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Old Sep 17, 2002 | 11:48 PM
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lightest flywheel

I need to know who to makes the lightest flywheel for a 89-91 rx7 n/a . Can I just use one from a TII and get the proper counterweight? Any JDM flywheels like exedy or JUN that make chrome moly ones? I want one that weighs around 8 to 9 lbs. I currently have the RB lightened flywheel, and 17 lbs does not cut it, any suggestions?
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Old Sep 17, 2002 | 11:53 PM
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A few companies make aluminum ones that are around 10 lbs. or so... I know Racing Beat makes one, I think Mazdatrix has one too. If you want a really light flywheel, aluminum is your best bet I think.
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 01:42 AM
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Tiltion makes a clutch and flywheel package.. together they are around 3lbs... pretty insane.. why do u want one thats soo light anyways? i would say lightest you would want to go for anything dual duty is 10lbs maybe heavyer
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 01:48 AM
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i hear when u have a light flywheel..your car will idle rough or run rough at low RPM's or somethign like that....is this true?
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 01:51 AM
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12lb aluminum flywheel.

http://www.mazdatrix.com/flywheel.htm

check out their Flywheel and Clutch Options Explanation. they say alot of people dont like the lightened aluminum flywheels.
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 01:55 AM
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I would not go with a lightened flywheel i would keep it stock buy a better clutch instead
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 02:46 AM
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harder to launch w/a lighter flywheel w/o stalling, right?
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 10:42 AM
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I had a spare stock flywheel (s4 n/a) milled down to 20lbs and am currently waiting for my T2 intermediate housing to assemble my engine to try it out. 4lbs might not seem like much, but for a street/daily driven vehicle that 18% (or whatever it is) should be a nice compromise and it only set me back 50 bucks.
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 05:55 PM
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um, I have no problems launching my T2 with a 9lb aluminum flywheel. Also remember to add the weight of the counter weight.
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 06:44 PM
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Mazda Motorsports also sells a 3-4 lb flywheel for the Quarter Master multi-disk clutch units. Total is about $2,000, and the 5.5" clutch setup gets you just about the lowest inertia you can find off the shelf. However, notice that this is totally undriveable on the street for novice drivers. You can see pics of this setup by clicking on my WWW icon.
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