Well, flywheel question really, but clutch relevant. The man who can was very helpful and discussion was going good. Showed him new std clutch , friction plate was ok for what I needed and pressure plate needed uprating but not on a dual mass flywheel. I`m pretty sure the felicia diesel has one to protect the box. So it looks like I need a solid flywheel that bolts to the vw crank and fits within the skoda bell housing leaving the ring gear to line up with the starter!- Help!!! ---So, to make a start I need to know the dimensions of the diesel flywheel and the dimensions of a skoda petrol one that fit within the bellhousing. Initially I`m hoping for a vw petrol flywheel that was used in the felly, does it exist?--------------Got a chance to go on a test track to set up the speedo against gps. Revs out at 90 on 185/65/15s at 3.8k rpm so the gov needs the main spring shimming. Tried 195/65 but catch bottom spring mount. Anyway of getting a bigger rolling radius without grinder and mig? Although as is would be plenty fast enough at 4.5k but Iwas hoping for tdi`ish gearing. Yes I know the 02J is inevitable but in 6mnths would be good. Cheers rolo.

Edited 8 February, 201016 yr by rolo

dont get too carried away mate the felicia already has a solid flywheel

suspension is not so simple if you want much bigger tyres however maybe some wheels with more offset so they clear the spring seat, or coilover conversion

here is how i got 15" and 16" to fit on mine

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii223/felicia16v/technical%20pics/S1030757.jpg

few more shots in here lol

http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii223/felicia16v/technical%20pics/

Edited 8 February, 201016 yr by felicia16v

i'm not really sure what you are asking regarding the flywheel, the felicia flywheel's from the 1.6 petrol and 1.9 diesel are virtually identical (offset and outer diameter and ring gear position are the same) except the petrol one uses a slightly smaller clutch...

so to put it simply, you can use either a diesel 1.9 or felicia 1.6 flywheel and it will fit!!! but you must use the clutch from whichever model you used the flywheel from.... then the starter motor is a direct fit, you can use a petrol starter on the diesel and vice versa

i'm not really sure what you are asking regarding the flywheel, the felicia flywheel's from the 1.6 petrol and 1.9 diesel are virtually identical (offset and outer diameter and ring gear position are the same) except the petrol one uses a slightly smaller clutch...

so to put it simply, you can use either a diesel 1.9 or felicia 1.6 flywheel and it will fit!!! but you must use the clutch from whichever model you used the flywheel from.... then the starter motor is a direct fit, you can use a petrol starter on the diesel and vice versa

Thanks for replies and pix. Lots of work in that motor. Coilovers look expensive. Sorry if question was lost in my ramblings. So the 1.9d has a solid flywheel? That makes everything easy. Clutchman and me both thought it was d/m. They wouldn`t mod pressure plate for d/m. He said std new LUK spinner was as good (almost) as organic and didn`t need a paddle Higher clamp pressure only would sort it .

if you can find some the old favorite front legs have the spring seat higher up the strut by about an inch, mine uses ford cosworth coilovers £25 off ebay and i made an adaptor to fit them into the hub, i now have speaially made AVO adjustable rate inserts fitted into the coilovers now but it will work with the ford ones.

you can buy coilover adaptor tubes so you cut off the origional spring seat and fit those instead meaning the spring is 2.5 inch diameter instead of 6

have a look at www.compbrake.co.uk

Good info. Initially I`ll try the fav option as just found one for the screen. Cheers.