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Does anybody make a lightnend flywheel for our car? Does it make that big of a difference? I was thinking of doing this and a clutch in prep for Nitrous.

 
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There are a few out there, I believe that unorthodox has an 8lbs one. it's cost a lot, I know I have seen a few others by no name brands so I didn't pay attention to where I saw them. Doing it with a new clutch is a good idea sense you have to take all that a part, might aswell do it all at once. You will feel a small hp difference but mostly your car will rev up faster. with nitrous it will make if rev faster yet, just don't that get out of hand and you should be fine.

 
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I got this off superstreet mag


Lighten the Flywheel?

Racers apply the weight-reduction-multiplies-with-a-rotating-mass thought process to the massive disc that is an engine¡¦s flywheel and lighten it (by using alloy materials or thinner steel) so it will spin up faster and make the engine feel more responsive. But lighten a flywheel too much and you can run into problems, says Centerforce Clutch¡¦s K.C. Payne.

Part of what a flywheel does is store energy in the form of inertia. That inertia helps keep the engine spinning when the clutch is disengaged, so that it doesn¡¦t fall too far out of its powerband b/t shifts. If a lightened flywheel can¡¦t keep the engine revs up when the clutch pedal is pushed in, you¡¦ll be struggling to get back into the powerband with every upshift, a problem that¡¦ll only get worse if your motor likes to make power north of five grand.

The flywheel disc also acts as a heat sink that absorbs thermal energy generated by clutch engagement. If a lightened flwheel doesn¡¦t have enough mass to cool the clutch, premature friction material wear can occur, and the clutch will show signs of fading.

And finally, the flywheel has to stay flat in order to maintain proper contact with the clutch plate. A flywheel that¡¦s too thin may warp, causing clutch engagement problems.

Some lightening of the flywheel is a good thing; Centerforce makes a steel billet flywheel for performance street Honda that weight in at 11ibs, compared to the stock 15-18. But Centerforce has done enough product testing to know where and how much weight to remove in order to gain engine responsiveness though lowering inertia without going so far as to hurt performance.

I hope that help!

 
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That really was a help. I think i will just do the clutch. 4 pounds is not gonna make a huge difference and the reliability of it warping will not be in question.

 
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ACT 6 puck clutch will be a big help