GERMANY'S TYPE 4 FLYWHEEL, HOW GERMANS LIGHTENED FLYWHEELS Options

[SirAndy]

QUOTE (Mark Henry @ Jan 16 2005, 04:10 PM)

Bet it's Alfred (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

ayupp, he got the boot ...

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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif) Andy

[Brett W]

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I got used to the rigid 6 puck in no time. I was worried about doing gentle starts like when I pull on and off the trailer but now I don't give it a second thought.

I finished the clutch, input shaft seal and output shaft seal replacement at 4am/ Went home and got breakfast, took a shower and went to get in line for work. I was working on a military base at the time so I have a long line and wait to get to work. Had the joy of learning the six puck in line to work that morning. AH the joys of the daily driven teener.

Yes the 4 cylinder has a weird sound. Lots of mechanical noise. I just finished a car for a friend that has tweaked little 2056 in it. I forgot how much mechanical noise these things make. They sound like a diesel in some aspects.

My engine sounded absolutely awesome when you got past the valvetrain noise. With the straight cut cam gears and 44 IDFs screaming in your ear at 6500 it was indeed music. Had several people complement me on how it sounded, three blocks away.

[Jake Raby]

All that work to bolt a 10 pound pressure plate to it..

I do lightening similar to this in my balancer, but its really worthless because the P/P is so damn heavy and has a big radius.

What we do for the FP guys is make a chromoly billet flywheel and use a tilton clutch pack which is only 4" in diameter.

Unless someone has tight gearing or a super lightweight car this type of flywheel will creat an animal thats a bitch to drive in traffic or on the freeway.

Remembver that the engine will rev UP faster with less weight but it will also rev DOWN faster as well.

We leave the flywheel stock weight on all street cars, even with large engines.

[SirAndy]

QUOTE (Jake Raby @ Jan 17 2005, 08:43 AM)

Unless someone has tight gearing or a super lightweight car this type of flywheel will creat an animal thats a bitch to drive in traffic or on the freeway.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) i seriously think abolut going back to a stock flywheel/clutch/pressure plate ....

i've been in stop & go traffic a few times now and it feels like it's ripping the car apart.
you can't really slip the clutch. it's more of a "all or nothing" kinda thing.

not guud for daily driving ...
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) Andy

[Jake Raby]

The only time its not a pain is when you have a big stroker with tons of grunt- Then you can start to lighten things and can't tell.

[Type 4 Unleashed]

The pics were sent to me from this guy in Germany, the one flywheel, with the welded center, is just a type 1, with a type 4 center, isn't that how KEP does it?

I, myself prefer, a stock flywheel, I, need the weight, for gas mileage, it takes more fuel to keep, a lightened flywheel spinning, lets say a cruising 3,000 RPM, the stock flywheel's weight, or mass, or stored energy, takes less fuel, to keep it spinning, once the 3,000 rpm is attained. I drive alot of freeway miles.

Richard