i'm planing on buying a light flywheel and clutch setup. i found one on sr motorsports but it comes with an alluminum flywheel. i was wondering if that would be to light for my setup. i've got an intake and dual exaust from header back. would that be ok for daily driving to and from work. or should i go with a steel flywheel?

 

A lot of it has to do with personal preference....but how light are you talking?

 

The feel of a flywheel depends on its moment of inertia rather than its static weight. It is best to try a friend's setup to see how you like it.

If you are just driving your car to and from work then I think you should stick with the stock flywheel and spend your money on something more worthwhile.

 

the stock is around 23 or 24lbs. steel is around 17lbs. and the alluminum is 11 i think. i just dont want to get the alluminum and then its a pain to drive in traffic. is it going to be to jerky or pedal pressure to hard or what not.

 

When talking about those weights remember that the counterweight is built into the stock flywheel so it is included in the weight. The aftermarket flywheels do not include the weight of the counterweight, so once that is added the weight will be different than advertised compared to stock.

 

so your saying the alluminum because it will end up weighing more. will it stop and go smothly?

 

rpms will drop faster when you let out of the clutch coming off a light. it will also drop faster when you pop the clutch in. it's up to you whether you want that or not. After years of lightweight flywheels on multiple cars I've gotten tired of them.

 

Peddle pressure wont be any different, but you will have to slip the clutch more.

Also, when i put on my ACT Streetlite I got jerky movement at low RPM on the stock ecu.

 

I'm not sure about the aluminum flywheel you are looking at but I am pretty sure the racingbeat unit is 11 pounds including the counterweight.