[DeTomaso] Fidanza Aluminum flywheels $185 on ebay

Mike Drew MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sun Jan 26 20:42:13 EST 2020


Hmm, interesting. 

I beIieve Fidanza products are Chinese-made? That’s how they are so cheap compared to established US suppliers like McLeod, Hays etc. 

Not 100% sure on that, but very confident I’m right. 

So a cheap knockoff of a cheap product could easily be genuine? Fidanza USA orders 1000 flywheels from the Chinese factory, they make 1500 and sell the rest out the side door?

Who knows...

Mike

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> On Jan 26, 2020, at 17:26, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I guess it would be easy enough to ask Fidanza?
> 
> On Sunday, January 26, 2020, 5:02:31 PM PST, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>   I'm a little leery of cheap eBay products these days, there are too
>   many Chinese knock offs that are visually correct right down to SFI
>   certification, packaging etc.
> 
>   I have encountered OMP Safety harnesses and a Sparco race seat, both
>   verified by OEM to be fake knock offs.
> 
>   Julian
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>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 4:39 PM
>   To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>   Cc: Detomaso List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fidanza Aluminum flywheels $185 on ebay
> 
>   That's a great deal. I have one in my car.
>   Be advised that the holes for the pressure plate aren't countersunk
>   deep enough. The shoulder of the bolts will bottom out in the hole
>   before the pressure plate is tight against the flywheel--no bueno.
>   It is a matter of a few minutes to set it up in a drill press and drill
>   the countersink holes just a bit deeper. Works perfectly after that and
>   the price is right especially here!
>   The friction surface is painted green. I don't know why. I washed it
>   off with lacquer thinner before assembly so it was bare metal, as you
>   would ordinarily expect. There must be some reason they paint it--could
>   it be that it helps break-in? Or are you supposed to remove it, as I
>   did?
>   Mike
>   Sent from my iPad
>   > On Jan 26, 2020, at 14:57, Ken Green via DeTomaso
>   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>   >
>   >    I stumbled across this, $400 at Summit, looks like the correct
>   part
>   >  number:
>   >  [1]Fidanza Billet Aluminum Flywheels 186511 | eBay
>   >  $185.00
>   >
>   >                                [ebay.png]
>   >
>   >              Fidanza Billet Aluminum Flywheels 186511 | eBay
>   >
>   >    <p>Fidanza Billet Aluminum Flywheels 186511. Condition is New,
>   Opened
>   >                Box. Free Shipping within the US!</p><br><...
>   >
>   > References
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>   >  1.
>   [1]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fidanza-Billet-Aluminum-Flywheels-186511/38
>   2953907657
>   >
>   >  Hidden links:
>   >  3.
>   [2]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fidanza-Billet-Aluminum-Flywheels-186511/38
>   2953907657
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   Hmm, interesting.

   I beIieve Fidanza products are Chinese-made? That's how they are so
   cheap compared to established US suppliers like McLeod, Hays etc.

   Not 100% sure on that, but very confident I'm right.

   So a cheap knockoff of a cheap product could easily be genuine? Fidanza
   USA orders 1000 flywheels from the Chinese factory, they make 1500 and
   sell the rest out the side door?

   Who knows...

   Mike
   Sent from my iPad

     On Jan 26, 2020, at 17:26, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

   I guess it would be easy enough to ask Fidanza?
   On Sunday, January 26, 2020, 5:02:31 PM PST, Julian Kift
   <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
     I'm a little leery of cheap eBay products these days, there are too
     many Chinese knock offs that are visually correct right down to SFI
     certification, packaging etc.
     I have encountered OMP Safety harnesses and a Sparco race seat, both
     verified by OEM to be fake knock offs.
     Julian
       __________________________________________________________________
     From: DeTomaso <[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
   behalf of
     Mike Drew via DeTomaso <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
     Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 4:39 PM
     To: Ken Green <[3]kenn_green at yahoo.com>
     Cc: Detomaso List <[4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
     Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fidanza Aluminum flywheels $185 on ebay
     That's a great deal. I have one in my car.
     Be advised that the holes for the pressure plate aren't countersunk
     deep enough. The shoulder of the bolts will bottom out in the hole
     before the pressure plate is tight against the flywheel--no bueno.
     It is a matter of a few minutes to set it up in a drill press and
   drill
     the countersink holes just a bit deeper. Works perfectly after that
   and
     the price is right especially here!
     The friction surface is painted green. I don't know why. I washed it
     off with lacquer thinner before assembly so it was bare metal, as you
     would ordinarily expect. There must be some reason they paint
   it--could
     it be that it helps break-in? Or are you supposed to remove it, as I
     did?
     Mike
     Sent from my iPad
     > On Jan 26, 2020, at 14:57, Ken Green via DeTomaso
     <[5]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     >
     >    I stumbled across this, $400 at Summit, looks like the correct
     part
     >  number:
     >  [1]Fidanza Billet Aluminum Flywheels 186511 | eBay
     >  $185.00
     >
     >                                [ebay.png]
     >
     >              Fidanza Billet Aluminum Flywheels 186511 | eBay
     >
     >    <p>Fidanza Billet Aluminum Flywheels 186511. Condition is New,
     Opened
     >                Box. Free Shipping within the US!</p><br><...
     >
     > References
     >
     >  Visible links
     >  1.

   [1][6]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fidanza-Billet-Aluminum-Flywheels-186511
   /38
     2953907657
     >
     >  Hidden links:
     >  3.

   [2][7]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fidanza-Billet-Aluminum-Flywheels-186511
   /38
     2953907657
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