WTB Lightend flywheel for c900

happyandy · Postby **happyandy** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:12 pm

I am looking for a lightend flywheel for my '88 c900 turbo project, it doesn't need to be fancy or ultralight, just lighter than the stock diesel truck-like unit. I'm on a tight budget too :wink:

. thank you.

Crazyswede · Postby **Crazyswede** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:51 pm

Well you could find a local machine shop and see how much to have it lightened and balanced. I can have them done locally for about $90.

happyandy · Postby **happyandy** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:14 am

I need a machine shop like that around here! the rednecks around here tripple the price when they hear an import brand part

Crazyswede · Postby **Crazyswede** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:11 am

tell them its a flywheel off of a ford then.

happyandy · Postby **happyandy** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:54 am

If it was for a sonet 2 or 96 I would be almost telling the truth! I wonder if I tell them that its for a MOPAR if they will do it for free.

Crazyswede · Postby **Crazyswede** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:17 am

its a big lump of round iron. they only take about 5 lbs off of it and its not a very complicated procedure....balancing should be easy too. Have you called around and gotten actual prices?

happyandy · Postby **happyandy** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:50 am

So far I have only tried a few auto specific machine shops, but there is an industrial machine shop that I do some buisness with that I will talk to. One of my clients has a full machine shop that they have let me use in the past, but I haven't been there in over a year, I think it would be in poor form to drop in and say "long time- no see, can I use your machinist for a personal project?"
I thought that it would be easier to see if any one on this forum had a spare that they could part with.

Geoff · Postby **Geoff** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:57 pm

I have/had a spare but it has lots of stress cracks all over it and is really gouged from running a 4 puck ceramic(?) clutch disc. Its for an earlier (smaller clutch) car. You don't want it.

GRMPer · Postby **GRMPer** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:06 pm

My local machine shop won't do them---ties up their lathe too long. I got mine from MSS.

DrewP · Postby **DrewP** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:19 pm

Dave Kennedy (formerly Group9) did mine, took about 7.5 pounds off the stock flywheel, and balanced, and re-did the dowel pins to take the 9" 9000 clutch for something like $180? He trolls around on Saabnet most of the time, you can find his e-mail address or his phone number somewhere.

Best,
Drew

WTB Lightend flywheel for c900

WTB Lightend flywheel for c900

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