In a message dated 16/10/02 8:00:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
> If it is too light, you may have serious idle problems, terrible gas
> mileage, and the revs might drop so quickly between gear shifts that you
> drop below the power band for the next gear. Also, the engine may
> vibrate more (buzzy), which can reduce the lifetime of various parts
> and not sound very nice.
>
> The advantages are quicker revving, and increased torque but ONLY in the
> lower gears and ONLY at high revs in those gears. The faster you go,
> the less advantage it gives, and low-end torque will be reduced, which
> is what you use a lot in street driving. Also, a very light flywheel
> will hurt standing starts (drag racing) since you cannot store as much
> energy in the flywheel before takeoff, and the aforementioned reduction
> in low-rpm torque.
>
> Just keep in mind that a parts vendors make a much larger margin of
> profit on "performance" items and don't assume that because they sell
> it, you should put it on your car. Kind of like rear wings on front
> wheel drive cars ;)
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