Flywheel size
#2236038
01/17/17 02:48 PM
01/17/17 02:48 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8 Crystal Falls, Michigan
71 GTX
OP
member
|
OP
member
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8
Crystal Falls, Michigan
|
Which size flywheel should I get for my 440 with an 18 spline 4 speed??
69 RoadRunner (clone) 70 Cuda 383 4 speed (project) 70 Cuda convertible 340 4 speed (project)1 of 88 70 Barracuda (project) 71 GTX 440 4 speed (project) 72 Cuda 340 3 speed (project) 1 of 25
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236056
01/17/17 03:13 PM
01/17/17 03:13 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 18,160 Mass
DAYCLONA
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 18,160
Mass
|
Which size flywheel should I get for my 440 with an 18 spline 4 speed?? Personally I'd go with a 130 tooth, you can fit up to a 11" clutch on it, unless you feel the need for a larger tooth flywheel, then your choice of bellhousings becomes limited
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236069
01/17/17 03:22 PM
01/17/17 03:22 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8 Crystal Falls, Michigan
71 GTX
OP
member
|
OP
member
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8
Crystal Falls, Michigan
|
so you are saying that it really does not matter which size I use....its for my 71 GTX....
69 RoadRunner (clone) 70 Cuda 383 4 speed (project) 70 Cuda convertible 340 4 speed (project)1 of 88 70 Barracuda (project) 71 GTX 440 4 speed (project) 72 Cuda 340 3 speed (project) 1 of 25
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236075
01/17/17 03:27 PM
01/17/17 03:27 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 21,845 Kirkland, Washington
Pacnorthcuda
Too Many Posts
|
Too Many Posts
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 21,845
Kirkland, Washington
|
so you are saying that it really does not matter which size I use....its for my 71 GTX.... Well, a 143 tooth requires a larger bellhousing, which can interfere with headers... With an 18 spline I would be determining what disc and P Plate you want to run. Discs are kind of limited in 18 spline. (I run a McLeod, I think C-Force makes them from time-to-time but they aren't always available)
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236084
01/17/17 03:48 PM
01/17/17 03:48 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 18,880 -
RSNOMO
Moparts Torchbearer
|
Moparts Torchbearer
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 18,880
-
|
so you are saying that it really does not matter which size I use....its for my 71 GTX.... 'Fla, soon to be Mich' Well, how about that??? You wouldn't be talking some jack, now would you???
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236101
01/17/17 04:11 PM
01/17/17 04:11 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 21,085 Niles , Ohio
therocks
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
|
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 21,085
Niles , Ohio
|
It depends on what bell housing you have also.scatter shield you can use both.Factory there are 2 different for wedges.Rocky
Chrysler Firepower
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: RSNOMO]
#2236749
01/18/17 03:55 PM
01/18/17 03:55 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8 Crystal Falls, Michigan
71 GTX
OP
member
|
OP
member
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8
Crystal Falls, Michigan
|
Moved to FL from Alaska....Cant handle this extreme heat, and besides, mom and dad are still around and I am going to spend more time with them....
69 RoadRunner (clone) 70 Cuda 383 4 speed (project) 70 Cuda convertible 340 4 speed (project)1 of 88 70 Barracuda (project) 71 GTX 440 4 speed (project) 72 Cuda 340 3 speed (project) 1 of 25
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236755
01/18/17 04:03 PM
01/18/17 04:03 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8 Crystal Falls, Michigan
71 GTX
OP
member
|
OP
member
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 8
Crystal Falls, Michigan
|
OK...let me state this....I am not that knowledgeable on 4 speeds....the car already has a bellhousing and I will have to see which one I have before I proceed....the car was originally a automatic car but has the 4 speed in it and what looks like a homemade quick shift.
Great information, thanx folks!!
69 RoadRunner (clone) 70 Cuda 383 4 speed (project) 70 Cuda convertible 340 4 speed (project)1 of 88 70 Barracuda (project) 71 GTX 440 4 speed (project) 72 Cuda 340 3 speed (project) 1 of 25
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: 71 GTX]
#2236804
01/18/17 05:08 PM
01/18/17 05:08 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 960 Chicago
PurpleBeeper
super stock
|
super stock
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 960
Chicago
|
I originally ran the 143 tooth flywheel & 11" clutch & the factory bellhousing was cast iron. Way-back-when there weren't a lot of performance 11" clutches available, so I switched to a 130 tooth flywheel and a 10-1/2" clutch, but the only bellhousing I could find for the smaller clutch was aluminum. The aluminum bellhousing cracked, was TIG welded, then cracked again (nitrous issue I think) + I like the toes on my right foot, so I upgraded to a Lakewood scattershield.
The Lakewoods will take either flywheel/clutch (offset arm for the smaller clutch comes with it). QuickTime (sp?) also has scattershields for Mopars and I think Lakewood recently bought that company. Anyway, at least for Lakewood, there is no advantage at all to getting a 2-piece scattershield. It "looks" like a nice inspection cover, but you have to unbolt the transmission anyway to open it. Even these scattershields can be destroyed by a nasty clutch explosion (ask me how I know) but they will contain all the flying pieces for safety. Looking back, I don't think I'd ever run another stock aluminum bellhousing, but it'd work fine on a "cruiser" car with no street/track racing.
And if you're trying to stay "stock", at least in 1970, the 383's got the 11" clutch and the 440/Hemi's got the 10-1/2". That always seemed odd to me since the larger clutch should hold better. And fyi - Centerforce clutches work great. My last Hays lasted 30 miles and one hard 1st-2nd shift. Don't let the diaphragm design throw you off...they're pretty darn strong. Just make sure to take out the over-center spring on the clutch pedal.
Last edited by PurpleBeeper; 01/18/17 05:11 PM.
70 Roadrunner convt. street car
440+6, NOS, 4-spd, SS springs
'96 Mustang GT convt. street car
'04 4.6 SOHC, NOS, auto, lowered
"Officer, that button is for short on-ramps"
|
|
|
Re: Flywheel size
[Re: PurpleBeeper]
#2236889
01/18/17 07:00 PM
01/18/17 07:00 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 75,095 A Banana Republic near you.
JohnRR
I Win
|
I Win
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 75,095
A Banana Republic near you.
|
And if you're trying to stay "stock", at least in 1970, the 383's got the 11" clutch and the 440/Hemi's got the 10-1/2".
Incorrect, in 1970 and up B bodies and E bodies with B , RB or the Hemi all used the same bellhousing that required the 130 tooth flywheel. This flywheel only has a pattern for a 10.5" B+B pressure plate which can use a 10.5 or scalloped 10.95" clutch assembly. Prior to 1970 383 and 440 used the same bell with a 143 tooth wheel while the Hemi had it's on bell, 172 tooth wheel and special starter ... 68 and 69 anyway , 65-67 ??
running up my post count some more .
|
|
|
|
|