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Re: To lighten flywheel or not?
Posted by SteveW (more from SteveW) on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:29:23
In Reply to: To lighten flywheel or not?, David W, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:19:20
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Ever ridden a road bike with a fine set of light wheels? Its the same principle. You won't see any diff on a dyno. But like a road bike, when driving, the engine is constantly accelerating and deccelerating, and a lighter f/w lets it change speed quicker. You can tell pulling out of corners, and going thru the gears. And it helps when matching revs on downshifts. The downside is a loss of smoothness in traffic, maybe some shuddering when starting uphill, and its harder to pull away from low speed in second. Stock cars have heavy flywheels to give the car smoothness, many road race cars have clutch-flywheel combos that weight under ten pounds, just to get the quick response.
Would I pull the trans to do it, no. Only if it was already apart.
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Posts in this Thread:
- To lighten flywheel or not?, David W, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:19:20
- Re: To lighten flywheel or not?, SteveW, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:29:23 <-- Viewing This Message
- lightened flywheel pictures, TML
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:16:26 - wheel horse improves (at the wheel), bryan
, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:52:29- Re: wheel horse improves (at the wheel), Louie, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:56:26
- Re: wheel horse improves (at the wheel), bryan
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:08:41- the extra load = more time under a load, jak
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:27:45- THE REAL QUESTION, Price, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:49:01
- that makes perfect sense...n/m, bryan
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:30:31 - Re: the extra load = more time under a load, Price, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:17:44
- Re: the extra load = more time under a load, TML
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:30:05 - yes it should seem to accelerate faster in lower gears, jak
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:36:24 - i agree with you, tturboboy, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:14:50
- rotational inertia, TML
, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:12:38
- - 0 - n/m, BobD, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:37:45
- Re: To lighten flywheel or not?, wward, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:26:51
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