I was wrong! As soon as I put more than 10 ft/lb of torque on the flywheel bolts, the flywheel would barely turn. Honda did make the clearance that tight. I wanted to keep the rear main seal spacer in there (for the reasons stated above). So, I opted to have .040" machined off of the "shoulder" of the flywheel. This shoulder simply locates the flywheel onto the back of the crank. It was over .220" deep, so removing .040" was not a problem.
After machining the flywheel, it bolted right on and I figured that I was on my way. Here is a look at the Action clutch's pressure plate. It is a dual-diaphram design and offers plenty of clamping force. It's also makes for a pedal that is very stiff.
Here is a look at the Action clutch disk. It is a 6 puck unspung design that uses Miba metallic friction pads. This clutch will easily hold 400hp and 250 ft-lbs of torque. That's way more than I need, but it's better to have a clutch that is overkill than to have one that gives you no room for error.
This picture shows the big problem that I ran into by using the 91 CRX flywheel. The hole in the center of the Integra flywheel is about .150" larger than the hole in the center of the CRX's flywheel.
The hole in the center of the flywheel is a receiver hole for the transmission's input shaft. Since the hole in the CRX flywheel was smaller, the tranmission's input shaft would not fit inside. Because of this, the transmission would not bolt up to the engine. Why not just push the bearing out of the CRX flywheel? The center of the flywheel supports the mainshaft and keeps it from flexing too much under load. Leaving a gaping hole in the center of the flywheel would be a big compromise to the transmission's life.
This is when my buddy (aka The World's Greatest Machinist) saved the day. I was not able to simply use a bearing with a larger inner diameter because all of the bearings with larger inner diameters were also thicker. I needed a bearing that had the same outer diameter and thickness of the CRX's pilot bearing and the same inner diameter as the hole in the Integra's flywheel. He made me this custom pilot bearing that had all of the correct dimensions. The material is graphite-impregnanted silicon bronze. It does not require external lubrication.
He overnighted me the bearing and I had it the next morning at 10AM. I pressed it in, bolted the transmission up, and was on my way. The white marks on the flywheel are indicators for where to mount the pressure plate. I had the whole rotating assembly balanced, so it was important to assemble everything the way it was assembled when it was balanced.
