I want to know if someone use this part on his car. I want to use this part for 5.0 with toploader i have a 164t bell http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CTF-700242/ http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CTF-DF700000/ Is this part worth the price ? My motor is mostly stock for now but I will modify it in the futur. thank you
You'll want to make sure that pressure plate set fits that flywheel. What I'm talking about fitting here is the bolt pattern of the pressure plate to match the pattern on the flywheel. As for whether it's all worth the price, one thing I can tell you is you'll never wear it out, unless you put something really powerfull in front and go full time drag racing with sticky tires. Which is something you will do in using a stock type or even a Ford Racing setup. Just me personally, but I'd go with an iron flywheel from Ford Racing to save a few hundred bucks but go with the Centerforce clutch and pressure plate kit. This is what I did with my 331 when I had a Toploader 4 speed behind it. It all worked well in a mostly street driven 89 V8 Ranger, with occasional burnouts and strip use for 7 years on the same clutch/PP set. $500 is a bit stiff for a flywheel for a street driven car with a stock to mild motor.
My problem is my choice is limited because the flywheel 164T 50oz seem not very commun. I saw for sale Zoom, RAM, MCleod, and didnt find ford racing but i dont know which one is better. Or maybe I should just buy OEM stuff at napa the stock 164T 50oz only 115$.
I would just get the stock replacement. My 28oz 164T truck flywheel handled everything the stock 302 could dish out. I even used a stock type clutch. Granted, the stock 302 is not that powerful, but I also was not very gentle on the clutch. It took alot of street abuse just fine. Maybe while you are saving for the engine mods you will come across a small bell to replace your 164T bell. Then you can get a nice flywheel, clutch and pressure plate. I'd sell you my 164T for cheap, I'm not going to use it. But it is 28oz. And it weighs a ton to ship.
Too bad i need a 50 oz. But I think i will go stock replacement like you said and watch 157 bell or maybe going to 5 speed. But i have a last question with a 11'' flywheel should i use a 11 clutch or 10.5 ? and from which model you bought the clutch from ?
An 11" flywheel(164 tooth) uses an 11" clutch set. The 10.5 disc will fit, but the pressure plate that comes with it fits a 157 tooth flywheel. The 10.5 size was Ford's answer to getting a little bit more friction area on a 10" flywheel (157 t)
fwiw i'm running an 86 F150 flywheel with a 72 comet 11" clutch between my 5.0 and my t10. the only difference between the 72 11" clutch assy. and the 86 11" clutch assy. is the throwout bearing. forgot to mention, the 86 truck flywheel is a 50 oz 164t. it cost about 50 bucks, but the core charge was almost 100. if you turn in your 28oz as a core, odds are no one will even notice.
I assume you used a pressure plate from 86 F150 too ? And is the clutch is really from a 72 comet I was thinking only 10'' was in comet. Thank you for all this help i will order the part after the job
i was offered the option of a 10" or an 11" when i called the parts house and ordered one. the 86 5.0 truck clutch and pressure plate also work fine, but you still need the early style pilot bushing, and the early style throwout bearing. the throwout bearing for the 86 truck looks like it's used with a hydraulic clutch setup. that may be helpful to you if you're looking to go that route, but i stuck with the factory clutch equalizer bar and fork, so i needed the old style throwout.
What baddad said... and my flywheel came from a swap meet and decodes to a 77-79 (?) pickup truck. the clutch was bought from a parts house for that application.
