[s-cars] Installation of clutch: Help? Also: LIghtened Flywheel vs. OEM Dual-mass flywheel.

[Paul Park]

Hey guys,

This weekend I decided to tackle my clutch. Well...so I was only able
to work 4 hours on getting JUST the exhaust off (downpipe back). Do I
disconnect the front drive shafts from the wheels, or from the
transmission itself? Also...the bentley shows a lot of work to
re-install the driveshaft. How vital is it to have the driveshaft
adjustment tool? Anything else I should look out for?

Yeah...it looks like I'll only be able to get the s-car running
Thanksgiving break. Oh well...

and S-Car Gurus (Dave),

I can understand why a lightened flywheel will give you better spool up
times, but I was thinking today about how heavier flywheels are better
for highway cruisers like ours. I was thinking about inertia and
momentum and the like, and how when you get off the throttle for a very
short amount of time and get back on, the engine has not dropped it's
RPMs as significantly as it would if it were equipped with a lightened
flywheel. It's hard to explain, but I think Audi placed heavier
flywheels on our car so as to allow for better/smoother responsiveness
in highway situations. I just think that a lightened flywheel would
suck if I were to get off the throttle for a short amount of time, and
have to get back on it to build up the revs.

Paul
-confused: Why are lightened flywheels better than stock flywheels for
our car?