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Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts
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Fri, 28 February 2003 11:57
 
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A flywheel has absolutely no effect on an engine's torque output. The only time it does anything useful is when the car is stationary and you're slipping the clutch to get the car moving; in this situation the stored energy in the flywheel helps shove the car along. Once the clutch is fully engaged, the flywheel is just along for the ride.
After this point though, the engine has to accelerate the mass of the flywheel as well as the mass of the car, and in lower gears this can have a significant (negative) impact on acceleration. So a lightened flywheel is a tradeoff; better acceleration, but the car becomes more difficult to drive.
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Blaze | Fri, 28 February 2003 02:41 |
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gianttomato | Fri, 28 February 2003 02:46 |
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Blaze | Fri, 28 February 2003 03:14 |
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gianttomato | Fri, 28 February 2003 03:27 |
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manipulate | Fri, 28 February 2003 06:03 |
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Blaze | Fri, 28 February 2003 06:36 |
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manipulate | Fri, 28 February 2003 10:48 |
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RWDboy | Fri, 28 February 2003 06:37 |
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Blaze | Fri, 28 February 2003 06:43 |
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Norbie | Fri, 28 February 2003 08:44 |
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Blaze | Fri, 28 February 2003 10:46 |
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kingmick | Fri, 28 February 2003 11:17 |
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Norbie | Fri, 28 February 2003 11:57 |
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manipulate | Fri, 28 February 2003 23:11 |
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kingmick | Fri, 28 February 2003 23:28 |
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Norbie | Sat, 01 March 2003 00:40 |
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manipulate | Sat, 01 March 2003 02:29 |
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gianttomato | Sat, 01 March 2003 03:06 |
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gmsta27 | Sat, 01 March 2003 03:03 |
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manipulate | Sat, 01 March 2003 03:45 |
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kingmick | Sat, 01 March 2003 08:08 |
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gianttomato | Sat, 01 March 2003 22:40 |
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kingmick | Sat, 01 March 2003 22:56 |
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kingmick | Sat, 01 March 2003 23:09 |
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Sam | Sat, 01 March 2003 23:50 |
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Jason | Sun, 02 March 2003 00:06 |
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kingmick | Sun, 02 March 2003 00:14 |
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Jayem | Sun, 02 March 2003 00:58 |
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gianttomato | Sun, 02 March 2003 02:18 |
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Jason | Sun, 02 March 2003 02:22 |
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gianttomato | Sun, 02 March 2003 02:30 |
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kingmick | Sun, 02 March 2003 03:55 |
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gianttomato | Sun, 02 March 2003 04:19 |
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humble | Sun, 02 March 2003 06:29 |
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kingmick | Sun, 02 March 2003 08:01 |
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justcallmefrank | Sun, 02 March 2003 09:13 |
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Norbie | Sun, 02 March 2003 13:18 |
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