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gianttomato Forums Junkie I supported Toymods Location: I renounced punctuation Registered: May 2002	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts Sun, 02 March 2003 02:18 Sounds like we are basically saying the same thing, just that there are some basic definition issues. A heavier flywheel has more stored energy, so when you take off from a standing start, this stored energy is released making take off easier. A lighter flywheel has less stored energy, so there is a slightly greater propensity to stall the car. The engine doesn't magically make more or less torque depending on flywheel weight. EDIT: I should add that this release of stored energy occurs with any sudden change in load. It just so happens that this for most people is seen most strikingly on take off, so people believe it improves low end performance. In fact it will occur at any rev range. An example might be a short upwards incline. A car with a heavy flywheel might make it up the hill in fourth gear (due to the release of potential energy in flywheel), but the same car with a light flywheel may need to change down a gear half way up. The point I want to make is that this effect will be seen with any sudden change of load. I'm all for lightweight flywheels, but they have to be done correctly. People generally rapidly adapt their driving style to suit and it becomes a non issue. I never intended for a slanging match. Cheers Dave. [Updated on: Sun, 02 March 2003 02:29] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Blaze	Fri, 28 February 2003 02:41
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Fri, 28 February 2003 02:46
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Blaze	Fri, 28 February 2003 03:14
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Fri, 28 February 2003 03:27
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	manipulate	Fri, 28 February 2003 06:03
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Blaze	Fri, 28 February 2003 06:36
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	manipulate	Fri, 28 February 2003 10:48
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	RWDboy	Fri, 28 February 2003 06:37
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Blaze	Fri, 28 February 2003 06:43
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Norbie	Fri, 28 February 2003 08:44
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Blaze	Fri, 28 February 2003 10:46
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Fri, 28 February 2003 11:17
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Norbie	Fri, 28 February 2003 11:57
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	manipulate	Fri, 28 February 2003 23:11
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Fri, 28 February 2003 23:28
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Norbie	Sat, 01 March 2003 00:40
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	manipulate	Sat, 01 March 2003 02:29
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Sat, 01 March 2003 03:06
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gmsta27	Sat, 01 March 2003 03:03
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	manipulate	Sat, 01 March 2003 03:45
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Sat, 01 March 2003 08:08
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Sat, 01 March 2003 22:40
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Sat, 01 March 2003 22:56
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Sat, 01 March 2003 23:09
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Sam	Sat, 01 March 2003 23:50
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Jason	Sun, 02 March 2003 00:06
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Sun, 02 March 2003 00:14
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Jayem	Sun, 02 March 2003 00:58
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Sun, 02 March 2003 02:18
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Jason	Sun, 02 March 2003 02:22
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Sun, 02 March 2003 02:30
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Sun, 02 March 2003 03:55
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Sun, 02 March 2003 04:19
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	humble	Sun, 02 March 2003 06:29
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	kingmick	Sun, 02 March 2003 08:01
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	justcallmefrank	Sun, 02 March 2003 09:13
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	Norbie	Sun, 02 March 2003 13:18
	Re: Lightened fly wheels?? what your thoughts	gianttomato	Sun, 02 March 2003 23:07

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