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Both the flywheel and clutch have groves in them. How would you go about cleaning them up?
I've got two aluminum flywheels on the shelf; one is a Schiefer. I run the part through the shot blaster to remove rust and corrosion, then put them on the flywheel grinder to remove the grooves.
With the Schiefer flywheel, the wear facing is relatively thin. If the wear grooves are deep, it would destroy the facing to remove them. Once the face is ground flat, leave the deep grooves. They won't harm the action.
The second problem is the Schiefer aluminum flywheel is a race-only piece. Unless the Packard V8 is going in a light street roadster, the aluminum flywheel actually ruins street performance. The idle speed has to be set higher to keep the engine running. The gear ratio has to be lower to pull off the line. I've seen one Schiefer warped from heat because the gear was too high for the light flywheel and the driver was always slipping the clutch to get the heavy Packard moving.
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