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1.5l Drivetrain Parts Wanted

Old Jul 29, 2003 | 09:20 PM
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1.5l Drivetrain Parts Wanted

Sup guys, it's about time I finally start becoming active in the posts. Anyways, I am lookin for performance parts that I swore I saw. Such as, Flywheel for a 1.5l protege. Adjustable Camgears and such other bolt-on's that may cost a pretty penny! Well, here's the list of the parts I am plannin to buy.

Venom High Performance Air Mass Sensor - DOHC 1.5L
MAZDASPEED Adjustable cam gear 1.5 DOHC
I swore i once saw a flywheel for the car and a stage 1 clutch ain't going to be hard to find!
Old Jul 29, 2003 | 09:38 PM
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I am not too sure about the Flywheel or the Venom Air Mass sensor, but I know this: the adjustable cam gear is NOT a performance enhancer. It only restores cam's original position/alignment, but does not give you power.
As for Venom, I have contacted them before, and from the brief explaination that I got, it is more useful if you have a turbo/NOS installed on your car, i.e. something like engine managment, in a way.
Old Jul 29, 2003 | 09:46 PM
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Thanks for clearing up the camgear question. Someone i talked to said that it could give me power.. but he said thats for honda motors. I don't know why i thought there was a flywheel. I had some thought i seen it. I probably did but at the usual pages I check up on, i see nothing on a flywheel. And on the air mass sensor information, it says it can increase up to 15% extra hp.
Old Jul 29, 2003 | 09:59 PM
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WEeeeee.. i found 1 flywheel
Indigo Aluminum Flywheel for 430 dollars. That's alot! But i remember seeing another price on that cause it also included a price for a clutch for 400 dollars.
Old Jul 30, 2003 | 02:03 PM
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mazdaspeed adj. cam gear

this should be able to give you some power. might be helpful to dyno-tune this cam gear to your car. i wouldn't know what to set the cam gear on though(-5 to +5 degrees)...? could be worth a try, especially if boosted or on nos.
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Aluminum Flywheel for 1.5l. YES!!!
I didn't know anyone made them for 1.5. I heard that a car accelerates much faster with a aluminum flywheel and that it would be wise to invest money in this.
Anybody know more about this?
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 10:36 PM
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Ya aluminum flywheels help out alot. From what I hear, for everypound the flywheel loses then 2 hp is added. Someone told me that some flywheels can weight like 18 pounds lol. So if you get a 10 pound flywheel. You can probably have a gain of 16 hp? Thats from my understanding. You can probably learn more through the other users.
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How much does the flywheel cost, and does anyone have a ballpark of the cost for labor to install it in the car?
Old Aug 6, 2003 | 07:59 PM
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How much does the flywheel cost, and does anyone have a ballpark of the cost for labor to install it in the car?
same as doing a clutch ... whatever that is...
Old Aug 6, 2003 | 08:46 PM
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Adjustable cam gears won't necessarily give you more power, but rather move where you're making peak power and torque higher or lower in the RPM range.
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rrrrigght...
Old Aug 7, 2003 | 10:41 PM
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For a lot of good lightened flywheel pro/con discussion, I direct you to this thread:

http://www.mx6.com/forums/showthread...threadid=67435

Its meant for the 1st gen Mx-6, but the concept is universal.
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