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I need to change my flywheel to a 28 oz flywheel. I was told to use a billet flywheel because itll be stronger. Im building a turbo 331 engine. My question is.... is the flywheel really important as far as brand goes? There are some billet flywheels online from shops like KMJ performance that sell for $129 shipped. Or should I buy something more expensive like ram, centerforce or fidanza billet flywheels. I dont know how important it is so I want to make a smart choice. If I dont need to spend the extra cash on a name brand then I can pick up one of these small performance shop flywheels.
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I was told by my machine shop that they are not impressed with the Fidanza flywheels due to out of balance--but I got lucky, he said mine was spot on.

I went aluminum for the new engine, not sure how it will do yet. Had a billet before, no problems.
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What ever works but make sure it meets SFI Spec 1.1. You can do a Google on "sfi spec 1.1" and see the approved manufacturers. I lot a good friend when his flywheel took him out.
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This is the one im talking about, it meets sfi specs.
SBF FORD SFI Steel Billet Flywheel 157 tooth 50 oz 302:eBay Motors (item 380172320926 end time Nov-03-09 21:47:43 PST) t
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$129.00 for billet flywheel......

i would not trust it any futher than i could throw it......

beware of ebay junk
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Hell no! the wieght is even welded on, here is the kit I have and I love every second of it. gives you both 28 and 50 oz wieghts and also has a rebuildable flywheel
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