Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel?

[passat TS]

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Bruce,

The 200 flywheel might be a good compromise, less weight but not too much.
It's also cheaper. The only problem is that you have to use the correct
clutch.

However, if somebody needs to do a clutch job, than it might be worth it.

But...

Don't forget the cool factor: "... I have an aluminum flywheel, blablabla..."

Much like the well known; red is way faster ;)

Later,

Carlos.
>From: "Bruce Bell"
>Reply-To:
>To: "George Harris" ,
>Subject: RE: Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel?
>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:33:21 -0700
>
>My experience with a lighter flywheel is the 4Kq where I replaced the heavy
>stock wheel with one from a late 200tq with the flat face. About a 10 pound
>saving as I remember. No noticeable torque loss anywhere and perceptible
>sense of improved liveliness when winding out. Not sure there was that much
>of a real performance gain. As far as idle, yes there was a slight
>degradation which was noticeable with the AC on. Nothing really
>objectionable though and part of that could be attributed to the Schrick cam
>and 5300' elevation. The car is in San Diego now and when I drove it there
>the increased VE due to lower altitude eliminated any concern. IIR the 200
>flywheel is about 18 lbs. 11 is pretty light, so yes I'd expect idle to be a
>bit rougher.
>
>Bruce
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of George Harris
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 6:52 AM
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel?
>
>passat TS wrote:
> >
> > Also, keep in mind that a lighter flywheel does has a trade off. You gain
>on
> > HP and quicker RPM gain, which is what a turbo engine wants, but in a NA
> > engine it will eat some of the low end torque. A 7A engine would be an
> > exception, since it kicks in at higher RPM's.
> >
> > Just my $0.02,
> >
> > Carlos.
> >
>
>What about smoothness, especially at idle? Is that a concern to anyone?
>
>Cheers
>George
>
>
>
>

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