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Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:45 am

Putting together an AFN setup for a friend's syncro. He has the adaptor plate and flywheel but there are no markings of any kind on them.

Anybody know how much they weigh or have one they can put on a scale?

I will call Kennedy but what is the contact info for who now deals the Tiico?

merci les copains :)

Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:20 am

All Kennedy plates I've seen have a timing hole below the manifold side of the engine, and marks for TDC on the backside of the flywheel.

But - if I were building this, I would never use a Kennedy plate to build a Syncro TDI. Just not as strong as the proper bell housing setup - risk of pulled studs, flexing, cracking. I've seen it before.

Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:45 am

westyventures wrote: But - if I were building this, I would never use a Kennedy plate to build a Syncro TDI. Just not as strong as the proper bell housing setup - risk of pulled studs, flexing, cracking. I've seen it before.

Agreed..not a big fan of the adaptor plate either. I've been pushing hard
for a "proper" ;) setup..

thanks for the Kennedy info.

Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:38 pm

these are the people for tiico conversions now. http://www.foreignautosupply.com/Tiico_Owners_Page.html

Thu May 03, 2018 9:02 pm

westyventures wrote: All Kennedy plates I've seen have a timing hole below the manifold side of the engine, and marks for TDC on the backside of the flywheel.

Hi folks.

This is for a "Rabbit" Kennedy adaptor kit but is likely the same for all applicable Kennedy flywheels.

Is the #1 TDC mark on the Kennedy flywheel a countersunk hole? Or?

Thanks

Neil.

Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:10 pm

Hi,

Kennedy confirmed me their flywheel weight for a 3600 VW inline kit weight is 17 lbs.

I'm now wondering how much this flywheel would improve smoothness on my TDI swap which currently have a light 12 lbs flywheel.

Thanks

Mathieu

Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:35 pm

ALOT
diesels are no place for a lightened flywheel

Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:01 am

Danfromsyr,

Thanks!!

Seeking the heaviest flywheel I can use with an adaptor plate. Up to now it seems to be 17 lbs, which is still much lighter than a VW diesel SMF ( 22 lbs).

Would you know any other options?

Thanks

Mat