[DeTomaso] PP bolts for Fidanza Flywheel

[Barry Seib]

Ken
I think that may be a good solution. You'd probably want to keep the
unthreaded portion to a minimum so you didn't have to stack a bunch of
washers to accomodate it.
Barry

 -----Original Message-----
From: Ken Green [mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:30 PM
To: DetomasoList; Asa Jay Laughton; Barry Seib
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] PP bolts for Fidanza Flywheel


        I found these 5/16 grade 8 studs:

        http://www.allensfasteners.com/detail.asp?Product_ID=23002

        Maybe that is a better approach for attaching the PP to the Fidanze
flywheel?

        Ken

        --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Barry Seib <oldwheel at mts.net> wrote:


          From: Barry Seib <oldwheel at mts.net>
          Subject: [DeTomaso] FYI - Centerforce dual friction disk from Ford
          To: "DetomasoList" <detomaso at realbig.com>, "Asa Jay Laughton"
<asajay at asajay.com>, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
          Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 6:00 AM


          The stock iron flywheel and clutch used shouldered bolts and
recesses
          countersunk in the flywheel with no thread so that they could be
fully
          torqued without bottoming the threads. It was a very rigid, strong
assembly
          when done. Centerforce steel and aluminum flywheels for our cars
are done
          the same way. The Fidanza aluminum flywheel is the only one I've
seen that
          has no similar solution available. Stacking the bolt out with
washers
          doesn't satisfy me in an application like pressure plate bolts,
but I guess
          that's the worked for some people. The Fidanza is about half the
price of a
          Centerforce or Mcleod aluminum flywheel and I assume they are made
to use
          the original Ford bolts or an ARP equal? Maybe this is a case of
"you get
          what you pay for". It's a lot of cash though.

          Barry



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          I think the bolts for aluminum flywheels typically do:

          http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ARP-150-2201/?rtype=10

          But the flywheel needs recesses for the full diameter unthreaded
portions to
          fit into.

          Ken

          --- On Tue, 9/7/10, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:


          From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
          Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FYI - Centerforce dual friction disk from
Ford
          To: detomaso at realbig.com
          Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 9:25 PM


            I don't remember my PP bolts have shoulders.  Though it's been a
while
          now.

          Asa Jay