if i install an after market clutch do i need after market flywheel?

[vbryanv]

If when you press down on the clutch pedal you're getting noise, from my experence its and issue with the throwout bearing.

Did your clutch kit come with a new bearing?

[Travis89Turbo]

Originally Posted by vbryanv

If when you press down on the clutch pedal you're getting noise, from my experence its and issue with the throwout bearing.

Did your clutch kit come with a new bearing?

This is true also. I hope you replaced both throwout and pilot bearing while you were in there!

[87hilux7mge]

too me it sounds like the clutch material is bonding to the glaze left on the original flywheel. if it wasnt resurfaced its possible for this to happen, seen and heard it first hand (damn nissan altima...) throwout bearin is possible as well, if you dont grease em up good they like to make noise. also if the T/O bearing isnt made for the clutch kit and its a high load presure plate, it will destroy the stock T/O bearing (first hand knowledge as well).

a lil touch on flywheels here too. lightweight flywheels arent always the way to go. personally, in an N/A car, esp. a heavy one like a mk3, a heavier flywheel is more preferable, as it helps the engine carry and maintain the tq load through the drivetrain. so in other words it would help if you were drifting. a lightweight flywheel i would only ever use for turbo apps, to help alleviate any boost-lag compounding effects. then u dont have to worry as much about carrying the tq load, cuz the turbo is over riding most of the effects of centrifugal effects.

sure with a lightweight flywheel ur n/a will rev quicker and maybe be a lil snappier, but the engine will be working harder in sustained heavy driving.

had a lightweight flywheel in my camaro, worst buy i did for it. i ended up swapping the 14# aftermarket one out for the stock 22# one, and got a whole lot more control out of it. just my .02 Cents!

[Green7mgte]

didnt even look to see if his car was a na or not.. +1 for good advice