 "Lightened Flywheel", Anyone ever heard of this? |
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| m170seeker |
 Aug 16 2012, 01:04 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 23-June 11 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 13,235 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I just had the flywheel changed on my 74 2.0L 914. Mechanic said the old flywheel was a "lightened" one and my new one is stock. I'm curious about you all's opinions on the difference; pros and cons of each. Apparently the PO decided to go for more high end acceleration than low end? I've never seen anything about this on the forum.
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| SLITS |
Aug 16 2012, 01:08 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
It's all over here about advantages / disadvantages of a lightened flywheel.
Basically it comes down to the engine will spin up faster, but stall easier with a lightened flywheel. Sorry, no free horsepower though. |
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| Drums66 |
 Aug 16 2012, 02:24 PM
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914 Rudiments Group: Members Posts: 5,321 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Coronado,Cali Member No.: 151 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Aug 16 2012, 12:08 PM)  It's all over here about advantages / disadvantages of a lightened flywheel. Basically it comes down to the engine will spin up faster, but stall easier with a lightened flywheel. Sorry, no free horsepower though. ....What he said's rght......have 1 in my 75'..when something's wrong! will stall easier. |
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m170seeker "Lightened Flywheel" Aug 16 2012, 01:04 PM
Kraftwerk I hear a lot about this with race engines over on ... Aug 16 2012, 01:06 PM Jeffs9146 I had a lightened flywheel on a 74 2.0L back in th... Aug 16 2012, 01:11 PM brant there are a bunch of threads about this around her... Aug 16 2012, 01:12 PM
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there are a bunch of threads about this around he... Aug 16 2012, 02:07 PM gandalf_025 From my Corvair days... I used aluminum flywheels... Aug 16 2012, 02:11 PM brant We are using this flywheel currently with an F fir... Aug 16 2012, 02:17 PM aircooledtechguy Good info here on the pros/cons of each.
Fuel eco... Aug 16 2012, 02:36 PM Brodie aircooledtechguy is right on. I've lightened ... Aug 18 2012, 10:58 PM |
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