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Gino147 · 18-01-2008

Hello fellow Alfa enthusiasts,

I'm completely new to this forum, so you'll have to be a bit patient with me while I'm getting to understand how things work, but I hope someone can help me with one of the very few things that bother me with this otherwise fantastic car...the clutch/flywheel.

My car is chiptuned and it appears the standard flywheel cannot handle the extra torque very well, resulting in nasty vibrations as soon as the turbo kicks in around 2,000rpm.

I replaced the whole clutch + flywheel at around 85k (50k miles), which helped...for about a week.
A very expensive and very useless exercise therefor.

Next step was a visit to the chiptuner (the best one out there - Squadra-tuning), who lowered the torque output in the problem area a bit, but as I didn't want to go down on torque too much (it made the car feel sooo slow, now that I was used to it!), it improved the situation only slightly.

Now my question : does anybody know of any stronger clutches / flywheels on the market, that will be able to cope with the extra torque ? And what would that cost me ? As I'm thinking of upgrading the turbo as well over time, I'm looking for something that can handle 400-450nm without breaking a sweat.

Any useful tips and idea's are very welcome...thanks everybody !

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Gino147 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Purmerend,the Netherlands Posts: 4 Member car: 147 JTD 16v	147 jtd 16v flywheel Hello fellow Alfa enthusiasts, I'm completely new to this forum, so you'll have to be a bit patient with me while I'm getting to understand how things work, but I hope someone can help me with one of the very few things that bother me with this otherwise fantastic car...the clutch/flywheel. My car is chiptuned and it appears the standard flywheel cannot handle the extra torque very well, resulting in nasty vibrations as soon as the turbo kicks in around 2,000rpm. I replaced the whole clutch + flywheel at around 85k (50k miles), which helped...for about a week. A very expensive and very useless exercise therefor. Next step was a visit to the chiptuner (the best one out there - Squadra-tuning), who lowered the torque output in the problem area a bit, but as I didn't want to go down on torque too much (it made the car feel sooo slow, now that I was used to it!), it improved the situation only slightly. Now my question : does anybody know of any stronger clutches / flywheels on the market, that will be able to cope with the extra torque ? And what would that cost me ? As I'm thinking of upgrading the turbo as well over time, I'm looking for something that can handle 400-450nm without breaking a sweat. Any useful tips and idea's are very welcome...thanks everybody !