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Are lightened flywheel worth it?
The lighter the flywheel, as soon as you hit the clutch, the faster the engine speed will drop. This is a double-edged sword. Not only does it let you shift faster, you must shift faster – and more precisely.
Does a lightweight flywheel need a tune?
Your car shouldn’t be running like poop with a lightened flywheel, even without a tune. But your car will still throw a misfire code. Get use to it.
Does a lighter flywheel make a difference?
Installing a lightweight flywheel doesn’t decrease torque, but it does decrease inertia, meaning more torque will be needed to break traction with a clutch-kick (drifting or burning out), or to accelerate a vehicle off the line during a launch (drag racing, daily driving).
What happens if your flywheel is too light?
if the flywheel is too light, it will spin too fast and make your RPMs jump too fast.. therefore, you will not be able to be in the powerband long enough… therefore you need a balance between too light and stock.
Is a lighter or heavier flywheel better?
The heavy flywheel helps RPM recovery, allows the engine not to lug during the gear transmission. The light flywheels decrease the inertia, so it gives a quick response to acceleration and deceleration. For this reason, light flywheels are used in the sports car.
Are magnetic flywheels good?
To a degree, yes. The magnetic flywheel system is more accurate as these are typically computerized and you will just punch in which level you want to be at. It’s the type that you see so often in the commercial gyms because these bikes are very popular. So if you want accuracy, this may be the one to go with.
What are the advantages of a lighter flywheel?
A lighter wheel takes strain off the engine and allows the engine to rev more freely, as a bonus as there is less weight the engine is able to release more power. You’ll notice a race-tuned engine increases and decreases revs a lot more quickly than a standard engine.
Can a light flywheel cause a stall?
However, the lighter flywheel (sometimes 11 lbs or less!) means as soon as the clutch engages, the clutch, driveshaft, rear end, axles, etc that are at a dead stop can overcome the lower angular momentum of the light flywheel, thus causing a stall. The solution, of course, is very easy, you add more throttle while engaging the clutch.
What does a flywheel do to an engine?
A flywheel effectively stores the kinetic energy and stabilises the engines rotation, causing drops or increases in speed to happen more slowly which is great for cruising, or smoothing out slight blips from a lumpy engine but doesn’t help rapid engine speed changes.
What’s the down side of a light flywheel?
The down side of this is drivability. A lightweight flywheel means you are going to have to get really good at clutch control really fast. The stock, heavier flywheel (usually 20+ lbs) means you can be pretty liberal with clutch engagement and still not stall.