MWR stage 1 cams 2zr-fe - Heads Up

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Originally Posted by enviri

I really dont like the MWR flywheels either. apparently they dont make them all the same. mine is slightly wider than then the next person's and i had to freakin space out the starter because it alwasys wanted to engage.

Interesting, I have the MWR lightweight flywheel as well. When I installed a new starter I had to swap over the pinion from my OEM starter as the pinion on the aftermarket one wouldn't fully disengage and would cause a grinding noise.

I chalked it up to an aftermarket starter that was out of spec but it was from a recycler so I didn't know for sure. Now I'm wondering if it was actually the flywheel that was slightly out of spec. I also could have spaced it out a bit too, that would have solved the issue.

Originally Posted by remcafee

yeah i ran into the same issue with my jun “bolt on” cams ended up having to change lifter shims and spark plug gap because the valve clearance was screwed up and i would get random misfires on cold start. so much for bolt on performance. oh well i guess we always fall for their large print on advertising of their parts and we have no choice as nobody esle basically makes anything for our cars unlike hondas

It definitely seems par for the course, aftermarket parts tend to need a lot of trouble shooting. I now leave my DD'ers fully stock. It isn't worth the headache of dealing with aftermarket, especially when I already have a track car for that purpose.