Thoughts on aluminum flywheel
10-03-2003, 06:00 PM
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Thoughts on aluminum flywheel
I was told that because of the reduced rotating mass the car would rev and fall much quicker, but you would not be able to maintain RPMs as well between shifts causing you to lose some boost and hurt straight line acceleration. Any truth to this?
Or is it better to have the aluminum flywheel?
Or is it better to have the aluminum flywheel?
10-04-2003, 08:47 AM
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haha...not quite the same as a CBR600..I think yippers will agree
actually, the difference was rather subtle to me until I started getting on it. I noticed the car almost feels VTEC'y after 5500 RPM and rev matching is a bit more fluid for me now. It wasn't a huge difference, but then again, not a difference in drivablity either. One thing I learned the hard way, you pay more from SPEC buying it after the fact, the price on the website is assuming you buy the clutch at the same time. So save for both if you want both. It's $419 with clutch, $469 without.
10-04-2003, 04:04 PM
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Depends
on the car, and how the motor is built.
My motor was built with the lightened flywheel right from day one. Design and tuning are dependent on that part of the equation.
For me the light flywheel is a big part of what makes the car what it is. In rallying, it's a drag race from corner to corner. The car is geared to max out at 130, but it sure gets there pretty quickly.
And I guess it does remind me a bit of my XJR750RJ. It'll jump whenever you want it to, right up to 8K's.
My motor was built with the lightened flywheel right from day one. Design and tuning are dependent on that part of the equation.
For me the light flywheel is a big part of what makes the car what it is. In rallying, it's a drag race from corner to corner. The car is geared to max out at 130, but it sure gets there pretty quickly.
And I guess it does remind me a bit of my XJR750RJ. It'll jump whenever you want it to, right up to 8K's.
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10-04-2003, 04:32 PM
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This I can believe. But japanese sheep has a 1.8t with the dual mass OEM wheel. Going to a 12 lb
wheel is a nice change from the 24?? lb OEM version but if he adds one he won't confuse the 1.8t with a sport bike windng up 
10-05-2003, 07:49 AM
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still?
I'm starting to wonder if I have the right part in my car now. I still have this weird engagement thing happening. So I back out of my driveway. When I get to the street, still in reverse, the clutch seems to want to engage way lower. The thing is, it doesn't really engage. I'm not getting power to the wheels, but if I don't keep the revs up, the car will stall. If I just coast down to the street, and don't engage reverse again when I get down the driveway, then this happens when I put the car is first. After it happens, the car is fine again until I put it in reverse. I noticed this happens