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#11 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
reuby_tuesday Posted on: 2007/11/21 15:39
I have just dropped off my flywheel off to get machined up yesterday, and should pick it up next week. ill post some pics with the weight when i pick it up.
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#12 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
converted Posted on: 2007/11/21 20:40
heavy flywheels help with ecomony and highway crusing and stop the jerk or acceleration and deceleration when you apply the gas.
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#13 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
pager Posted on: 2007/11/21 21:42
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TUF-110 wrote:
if you lighten your flywheel your going to lose torque and lets face it a series dont have a whole hell of a lot of torque to lose so i say dont lighten you flywheel un less its an l series

and yes curtis heavy flywheel=torque=burnouts

No. Flywheels store energy not provide it. When you have a light flywheel your engine will be able to accelerate quicker as it doesn't have as much weigh to accelerate. On the flip side it will slow down quicker when you hit a hill as there is less energy stored in the flywheel.

It will be easier for the wheel to break traction if you have a heavier flywheel because there is more stored energy in the flywheel when you drop the clutch.
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#14 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
Mildman Posted on: 2007/11/21 21:50
I'm backing pager here....lightening the flywheel does not cause a drop in torque!

It is usually said that reducing the weight of a flywheel by 1kg is the equivalent of lightening the whole car by 10kgs in 1st gear.
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#15 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
clyons8 Posted on: 2007/11/21 22:47
It makes sense, the lighter the mass (of the flywheel) the less momentum it can possess or maintain.

So as pager said the revs will be very responsive, but you'll feel it when the motor goes under load.
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#16 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
ddgonzal Posted on: 2007/11/21 23:19
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converted wrote:
heavy flywheels help with ecomony and highway crusing and stop the jerk or acceleration and deceleration when you apply the gas.
Sounds good to me.

So is the Hot Tip to put an A15 flywheel on an A12? Will that work? I think the bolts are a different size.
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#17 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
pager Posted on: 2007/11/22 0:39
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ddgonzal wrote:
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converted wrote:
heavy flywheels help with ecomony and highway crusing and stop the jerk or acceleration and deceleration when you apply the gas.
Sounds good to me.

So is the Hot Tip to put an A15 flywheel on an A12? Will that work? I think the bolts are a different size.

It will make your car less responsive. Is the old a12 using that much fuel!!
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#18 Re: Super Ultra-light Flywheel
Mildman Posted on: 2007/11/22 1:00
I'm pretty sure the bolts are the same...b/w A12 & A15
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