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aluminum flywheel?

Old Nov 6, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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anybody have one? just wondering how much of a difference it really makes.
 
Old Nov 6, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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it will allow you to rev up quicker, when your in neutral. not to mention it will drop your highway gas milage, its not really the best first mod to get on your car if your looking for performance
 
Old Nov 6, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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it also is harder to pull out needs to rev higher due to lessrotating mass.
 
Old Nov 6, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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is it safe to say it could hurt my top speed? im not big into racing people. i just like to go fast.
 
Old Nov 6, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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its not gonna hurt your top speed, but you will have to stay on the gas to stay at whatever speed you are at, the flywheel is meant to keep the momentum of your engine up, so your engine keeps spinning without you being on the gas. this helps your highway gas mileage a bunch. putting a lightweight flywheel on your car is hardly going to gain anything
 
Old Nov 6, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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Not only will it rev up faster, but the revs will back down faster too. Thats what hes trying to say.

Typically you gain like 5hp from it. This is because your reducing the rotational mass, allowing more power to get to the wheels.

It only really becomes effective when you get higher in the mods. For example if you have a 500hp setup, the increace in hp with the light flywheel is going to be a hell of a lot more than it would be on a stock setup.

I would only do it if you are changing your clutch, otherwise its a little pointless. Its going to be expensive to put on too, because you have to remove the transmission to get it on... its just a lot of man hours.
 
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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you think it's worth getting one? or should i just buy a used stock one and get it resurfaced? my tranny obviously already off the motor, and i'm gonna be running either a bige316g or a 20g
 
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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for you i would say its worth it.
 
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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i would if i was willing to change my clutch. and that sucked the first time so not looking to do it again.
 
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