get the bearing in.

After all, driving is incredible. First, there is no chattering. It grabs great and engages fast (really really fast!). I am not so used to it yet. About this lightened flywheel high rpm drag down due to lost momentum, I haven't experienced a bit of it, yet. I dared not drive it to red line just yet. I am waiting for breaking in at 500 miles. After all, the combo is great. Very streetable and race-ready.

CLUTCH DOWN-GEAR IN "1"-GAS DOWN+CLUTCH (LOUD STOMP) UP AND REV!!!!!!! Before I expect, that STOMP came in so quick, I stalled the car several times. Then I slowly learned to drive it right. It's really nice.
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