smbikes

is it worth putting a lighter fly wheel?

ckyguy68

your going to lose some torque, but will probably gain some h.p.

Twister

let's see...when you balance an engine, you give them the rods, piston, crank, harmonic balancer and the flywheel....the flywheel is part of the balancing...

gspfunk

I think he's probably talking about an aluminum FW, and when they balance one, they don't take that much weight off...just balance it.

For a daily driver or strip car, you'll be better off w/ a stock iron or a billet steel FW. The weight keeps your revs up between shifts.

For a corner carver or track car, a lighter FW and pressure plate give you less rotational mass and make it easier to accelerate out of corners. Your revs will drop off faster since the lighter mass won't keep the momentum going.

silver91gt

for drag racing a steel one is better, it will store more rotational mass and give you a better launch. a good part of your ET is in the launch.


but for road racing, on an autocross track it would help you accelerate more out of turns and such.

7upedition

i'd leave it alone depending your intentions with the car. gspfunk pretty much layed it all out there for ya

Boss_Hotrod

IM running an aluminum one and its great. The car will get up in roms in a hurry. I drive in on the street and the only problems I have is on hills (had the same problem with the stock one, I just dont drive it enough). For a street driver either the aluminum or billet stell would be good if you dont have a decent amount of power (mild) then I wouldnt get an aluminum one. Steel would good better for a daily driver.