4+ months spent working out details for the custom flywheel/clutch for this project, and then at the eleventh hour – right before the flywheel gets CNC’d – SpeedSport double-checked a measurement I had sent over right in the beginning and they realize they won’t be able to build it. Facepalm.
For the record, all the measurements on my end were correct from the beginning. Turns out the person on their end who had been handling this project with me overlooked some of the details in those measurements that he should have caught much earlier. Someone else checked the numbers and threw up a flag. Bottom line, they can’t make a clutch for this engine.
Moving forward!
So… looks like SPEC is my huckleberry. Wasn’t my first choice but beats putting a 50+ lb stock combo in there. Spoke with them today about the options, because the car doesn’t use a pilot bearing they recommend a solid hub disc over sprung, and based on that they recommend a full face disc over pucked so that it’s not entirely an on/off switch.
Have some thinkin’ to do, leaning towards the Stage 2 with the billet cover (+130 lbs-ft of torque capacity). At least they can build the clutch in only a week…