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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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Wed, 11 August 2004 07:46

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The problems with lightened flywheels are usually caused by centrifugal forces.
Generally when you see a flywheel that has been lightened fail it actually shatters/explodes. The flywheel will rarely stay in one piece if it is caused by too much lightening. The problem is that a cast iron flywheel relies on a thin skin of dense cast material on the surface of the flywheel to generate the vast majority of the strength, the inner casting is very soft.
I really wanted a lighter flywheel for my car but since the flywheel is right behind the back of the passenger I figured I wouldn't risk it. Luckily the half cut I got came with a nice little billet flywheel with the twin plate clutch.
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7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her? (update)
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 04:55 |
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rob_RA40 | Wed, 11 August 2004 04:57 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 04:59 |
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Toobs | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:03 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:05 |
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Toobs | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:12 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:16 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:19 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:26 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:23 |
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SIMDOG | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:42 |
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kingmick | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:35 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:45 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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ed_ma61 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:47 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:49 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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ed_ma61 | Wed, 11 August 2004 05:52 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 06:00 |
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Bugman | Wed, 11 August 2004 06:41 |
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Toobs | Wed, 11 August 2004 06:57 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 07:17 |
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Toobs | Wed, 11 August 2004 07:23 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 07:37 |
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Joshstix | Wed, 11 August 2004 07:46 |
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kingmick | Wed, 11 August 2004 06:50 |
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Toobs | Wed, 11 August 2004 06:54 |
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ed_ma61 | Wed, 11 August 2004 10:09 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 11 August 2004 12:42 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her?
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ed_ma61 | Wed, 11 August 2004 13:46 |
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bbaacchhyy | Wed, 11 August 2004 21:41 |
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DeViL rOlLa | Thu, 12 August 2004 03:07 |
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Toobs | Sat, 21 August 2004 12:27 |
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RobST162 | Sat, 21 August 2004 14:31 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 25 August 2004 23:15 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her? (update)
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510rob | Thu, 26 August 2004 06:02 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her? (update)
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RobST162 | Thu, 26 August 2004 06:06 |
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Draza | Thu, 26 August 2004 13:00 |
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RobST162 | Thu, 26 August 2004 13:31 |
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allencr | Thu, 26 August 2004 15:07 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her? (update)
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RobST162 | Thu, 26 August 2004 22:30 |
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Re: 7.8kg 3SGE Flywheel - How much shall I lighten her? (update)
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THE WITZL | Thu, 26 August 2004 23:07 |