lightweight Aluminium flywheel- Worth it???
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Originally posted by matty
Do you guys think it is silly to upgrade the flywheel w/o doing the clutch at the same time?
I only have 30k miles on the car and worry that its gonna be awhile before me clutch needs to be replaced as i put so few miles on my car anually.
Do you guys think it is silly to upgrade the flywheel w/o doing the clutch at the same time?
I only have 30k miles on the car and worry that its gonna be awhile before me clutch needs to be replaced as i put so few miles on my car anually.
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Originally posted by redrotorR1
Any auto-xer impressions on the lightened flywheel? Better first gear response? Easier to keep in the power band?
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I've only auto-crossed a few times and I'm not too good at it. I often get lost in the cones
That said I've run the car entirely in 1st gear. Great power off corners at low speed Second gear is not bad either but then I have a problem with being off-boost (then the boost comes on and the rear end comes out
) The car probably would be great with this setup but I need comp tires. The tires (and my cone problem) were the limiting factors.
You get the most HP gain in 1st and 2nd gears (someone on the forum determined about 50hp in first) which is perfect for autocross. My RB 11lb flywheel was designed for autocross (at least that's what their technical catalog says). The RB web site says "Road Racing and Rallying..." http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11449 The flywheel comes with the balance weight.
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Originally posted by redrotorR1
Any auto-xer impressions on the lightened flywheel? Better first gear response? Easier to keep in the power band?
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I've only auto-crossed a few times and I'm not too good at it. I often get lost in the cones
That said I've run the car entirely in 1st gear. Great power off corners at low speed Second gear is not bad either but then I have a problem with being off-boost (then the boost comes on and the rear end comes out ) The car probably would be great with this setup but I need comp tires. The tires (and my cone problem) were the limiting factors.You get the most HP gain in 1st and 2nd gears (someone on the forum determined about 50hp in first) which is perfect for autocross. My RB 11lb flywheel was designed for autocross (at least that's what their technical catalog says). The RB web site says "Road Racing and Rallying..." http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11449 The flywheel comes with the balance weight.
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