Play "Joe Racer"? Me? ;-)
The competition manual has a nice drawing you can take to a competent
machinist and have them lighten your stock flywheel, down as low as 13 lbs.
Mine was measured at 24 lbs stock and was taken down to 17 lbs. Cost was
just north of $100.
Daryl
From: "Ron Hamilton" <fj201@cox.net>
>I have used a couple of lightweights and have the following observations;
> The lightweight steel version stood up much better than the aluminum with
> a steel insert.
> Shifting is a lot notchier as the rpm drops faster than you can shift most
> of the time.
> The idle is rougher as the motor is designed to use the flywheel effect to
> smooth out the 4 cylinder shake rattle and roll.
> You need a good aftermarket clutch to take advantage of the lightened
> flywheel.
> Don't count on better mileage cause you want to play Joe racer too often!
> :-)
>
> Ron
>
> Daryl Smith wrote:
>> Anytime you can lighten the rotating mass, take advantage of it!
>> The benefits include quicker acceleration/deceleration and the
>> *possibilty* of better gas milage if you do a fair amount of stop start
>> driving around town (please correct me if I'm wrong - just flying by the
>> seat of my pants here).
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>>
>>> I noticed one of those racer parts for sale is a lightweight flywheel.
>>> Any
>>> advantage to using a lightweight flywheel on a street 1600?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
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