Re: Lightened Flywheel

["cory fonger" <scirocc09@yahoo.com>]

Maybe not necessarily more gas to keep going at a constant pace, in fact it
seems to me less mass would require less force to accel.but also it makes
for quicker decels. The decels would be easier to control with a tap of the
throttle, but they would be a lot more frequent because the engine has lost
a little bit of its momentum.
Now, i just rejoined the list a few days ago, i dont currently own a
scirocco, but this is general engineering things. I also just woke up from a
nap i took after being enlisted down at Otis AFB on cape cod for the air
national guard. im still quite a bit out of it, so smack my brain around a
bit after reading this. I just felt like throwing my ideas out there, in
fact these kind of posts are what brought me back to this list. :)

Cory Fonger
- 1978 Triumph TR7 (in the works, maybe for a V8. heeheee)


----- Original Message -----
From: "chris jevens" <rocco1987@hotmail.com>
To: <freshapple@mac.com>; <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Lightened Flywheel


> The lightened flywheel will lower the amount of mass that is being spooled
> up... thus allowing for quicker accels, and decels. Less rotaion mass to
> spool up means a faster spooling motor. There are negatives to this
> though... The more mass you take off of the rotating mass yes it will
spool
> quicker, but then if you keep taking mass off (if you also lightened your
> crank) it will take more fuel to keep the motor moving... For the general
> rocco crowd that knows more about this please confirm this as being
right...
> is it? I just can't ezxplain it more than that... chris
>
>
> >From: FreshApple <freshapple@mac.com>
> >To: scirocco list <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Lightened Flywheel
> >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:09:28 -0500
> >
> >I am considering the install of a lightened flywheel when I install my
> >new clutch.  This may seem like a novice question, but what exactly does
> >it do performance-wise?  I have heard that it allows the motor to spin
> >faster (less rotational mass), but will that make a difference with the
> >car in gear, or will it feel the same while it's accelerating?  Any
> >thoughts or advice is appreciated.



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