m5 clutch on e46

Originally Posted by Fast Bob

I would NEVER put an 8-pound `wheel in a street car....that`s a "Track Only" piece....

Agreed. That's just WAY to aggresive for s daily driven car. It's already to much w/ my 16 pound flywheel. But since I don't drive my bimmer daily I don't mind it as much.

Originally Posted by MalibuMafiaV

But since I don't drink my bimmer daily I don't mind it as much.

You sure about the "drinking" part there, Skippy ?

Originally Posted by Fast Bob

You sure about the "drinking" part there, Skippy ?

drive* shows what I wana go do right now. To bad I have 4 hours left of work.

Originally Posted by Fast Bob

I would NEVER put an 8-pound `wheel in a street car....that`s a "Track Only" piece....

I'm a member of the uninitiated crowd, what makes an 8-lb flywheel "off road use only" as you said earlier? What does having an 8 lb 'wheel do to the driving experience?

As a slushbox owner I'm obviously not planning to do any such thing but I am still curious.

Originally Posted by numindast

I'm a member of the uninitiated crowd, what makes an 8-lb flywheel "off road use only" as you said earlier? What does having an 8 lb 'wheel do to the driving experience?

As a slushbox owner I'm obviously not planning to do any such thing but I am still curious.

You'd have to keep throttling the car for it not to stall, it'll make a loud chattering sound when in N or holding in the clutch, it would make the clutch insanely stiff. Not for daily driving lol.

Find my thread on the entertaining read about Harry and Larry and the lightweight flywheel. Good stuff.

Sent from the Bamavarian Nexus.

Originally Posted by numindast

I'm a member of the uninitiated crowd, what makes an 8-lb flywheel "off road use only" as you said earlier? What does having an 8 lb 'wheel do to the driving experience?

As a slushbox owner I'm obviously not planning to do any such thing but I am still curious.

A flywheel serves a couple of purposes....it acts as a big vibration damper, smoothing out engine pulses (not a BFD on BMW`s I6s, which have excellent primary balance). It also stores kinetic (rotational) energy, which make it easier to get the car under way from a standing start (a slightly heavier `wheel is beneficial here). When a manual trans is idling in neutral, all the shafts & gears are sort of banging around inside the trans case, because nothing is engaged or under load, so the (heavier) flywheel also dampens any potential rattling from the trans. An 8-lb. `wheel doesn`t offer much in the way of damping or centrifugal energy, so you will have more driveline noise, and the car will be harder to launch smoothly. Performance always involves a trade-off of some sort....a heavier flywheel (24 lbs. for the stock unit) gives acceptable levels of performance for non-enthusiasts, but is sluggish to react to change (remember Newton`s Third Law ?). A 16-lb. solid billet wheel is probably the best compromise....it allows much faster rev capability, while providing enough inertial energy that the car isn`t a royal pain in the ass in everyday driving. And, the solid billet `wheel/sprung clutch combo offers a substantial improvement in engagement feel and predictability compared to the stock DMF/SAC setup.

Hope that was clear enough for ya....

so i got the F1 racing stage 1 clutch today, gonna try to put it in saturday, whats your guys opinion on breaking it in? should i limit my revs to a certain rpm for the first fews hundred miles? and how long till i can drop clutch and floor it, my current clutch is pretty much as bad as it gets, if i floor it, no matter what gear the rpms redline but the car barely accelerates, i miss my bimmer!! i want to feel that super fast 0-60 in 7 seconds again haha

my tranny wont go back into place, why??

Originally Posted by anton2718

my tranny wont go back into place, why??

Did you use the splined alignment tool (that comes with the kit) during assembly to ensure that everything was lined up correctly ? Did you replace the pilot bushing ?

yep, did all the above, i pushed it in all but an inch which is where it stopped, but i barely got it there

Originally Posted by anton2718

yep, did all the above, i pushed it in all but an inch which is where it stopped, but i barely got it there

When you try to put the trans in, does the input shaft stop at the same place the alignment spline did ? Are you sure the throwout bearing is not getting hung up somehow ?

im not sure, it might be, also there was a cover thing on the pressure plate with a hex insert, i took that out, was i supposed to? the old one didnt have it and it doesnt seem like it would fit if i didnt, what was that for?

great success!!

Originally Posted by anton2718

great success!!

Glad to hear this. What was the problem ?

Originally Posted by Fast Bob

Glad to hear this. What was the problem ?

honestly, im not even sure, i took the transmission back out and put it in again and everything came together