I didn't have time to reply yesterday, but we did get everything in place and the new clutch / lwfw is working great. We had to make 3 different modifications to make it all work. A. we had to take some outside diameter off of the 951 clutch disk alignment tower. B. we had to shave 45 degree cut on the flywheel bolts (not anywhere close to affecting the integrity of the bots, very little material was removed and none was near the base of the bolt head). C. On the flywheel itself, there is a shoulder that sticks up well past the pilot bearing. We had to shave the shoulder down to the bearing itself (20/1,000ths above the bearing). Obviously, we have the proper equipment to do this work.
None of these mods, in any way, effect the integrity of the entire system.
Feedback on the lwfw itself:
This is the way this car should have been set up in the first place. I have NO excess vibration with this set up. At idle, there is NO chatter. When taking off and at very low rpm's, I do have a slight moment of chatter....it's there and gone. Under normal driving, I hear it slightly when i take off and I don't hear it again until I stop and take off again. Performance wise, it does rev quicker. It's much more responsive and it makes heal / toe down shifting much easier.
This is not a "bolt on" mod. If you or somebody you know has the ability to do this machine work I would highly recommend doing this. I know others also use the stock 968 clutch disk. I would not recommend this either. Even if the disk holds up for a while, it will put a lot of stress on other parts in the drivetrain.
I was out of my car for two weeks. It was a nice friday afternoon gift. In fact, i'm going out for a drive now.
