I used to have an RX-7 (autocross-prepped '83) that had a lightened
flywheel, it saw 9-10k rpm often and I never had a problem. My
seat-of-the-pants-o-meter said that it helped acceleration and the
engine felt "livelier". I highly reocmmend it. When I do the clutch on
my MGB, I'd love to put a light flywheel in it...
Mike Lishego wrote:
> Trevor Boicey wrote:
> >
> > Robert Allen wrote:
> > > But then the weight of the flywheel is added. I weighed my
> flywheel and
> > > it comes in at 22 pounds (plus 13 for the clutch housing) so that
> is
> > > about 35 pounds not effected by the engine gearing:
> >
> > I don't think it can really be seen as this simple.
> >
> > You aren't accelerating it from point A along vector V, so
> > it's not it's weight that matters.
>
> Actually, I forgot to mention this in my last flywheel related post.
> I was under the
> impression that a lighter flywheel would give me quicker acceleration,
> but my machine
> shop told me that I could expect higher RPMs in less time. Of course,
> I guessed that
> a quicker-revving engine would translate into more acceleration, but
> like Trevor
> said, it's probably more than that.
>
> --
> Michael S. Lishego
> St. Andrews Presbyterian College
> Elementary Education Major,
> English Minor, Class of 1999
> R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall
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