ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
01-14-2008, 11:52 PM
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RE: ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
01-15-2008, 12:03 AM
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RE: ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
ORIGINAL: Shawn02GT
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
01-15-2008, 02:31 AM
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RE: ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
ORIGINAL: I G Joe
i dont see how that works since i have 240ftlbs of torque at 1,200 rpms... i believe lightweight flywheels help a lot on take offs, ive noticed how much faster i can take off light to light.
ORIGINAL: Shawn02GT
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
Imagine that your swinging a string with a fishing weight tied to the end of it. If you had someone else try to catch the weight, it would be easy to stop right?
now imagine that you have a bowling ball tied to the end of a rope... is your friend going to try to catch that? I don't think so.
Its not this big of a difference but you see where we are going. When you acutally "launch" (not like a street car launch, a high RPM clutch dump) the tires and weight of the car are trying to stop the motor from moving, while the motor is trying to move the car. More weight means that its harder to stop, and thus will accelerate faster.
Frankly, I think people are kidding themselves when they say they can notice an accelration differnece on a mild bolton car though (with the light fly). Its not that heavy to start with...
01-15-2008, 09:37 AM
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RE: ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
ORIGINAL: 2000GT4.6
extra rotational mass on the flywheel will help a car that can launch hard on sticky tires because it resists the efforts of the tires to slow the engine.
Imagine that your swinging a string with a fishing weight tied to the end of it. If you had someone else try to catch the weight, it would be easy to stop right?
now imagine that you have a bowling ball tied to the end of a rope... is your friend going to try to catch that? I don't think so.
Its not this big of a difference but you see where we are going. When you acutally "launch" (not like a street car launch, a high RPM clutch dump) the tires and weight of the car are trying to stop the motor from moving, while the motor is trying to move the car. More weight means that its harder to stop, and thus will accelerate faster.
Frankly, I think people are kidding themselves when they say they can notice an accelration differnece on a mild bolton car though (with the light fly). Its not that heavy to start with...
ORIGINAL: I G Joe
i dont see how that works since i have 240ftlbs of torque at 1,200 rpms... i believe lightweight flywheels help a lot on take offs, ive noticed how much faster i can take off light to light.
ORIGINAL: Shawn02GT
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
im running the fidanza in my car, its nice for a street car IMO. if you go to the track often your best bet is a steel flywheel, it'll help your launch due to the extra rotating inertia.
Imagine that your swinging a string with a fishing weight tied to the end of it. If you had someone else try to catch the weight, it would be easy to stop right?
now imagine that you have a bowling ball tied to the end of a rope... is your friend going to try to catch that? I don't think so.
Its not this big of a difference but you see where we are going. When you acutally "launch" (not like a street car launch, a high RPM clutch dump) the tires and weight of the car are trying to stop the motor from moving, while the motor is trying to move the car. More weight means that its harder to stop, and thus will accelerate faster.
Frankly, I think people are kidding themselves when they say they can notice an accelration differnece on a mild bolton car though (with the light fly). Its not that heavy to start with...
01-15-2008, 01:17 PM
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RE: ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
A lightweight flywheel hurts launches a bit (hardly even noticeable on a V8 application) but makes up for it with decreased rotational weight once you are moving = faster acceleration and a more responsive engine. People that like to heel and toe downshift love them too 
We sell the Fidanza flywheels so if you need a quote, email us with your application to sales@fasttoys.net and we would be happy to help you. They are not currently listed on our web site.
We sell the Fidanza flywheels so if you need a quote, email us with your application to sales@fasttoys.net and we would be happy to help you. They are not currently listed on our web site.
01-15-2008, 03:06 PM
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RE: ALUMINUM FLYWHEEL Q's
ORIGINAL: 02STALKERGT
Ive heard there is more of a chance to stall the car out when starting off.
Ive heard there is more of a chance to stall the car out when starting off.