Lawrie,
As this is the MMM list not the T list - I could also point out that
when I raced the 1929 M type I retained the original Flywheel and
clutch - lightened quite a lot, and this did increase the flexibility a lot
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The whole rotating mass was also meticulously balanced - not together
as one lump, but correctly - crank first then C+Flywheel then + cover
then plus fingers etc etc, pistons then rods - not just overall weight but
end too end weights on each rod. Also balanced the vertical dynamo
which cut out a certain odd harmonic too at high revs!. There were a
lot of other things done but always using original spec components as
the starting point.
I would pull over 95 down the back straight at Silverstone! And
would rev to over 7000.
Clive
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Message text written by Lawrie Alexander
>> Lawrie -
>
> Indeed these flywheels help things go well!
>
> The important thing to stress here is that these are MADE as
> light flywheels using specific high quality aluminium and steel
> components and are not LIGHTENED STANDARD flywheels,
> If you lightened a standard XPAG flywheel to this extent it would
> almost certainly disintegrate at the revs the T racers use.
>
> Clive<
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