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New clutch and lightened flywheel, almost time to do the clutch
is a daily driver but would be happy to go with a heavier duty clutch

any recommendations/success stories

AVO do a nice lightened flywheel, knot the lightest, but a lot lighter then std, good price too

A few of us have installed a clutch and lightweight flywheel...

Why can't you get a button ninja star clutch with a light weight flywheel...

I was thinking of getting a stage II or stage III ACT clutch to go with my prolite flywheel...

If you want a good strong clutch, that is easy on the left leg, and can hold lots of power, you realy can't go past a genuine SE clutch.

I've got one on my SP, which puts our 183rwkW, and it has never slipped when I didn't want it to, and is easy to modulate for smooth driving.
I've done drift days and track days with it, and it just keeps working very nicely.

got a mate with a button, not for me

Sprung buttons are OK and can be slipped but overkill on the road. Go the exedy organic which is similar to Georges, ie SE spec. The main issue is clamp load which the upgraded pressure plate of the exedy sports tuff range will solve.

mmmmm......looks like flyin miata is the way to go

i hear they are re badged ACT cltuches or ACT makes them for flyin miata to their spec etc etc...

thanks wun...interesting....rebadging.............

"its made by act to flyin miata's specs"

btw the ACT clutches seem to be popular in the turbo miata net forums.

So I'm just gonna jump on in here.

My MX5 does majority track work and freeway on way to track. I am looking at getting a new clutch/flywheel because it will be due soon, and the USD as it is is too good to resist.

I have really only dríven my MX5 as a manual car, and Ive got no idea what clutch it is, but it is very soft and easy to use (everyone who has dríven it has said that), so I don't want anything too hectic. In my research I have found that Exedy HD seems to be the way to go, with the majority of people recommending them. Would it be worth going for a lightened flywheel, like I've looked into the advantages and disadvantages, with the whole less inertia (higher rev matches on downshift, and faster deceleration, and more revs to get it going. But is it really worth it, like is it the kind of thing someone would change to and go "WOW, I am never going back!!"?

What kind of flywheel would I be looking at?

There are a lot of different choices, from simple flywheel rings weighing only a couple of pounds, up to aluminium flywheels in the 8-11 pound range, to light steel flywheels in the 10-14 pound range.

It really depends what you want. You really need to drive a car with a lightened flywheel in order to know how it will affect driveability. Everything that has been said above is true.

Plenty of people have fitted lightened flywheels and believe that it is the best modification that anyone can make to their car. Just as many have fitted one, and then removed it just as quickly because they hated it.

If you are tracking your car, then you will probably benefit from a lightened flywheel. Still, you really should drive one first.