[s-cars] Benefits of a Lightweight Flywheel

JC jc at j2c3.com
Sun Aug 19 20:25:38 PDT 2012


I have - but mainly non-enthusiast drivers getting a turn at the wheel 
of an enthusiasts car and stalling it.  What's immediately noticeable on 
a light FW setup is when free-revving - the motor spins up and down 
totally differently.  There is decidedly an effect in the first moment 
of acceleration but a nano-second after that inertia is absorbed, the 
LWFW setup is ahead all the way.  I have no qualms about LWFW on a car I 
drive all the time but wouldn't do it on a car the wife was going to 
drive. While shes a good driver and would figure it out, it would 
irritate her at first and she'd end up hating the car...

On 8/20/2012 11:12 AM, Hap Maguire wrote:
> Hey Tony
>
> To tell you the truth I've never felt a difference in clutch feel with a lightweight flywheel. I did notice that they were a little noisier than a stock FW. This seemed most evident in neutral with the clutch released and the car idling. I never noticed any driving differences that were at all negative like the supposed drivability issues.
>
> Hap, wit dakine memories not from Evahboost, Maguire
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 19, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:



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