Flywheels (Was:Re: RS2 turbocharger)

[Robert Deis]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, gerard wrote:

> So, the question now is which wheel is better for low end grunt?

It's deceptive- a heavy wheel resists changing the rate of rotation, so it
will "grunt" to get you going a bit better as you engage the clutch.

However, it will resist revving up, so once you *are* moving with the
clutch fully engaged it hurts instead of helps.

A light one revs much freeer, so it will give you better throttle
response over the whole RPM band- but you'll need more gas when you let
the clutch out to keep it from stalling.

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