Hey fellow hobbyist.

Did alot of research and just got a Exedy clutch for my 2000 Mustang GT. Want a flywheel preferably aluminum. Not much of a mechanical guy so does the stock flywheel is 6 bolt or 8 bolt?

Your input would help alot.

thanks

 

well... it's gunna suck for you cuz you got the 2000 model year. Somehow in 2000 some 8-bolt flywheels got stuffed into GT's which otherwise came with 6 bolt. I've seen it on a handful of 2000 year cars so far... all while doing clutch jobs. And that always came as a surprise to the owner who usually then had to wait 4 days for his new 8bolt flywheel to come in.

You're gunna have to bite the bullet and find out when you pull the trans. Ain't that a bastard.

 

99-00 cars Were all supposed to come with 8 bolts. Its the Windsor engine. Mine was 8 bolts.

If you want an aluminum flywheel, get a Fidanza on Ebay. If you find them at the right time, you can get a brand new one for about 285 shipped. And why do you want an Exedy clutch, if you dont mind me asking. They are way expensive, and you could probably buy 2 spec stage 3's for the cost last time I looked. Just wondering.

 

Excedy is a good brand and will hold up good. As for Fidanza.....JUNK every car i've herd that has a Fidanza flywheel....takes it out and sells it since they dont come balanced. I'de look into a different flywheel like a SPEC billet aluminum.

 

As FRPP puts it: look at the 8th digit of your vin. If it has a W, you have a Romeo engine w/ 6 bolts. If it is a X, then you have the Windsor w/ 8. However, I have an 03 w/ an X but it's a Romeo engine (I guess it only works for when Windsor engines were available).
As for your flywheel, unless you are making tons of power, you want to stick with something a little bit heavier since your car will accelerate a bit better and be more resistant to stalling.

 

you can get an 03 cobra nodular iron for like 40 bucks (I did). They're 8 bolt and OEM so all the balancing issues are gone, and they're really inexpensive.

Bassman, you rock dude. Killer info.

 

you can get an 03 cobra nodular iron for like 50 bucks (I did). They're 8 bolt and OEM so all the balancing issues are gone, and they're really inexpensive. I got mine at http://www.ddperformance.com/images/ford_flywheels.htm and they were great.

Bassman, you rock dude. Killer info.

 

Thanks all. You all have been a great help.

By the way got the Exedy clutch for 120.00 off ebay. A steal. Guy guess didnt know what he had in his hands. LOL

 

or he knew exactly... I'm always wary of too good a deal falling in my lap. Not that I don't jump right on them most times but sometimes you get burned. No matter what, that's a pretty good price.

 

Is there an advantage to the Cobra flywheel vs resurfacing a GT's?

 

why resurface when the cobra unit is new and costs only 50 bucks? Now if you're GT flywheel is 6 bolt, then you can buy a new one from dd (link above) for less than it costs to run around and get your old one resurfaced so it's kind of a point of diminishing returns issue.