[Healeys] Lightened Flywheels and Braking?

[wericars at aol.com]

Lightened flywheel 
advantage:???? Quicker reving due to lower centrifigul mass.
disadvantage:? Loss of torque that the heavier flywheel carries, best felt when transitioning from throttle off to throttle on such as when you exit a corner and get on the gas.


Bill
Boston area
65 BJ8


-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Caccavo <healeybn7 at yahoo.com>
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:46 am
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lightened Flywheels and Braking?



Alan wrote: 

"...lightening will definitely make a difference, and
in fact will  help with braking of the car because the
centripital force will cause the  car to
go sideways when you step on the brake."

Alan,

Can you point to a reference article with respect to
this unusual theory.  I have set up a few cars and a
discussion of rotating flywheel direction and braking
were never correlated.  In other words, you are saying
that since I am using the Bolton lighten flywheel, my
car stops straighter. Really?

Dean (in Thousand Oaks)  




       
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