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ECS Aluminum Flywheel exciter ring failures? (My friend's car just blew up)

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Old 01-28-2006, 12:14 PM
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Default WHO MAKES THE ECS FLYWHEEL...

ecs doesnt fabricate the flywheel themselves,and i was about to buy a fidanza flywheel,so im hoping they dont make it for ecs,anyone know?
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It doesn't look like the traditional Fidanza design (I've used their flywheels elsewhere)
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My ECS flywheel came with Fidanza logos and manual
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Looks like they are sourced from different suppliers then...
Old 01-31-2006, 07:14 AM
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Default I had the **SAME** exact failure. ECS replaced the flywheel but nothing else. Lost my business.

In my case, the flywheel took out the cam sensor (costing me $50) and also cost me another $400 in extra labor. I fought with ECS for a while over it, but all they were willing to do was replace the flywheel. I won't order from them again.
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to clarify - I got lucky; the ring didn't expode like that, but 1 bolt became a projectile.
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