On the flywheel front; with help from Dave Wingett, and a pointer to the
seller of alum. flywheels on eBay, I have tracked down some of the key points.
The stock flywheel is listed at 42lb (that might include the clutch, and since
I don't have a flywheel to weigh, I can't check). A Fidenza flywheel - 11lbs
- (as listed on eBay) retails at $435, but can be found at a discount from
various Fidenza dealers. The quality and attention to detail of these folks
sold me (www.aluminumflywheel.com).
There is a guy who must be connected with the company who sells these things
on eBay for pretty high prices. If the eBay price goes above $360 stop
bidding and contact Greg Statt, an LBC enthusiast who happen to run a an
autoshop, at gstatt@aol.com - he's the owner of Expressway Automotive in
Midland, MI. He will give you a really good deal. He sold me a flywheel and
a lot of good advice for $359.
Tony
(no financial interest apart from getting a good deal from Greg - and when you
save $80 that has be good news!, to say nothing about the good advice about
the installation as well - he knows what he is talking about.)
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Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 10:25:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: More power
Hi,
Regarding flywheel weight...
The stock TR6 flywheel is _heavy_. Maybe 30 pounds. I know that the one I
used for "ballast" in my race car was 28 pounds - but that's a story in
and of itself.
If you knock that down to under 20 pounds, it will help. If you cut it
down to 15 pounds, it'll really help. prirace.com can hack your flywheel
to 14 pounds (but it ain't cheap).
There are also light steel flywheels from Cambridge Motorsport, I'm not
sure about others.
Then there's aluminium... big $$$ but really light. I have a Tilton
flywheel on the race car (forget about buying one, near as I can tell
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