basically i have 2 clutch options to choose from and i also want to get a lightened fly wheel. i can get an exedy sports tuff cushioned button kit for around 400 but will have to either buy a lightened fly wheel or get mine machined to make it lighter but it will still be around 2kg heavier than the after market fly wheel. or i can bite the bullet and get a cusco setup including flywheel for around a grand. when i searched for info on this i read that u shouldnt really have a max light fly wheel with a turbo/ supercharged vehicle as they need the inertia of a heavier fly wheel to make more boost. i have a gze so which way should i go?
also please dont +1 for cusco or +1 for ajps as i know they are the shizz but i just want to know which is best for my application which will be a daily driver and track bitch.
cheers johl
stroked 2L ca18-ae86 in the build...eta xmas 2012?
Don't machine your stock flywheel to lighten it. They then have a tendency to explode at high revs.
A light flywheel will be an improvement on any car. Not as needed on FI engines as you have more options to increase power to make up for a slightly heavier flywheel. But it is still an improvement.
Only down side is that if you drift clutch kicking becomes fairly useless.
Hen
Has anyone here put a lighten flywheel on a gze?
I considered this when i did my clutch (3 months ago) but all my searching came up with similar results.
GZE with lightened flywheel = unstable idle.
Everyone reckoned it ran better with a heavier one.
Anyone tried?
hello all
i had a ze in my sprinter, mircotech etc etc
i used a cusco flywheel in that, and the way it revved up like crazy
felt like it had more power and always seemed so keen to hit redline
i have a stock one now its turbo, (215mm fly now) but im going for a cusco one again!
highly recommended
i imagine a lighter flywheel will mean less torque but faster acceleration? am i right?
if so you wouldn't want to go too light as you'll loose the "ZE-ness" of your ZE
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No, the flywheel has zero effect on torque.
The engine will just rev more easily as there is less weight (or technically, rotational inertia) to spin up. Torque will not be affected at all.
Hen
i woudl have thought that lightened flywheel woudl effect its "cruisyness" of the engine
say driving along at 100km/h, come to a slight incline, stock flywheel engine will tend continue at constant speed, where as a lightened flywheel engine will drop in revs and require more acceleration to keep it goin at constant speed? since there is less rotating inertia?
is this relevant?
just what ive heard anyway!
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hmm... impretty sure teh main difference would be when the fly wheels has stopped or is changing speed quickly as there is less weight to move so it can do it faster so i suppose cruising up a hill or whatever wouldn't make too much difference... thats what makes sense in my head anyway
stroked 2L ca18-ae86 in the build...eta xmas 2012?
it will make a difference on hills, but so will the weight of your car, you wouldn;t stick 200KG of ballast in to make it "roll" up hills easier would you?
you will have to give it more juice earlier to go up a hill, but dont worry about it in terms of fuel consumption etc.
are all 4age flywheel bolts the same?
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