Who has drove with a 12lb flywheel ???
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Who has drove with a 12lb flywheel ???
I have new 12-13lb Centerforce flywheel. This is between light steel and ultralight aluminum 9.5lb flywheels. So where does this one stand. Its an oddball that I dont hear about much.
Its going to go into my car because I got a great deal on it but wondering about peoples 60ft times compared to steel or just drag racing in general. I havea n N/A highly modded sort of with stock ports and ecu. I know what your going to say so forget it I need someone who has one on thier vehicle for accurate feedback
Also since shorter gears create more torque wouldnt shorter gears be essential for lighter flywheels to get you giong ? this would counteract the affects of a lightweight flywheel wouldnt it ?
Does anyone have 4.3s I can buy ?
Its going to go into my car because I got a great deal on it but wondering about peoples 60ft times compared to steel or just drag racing in general. I havea n N/A highly modded sort of with stock ports and ecu. I know what your going to say so forget it I need someone who has one on thier vehicle for accurate feedback
Also since shorter gears create more torque wouldnt shorter gears be essential for lighter flywheels to get you giong ? this would counteract the affects of a lightweight flywheel wouldnt it ?
Does anyone have 4.3s I can buy ?
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I have the light aluminum on both of my cars n/a and turbo. I love them. I think they are very easy to drive around on the street and the gain in acceleration is very noticable. On the n/a with such a light flywheel I just rev it up to about 4500-5000 rpm and dump the clutch. Tires chirp for a sec and it goes now! No problems once you figure it out. Its probably harder on the car doing this but I mostly autocross anyways.
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I have the racing beat aluminum 12# flywheel as well and as far as streetability goes it is not hard whatsoever to get used to. Taking it to the track I find that u lose a little bit when shifting and launching. All in all though I feel that if you are building a drag car exclusively then you should stay away from the light flywheel. If however you are planning on autoxing and street driving then a tenth of a second or two in the quarter won't kill you and you will have fun the rest of the time.
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there aren't realy 9.5 lb flywheels as far as I know...all those rated at such low weights don't take the counterweight into consideration. They should all be 11-12 lbs w the counter weight, RB weighs the counterweight along w/ the flywheel for their total of 12 lbs.
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I have the supposed 9 1/2 lbs flywheel it weighs 12 lbs with counter weight. I love it makes launching easier on my TII. I stall every once and awhile but that is beacuse I am stuck in traffic and my foot is doing that nervous jump ****. Always happens after holding clutch down for hours at a time. The price might seem a lil steep but the replacment ring is only 60 bucks or so. Well thats my.02
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I have the supposed 9 1/2 lbs flywheel it weighs 12 lbs with counter weight. I love it makes launching easier on my TII. I stall every once and awhile but that is beacuse I am stuck in traffic and my foot is doing that nervous jump ****. Always happens after holding clutch down for hours at a time. The price might seem a lil steep but the replacment ring is only 60 bucks or so. Well thats my.02
I have the supposed 9 1/2 lbs flywheel it weighs 12 lbs with counter weight. I love it makes launching easier on my TII. I stall every once and awhile but that is beacuse I am stuck in traffic and my foot is doing that nervous jump ****. Always happens after holding clutch down for hours at a time. The price might seem a lil steep but the replacment ring is only 60 bucks or so. Well thats my.02
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