light weight flywheel worth it on turbo set up?
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light weight flywheel worth it on turbo set up?
have a B & M short throw shifter,stage 3 clutch, the big Q: is the light weight flywheel worth doing with a turbo set up. let me know .thanks .
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Your rpms will rise faster but the downside is they will fall faster so if you don't shift fast enough you might fall out of your power band. If nething the flywheel might make your car harder to move off the line w/o peeling out with that stage 3 clutch.
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Rep Power: 288 I've always been told that regardless of the fact that your car is turbocharged or not, installing a flywheel would be of great benefit, since it weighs less, it has reduced rotational mass, therefore more existing power is transferred through the drivetrain and subsequently, to the ground. Quicker revs yes, but will it be more difficult to shift between gears, I've never heard that before. Plus, the collected inertia by regular driving will translate into momentum keeping it spinning as you shift....Honestly, I don't have a flywheel installed so I don't know how credibile my opinion is....I just thought clutch and flywheel replacements were good.
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Rep Power: 288 Again, I've never heard that before. If that happened when you replaced the flywheel, I think I would have read about it on the manufacturers website or at least somewhere. When I read articles in tuning magazines, whenever someone replaces the clutch, they replace the flywheel too.
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Rep Power: 424 The flywheel itself should be balanced. The engine isn't balanced with the FW on it, so as long as the flywheel itself isnt out of whack it should be fine.
The issue often encountered is the steel friction surface and the aluminum ring gear dont always stay together.
The whole inertia thing.... the more the turbo is spooled, the better off it is obviously, the revs drop very quickly when the clutch is disengaged, but its a matter of you rev-matching the shift to compensate.
I dont necessarily see the benefit to the expense of double a stock FW when the stocker isn't all that heavy to begin with.
The issue often encountered is the steel friction surface and the aluminum ring gear dont always stay together.
The whole inertia thing.... the more the turbo is spooled, the better off it is obviously, the revs drop very quickly when the clutch is disengaged, but its a matter of you rev-matching the shift to compensate.
I dont necessarily see the benefit to the expense of double a stock FW when the stocker isn't all that heavy to begin with.
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I've always been told that regardless of the fact that your car is turbocharged or not, installing a flywheel would be of great benefit, since it weighs less, it has reduced rotational mass, therefore more existing power is transferred through the drivetrain and subsequently, to the ground. Quicker revs yes, but will it be more difficult to shift between gears, I've never heard that before. Plus, the collected inertia by regular driving will translate into momentum keeping it spinning as you shift....Honestly, I don't have a flywheel installed so I don't know how credibile my opinion is....I just thought clutch and flywheel replacements were good.
you have to be very good at shifting to keep the rpms high. this actually takes its toll on the tranny because of the harder faster shifts as well. I have the act streetlight flywheel and felt a huge difference in how the car performs. honestly its not the most desirable for a DD.
The flywheel itself should be balanced. The engine isn't balanced with the FW on it, so as long as the flywheel itself isnt out of whack it should be fine.
The issue often encountered is the steel friction surface and the aluminum ring gear dont always stay together.
The whole inertia thing.... the more the turbo is spooled, the better off it is obviously, the revs drop very quickly when the clutch is disengaged, but its a matter of you rev-matching the shift to compensate.
I dont necessarily see the benefit to the expense of double a stock FW when the stocker isn't all that heavy to begin with.
The issue often encountered is the steel friction surface and the aluminum ring gear dont always stay together.
The whole inertia thing.... the more the turbo is spooled, the better off it is obviously, the revs drop very quickly when the clutch is disengaged, but its a matter of you rev-matching the shift to compensate.
I dont necessarily see the benefit to the expense of double a stock FW when the stocker isn't all that heavy to begin with.
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Rep Power: 0 I just ordered an 11 lb flywheel to go with my new Exedy clutch. My ride is NA (for now) so I'll let you know how it is once it arrives and I install it (should be a couple weeks before it gets here). Search for my Gripforce Clutches thread to see which one I bought for my EM2.
its funny how just a few threads down from this i have a topic that talks about clutches and flywheels and the disadvantage of light vs heavy.. lol.. anyways.. read this
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/7...explained.html
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/7...explained.html
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