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Old 10-13-2006, 12:01 PM
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Ok so let me start by saying I don't know much about cars so this might seem like a dumb question to some of you. Can you change the flywheel on an AT or is that only a MT option? Thanks
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yes you can change it. If you do be sure to check the muffler bearings and blinker fluid while you are under there.
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if i recall correctly, dont quote me on this, but the RX8 AT is based off a flywheel type system..
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yes you can change it. If you do be sure to check the muffler bearings and blinker fluid while you are under there.
Thanks for the info, I don't how to check that stuff, I would probably have the car taken somewhere and have someone install it. I don't have the slightest clue how to do it myself. Sometimes I wish I knew as much about cars as I do computer systems. That way I could do this stuff myself and not pay someone.
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FYI...the counter weight used for the ACT Prolite is actually the counter weight from the AT.
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Originally Posted by JTtheDude
Thanks for the info, I don't how to check that stuff, I would probably have the car taken somewhere and have someone install it. I don't have the slightest clue how to do it myself. Sometimes I wish I knew as much about cars as I do computer systems. That way I could do this stuff myself and not pay someone.
Oh dear ...........

What he is saying is that your flux capacitor needs a new warp drive -
understand now ?
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Originally Posted by Brettus
Oh dear ...........

What he is saying is that your flux capacitor needs a new warp drive -
understand now ?
No worries, rx7store.net has them for $5,295 right now

http://www.rx7store.net/category_s/27/flx03rx8.htm

Bust seriously, no worries - we all had to learn at some time. A great tool to gain more info on virtually anything is www.wikipedia.org
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Originally Posted by JTtheDude
Thanks for the info, I don't how to check that stuff, I would probably have the car taken somewhere and have someone install it. I don't have the slightest clue how to do it myself. Sometimes I wish I knew as much about cars as I do computer systems. That way I could do this stuff myself and not pay someone.
i'll be nice, he was being sarcastic. the AT doesn't have a flywheel
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i'll be nice, he was being sarcastic. the AT doesn't have a flywheel
spoilsport !
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yeah well i'd feel bad if this person actually purchased one. but he has to check this thread again to see anyways so who knows.
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yeah autos dont have flywheels they have torque converters
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Originally Posted by N rider89
yeah autos dont have flywheels they have torque converters
...which need to be maintained with Dot 8 fluid.
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Got to love 6 port pukes don't we now.

the flywheel is only a M/T option. Any benefit to the A/T in this part of the drive train would be a diffrent torque converter.

I haven't been able to track one that fits in the 8 yet.
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I thought the blinker fluid and muffler bearings would have tipped him off.....
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Originally Posted by Tigster
I thought the blinker fluid and muffler bearings would have tipped him off.....
Well, some of 8's have been known to gather some "blinker fluid" in the rear lights...
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Also for us cursed A/T owners we need Hp in the midrange of the Rpm band.
This may help.
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=30
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^why are we cursed?
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Jtthedude,
the flywheel is located behind the clutch disc and the clutch cover which is only found on manual transmissions.

Flywheel-----Locknut----Pilot bearing----oil seal----Clutch disc----Clutch Cover----Clutch Release Collar----Clutch Fork----Clutch release cylinder

In this order is the complete Clutch system that is located before the opening in the (found at the rear of the) manual transmission,
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