Pros/cons of lightened flywheels on stroker engines Options

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Good morning. On big Type4 engines that are going to be used on the street, it appears that keeping a stock flywheel is a plus for drivability but I’m also wondering if the bigger engines have enough torque that they can handle it lighter flywheel for a bit more zing of an experience.

The one that was on this 2.7 L motor I’m sorting out was shaved down to 12.3 pounds which seems a bit to light for street use.

EDIT - did some researching it appears that too light of a flywheel will make the car a pain on the highway, so maybe just stick with stock weight?

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Good morning gentlemen. I ended up sourcing a factory weight flywheel for the car – while I drove this thing with a lightend flywheel there were so many other things going on that I couldn’t really get a sense of if the flywheel was contributing to that driving experience.

I think erroring on the side of having it have easy to live with manners is probably the right choice for now, I still have the lighter flywheel and an 11.5 pound one that I can throw on in the future if I have some burning need to change the driving experience.

Thank you for the discussion and thoughts on this. I very much appreciate the feedback.