Re: Flywheel

[skerocdriver@juno.com (SHAWN C MEZE)]

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997 20:11:44 -0500 (CDT) ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>
writes:

>The lighter the flywheel, the faster the engine can accelerate - less
mass
>in the drive train to spin up. If you get too light, the engine will not
>like to idle smoothly at normal speeds, so beware going whole hog on
this. I
>don't know figures on how much to remove for Sciroccos, but Beetles used
to
>get by with flywheels cut to about 1/2 the stock weight.
>Another thing to watch - the lightened flywheel might be weakened if
done wrong. 
>
>Chuck Kuecker


I agree with what Chuck says. Also, having just spoken to someone who has
just had his done, you will need to get used to it. You will have to rev
it higher to launch the car ect. Its just a matter of getting used to it.
He had 3 lbs removed from his flywheel FWIW. 



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