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Drivetrain New Clutch/Flywheel/engine mounts. Thank you WMW for the new car feel.

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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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New Clutch/Flywheel/engine mounts. Thank you WMW for the new car feel.

Originally I was scheduled for a clutch replacement with Way Motor Works as mine was slipping under medium to heavy load. So now that I'm on winter break, i made the drive to atl. where we found out the following.
1 clutch disk was ok, but may as well replace it while we are there
2: flywheel was glazed. (oops...)
3: all the engine mounts are bad. ( i knew one of them was bad, and Way told me since i didn't replace it, It caused my other ones to fail.)
4: failed engine mounts could have contributed to the glazed flywheel. (good, because i was kind of curious to how it happened anyways as i never do burn outs, and i heel toe all down shifts)

so WMW replaced all my engine mounts, installed a clutchmasters stage 2 clutch and flywheel, and replaced the oil pan gasket (it was leaking) in ~6.5 hrs

and when i priced it out with the dealer, it ended up costing me over $1K less than if i took it to Century Mini!

Thank You WMW.

Assuming my mother gets over the clutch/flywheel bill I will be making the trip to atl for all of my installs that are above the level of the well equipped DIY'er, as WMW did excellent work, and did it fast (but hopefully i won't have to see you too soon, or the S*** will hit the fan...). You should just see the guy lift the tranny with no jack, above his head and just slap it back on like it was nothing...

But now the car just feels completely different.
The clutch chatter will take some getting used to, but the difference in the revving of the engine in INSANE!!!
And the clutch feel is just phenomenal.
Overall it was just a great experience.
 
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 12:32 PM
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Took my car back in this morning to get a tensioner stop installed that Way owed me, and we found that the bushings on my tensioner were halfway gone! So he replaced those for me as well, and got me in and out in under 30 min.
Thanks again Way
Brad Daley
 
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