Aluminum flywheel = 50 more hp . . . right!

[Nate Stuart]

And lets not forget more rotating mass can acutally be your friend
launching a quattro off the line, when traction is not an issue. There's
just that much more energy stored to transfer to the wheels at the drop
of a clutch. Now once you're going, and want to be able to do some
really fast shifts and revmatching, is really where I see the advantage
to the quicker response.

-Nate (trying to justify his stock flywheel;)
'89 90tq
www.newtsplace.com/90tq

Mike Arman wrote:

>Yes, it does take a finite amount of horsepower to accelerate the stock
>flywheel, and somewhat less than that to accelerate the aluminum one, but I
>have a real strong feeling that the nice, round, impressive sounding " ADD
>50 HP!!!!!!" claim is right out of the clear blue sky.
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