I am looking for some ones opinion on a clutch and flywheel. I got my 2003 G35 coupe a few months ago and have already installed a stillen intake, and at almost 45K miles I am thinking of a new light weight flywheel and clutch. I have read on several of the other threads that the JWT flywheel and some others make a lot of chatter, so I am thinking of going with either a JUN or a stillen flywheel but have no clue as to which clutch I should go for. I doubt that I am going to mod my G past 350hp so I don’t need a really hard core clutch and this is my daily car so I want something drivable, but I don’t like the stock clutch and want something with a bit more bit. Does anyone have any opinions about the JUN or stillen flywheel an any ideas about where I should look for a new clutch? Any help would be appreciated.

 

they are all going to chatter...nismo has the least amount since its only reduced by like 6 lbs...you can't go wrong with a nismo flywheel and jw clutch combo...another option is the nismo clutch

 

No matter what, a lightened flywheel will always chatter. The JWT combo is very popular

 

I've read before around here where the NISMO flywheel was among the loudest of the aftermarket flywheels... ...louder than the JWT. Any personal experience with it? I'm ready for a clutch replacement and already have the NISMO clutch and flywheel. I had just decided, based upon some reviews, that the JWT flywheel would be too loud for me and, therefore, the NISMO definately would. I was going to stick with the OEM dual-mass flywheel in light of this... ...and the fact that I'll likely trade in '08.

Sure would love to get a straight answer on this flywheel without having to install it to find out firsthand.

 

The JWT, IMHO, is not that loud. I was somewhat hesitant to go with the JWT clutch/flywheel because of the chatter, but as a few people mentioned, any light fllywheel is going to have chatter. I have about 500 miles on the clutch and flywheel and I can definitely hear the noise, it is slightly annoying, but not nearly as bad as I imagined it would be. You can hear it at idle and sometimes at low rpm's. When it sounds worse is going through a drive through and hearing the sound bouncing off the walls. With my windows up I can barely hear anything unless I'm listening for the sound. As far as driving goes, the rpm's go up a little faster and fall a little faster when going into neutral. The car feels nimble, if that makes sense, and feels like it accelerates a tad better.

The clutch is nearly identical to stock. When it first went in I wasn't 100% happy because the engagement point changed, but I left it alone until it was fully broken in. Now the engagement point is closer to stock and the pedal feel is just like stock. Overall, I'm happy with the combo.

 

sound quality is important but also what works best IMO