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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>street_illegal_stang</b> <br /><small>Member # 1554</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,21,16,53,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> My dad thinks it'll be okay. But I don't know<br />You can feel them with your finger nail.<br />Its a stock flywheel/never resufaced, with a dual friction centerforce clutch.<br /><br />Have any of you ran into this problem.<br />If I try to resurface it, how much can I take off? Have anyone of you had a stock 5.0 flywheel exploded/break?<br /><br />I dont have much cash, so resurfacing or replacing it with a used one are really my only options <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>JohnB</b> <br /><small>Member # 969</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,21,18,22,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>street_illegal_stang</b> <br /><small>Member # 1554</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,21,21,8,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> my friend just sold me a used one in much better shape. Thank JohnB for your reply <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>RODRIGUEZ</b> <br /><small>Member # 9104</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,25,16,1,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">What would happen if that was to happen to somebody? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>50DADDY</b> <br /><small>Member # 3076</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,25,17,42,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by RODRIGUEZ:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">What would happen if that was to happen to somebody? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Depends on if you like your legs how they are or not. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>92stangLX</b> <br /><small>Member # 3252</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,25,17,55,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 50DADDY:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by RODRIGUEZ:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">What would happen if that was to happen to somebody? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Depends on if you like your legs how they are or not. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">kinda like a handgrenade going off.. that is why some race classes require re-inforced bellhousings <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>street_illegal_stang</b> <br /><small>Member # 1554</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2010,2,25,22,52,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> well, the flywheel sits just pass the firewall-so lead foot may go byebye.save on gas <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> <br />But I didn't want to chance it unless I could save it by resurfacing, then again<br /> I had a friend who <br /> had a eclipes mitsubishi, powershift his way down the street then go<br />booom! chunks of flywheel poking inside the car; lucky no one got hurt<br /><br />My flywheel on my stang had some very small cracks seen with a 10x power loop... it looks like it<br />could resurfaced, but my buddy had one laying around so I bought it instead. I never seen that occur on my stangs before- I've owned<br /> 6,t5 foxbodies and this is the first scary/sketchy looking flywheel I had <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <br /><br />whats the limit measurement of resurfacing a stock 5.0 flywheel without<br /> killing the balance weight? thanks<br /> <br /> <small>[ March 25, 2010, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: street_illegal_stang ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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