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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: TUFFY on March 18, 2013, 10:15:33 am

Title: Steel flywheel
Post by: TUFFY on March 18, 2013, 10:15:33 am: I got me steel flywheel the other day,,
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: TUFFY on March 18, 2013, 10:19:23 am: Need to install ring gear yet. It is a old Ford small inline 6 fly wheel with VW bold pattern machined from a big hunk of steel.
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: 8v-of-fury on March 18, 2013, 10:47:42 am: See now because this a completely random thread, nobody knows what it is for or why you have posted it ;). This would be much better suited within your build thread, don't you think?
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: RabbitJockey on March 18, 2013, 12:11:36 pm: what's a nubian?
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: Jetmugg on March 18, 2013, 02:26:35 pm: Tuffy:
I need a steel flywheel also. I was planning to buy one of the Black Forest Industries flywheels. Where did you get yours?

Steve.
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: 745 turbogreasel on March 18, 2013, 02:43:41 pm: Looks obvious to me he wants to use a small ford tranny.
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: homerj1 on March 18, 2013, 02:45:29 pm: Quote from: 745 turbogreasel on March 18, 2013, 02:43:41 pm
Looks obvious to me he wants to use a small ford tranny.

Made of steel, of course,
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: 8v-of-fury on March 18, 2013, 03:17:25 pm: Quote from: 745 turbogreasel on March 18, 2013, 02:43:41 pm
Looks obvious to me he wants to use a small ford tranny.

Quote from: homerj1 on March 18, 2013, 02:45:29 pm
Quote from: 745 turbogreasel on March 18, 2013, 02:43:41 pm
Looks obvious to me he wants to use a small ford tranny.

Made of steel, of course,

I assume it is for his tractor build??
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: TUFFY on March 18, 2013, 04:15:52 pm: Yup, for tractor puller. Sorry I didn't put this on my other topic. I had a local guy machine it for me.
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: TUFFY on March 18, 2013, 04:39:05 pm: My original topic is above this one. I added flywheel pics to it.
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: theman53 on March 18, 2013, 05:31:13 pm: Quote from: RabbitJockey on March 18, 2013, 12:11:36 pm
what's a nubian?
Black rage
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on March 19, 2013, 11:42:55 am: Quote from: Jetmugg on March 18, 2013, 02:26:35 pm
Tuffy:
I need a steel flywheel also. I was planning to buy one of the Black Forest Industries flywheels. Where did you get yours?

Steve.

just buy the BFI flywheel, and the clutch it needs to operate correctly, and be happy..

his is custom, not commercially made.. i bet it cost him a PRETTY PENNY too...
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: TUFFY on March 19, 2013, 05:58:21 pm: $200 to have it machined. I think the chunk of steel cost me about $30.
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on March 20, 2013, 02:16:38 pm: Quote from: TUFFY on March 19, 2013, 05:58:21 pm
$200 to have it machined. I think the chunk of steel cost me about $30.

wow, thats not bad at all...
Title: Re: Steel flywheel
Post by: RabbitJockey on March 28, 2013, 08:09:49 am: looks like bfi now carries these, although it doesn't look like this would have worked for you anyway.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5998497-BFI-020-Clutch-Kits-amp-Billet-Flywheels (http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5998497-BFI-020-Clutch-Kits-amp-Billet-Flywheels)