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DreamWeaver
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 Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:19 am Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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what I've noticed driving my previous 1600 daily with both lightened and stock weight FW is that (from a user point of view) with a stock FW all power is at the bottom end (short shifting to go faster) BUT with the lighted FW the power seems to be spread out (the gears seem longer, rev out each gear) >> which is in a round about way, saying what has already been stated.
HOWEVER
My reason for posting is that I'm interested in finding a happy medium >> finding the weight of a stock FW and the weight of a light FW and dividing the difference, with the hope of achieving the best of both words.
Does this seem like a reasonable idea - for happy street/street race/cruise/daily driver use? |
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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| the only good way to see is change them out with no other mods or changes. I personaly would like a flywheel weight inbetween the std& lightweight. be nice if they sold the 8 dowel chromoly std weight too. |
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coonhunter
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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| Maybe you could get a flywheel that had moveable weights on it under spring pressure. As your RPM increased, the weights would move to the outside. That way when you are at low RPM it would act more like a light flywheel, and at high rpm it would be like a heavy flywheel. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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I have a 6lb flywheel on my engine. Revs like crazy.
Light flywheels will expose poor carb tuning, which is covered up with heavy flywheels. But if the carbs are tuned well, the light flywheel drives "more fun".
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Bama Dave
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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| coonhunter wrote: |
| Maybe you could get a flywheel that had moveable weights on it under spring pressure. As your RPM increased, the weights would move to the outside. That way when you are at low RPM it would act more like a light flywheel, and at high rpm it would be like a heavy flywheel. |
Now that is interesting!
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jpaull
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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| coonhunter wrote: |
| Maybe you could get a flywheel that had moveable weights on it under spring pressure. As your RPM increased, the weights would move to the outside. That way when you are at low RPM it would act more like a light flywheel, and at high rpm it would be like a heavy flywheel. |
It really seems like you just read a few internet pros and cons that have been posted, and just brewed-up your own internet solution. (no matter the fact that its totally un-realistic and will never happen).
If you have, or get experience driving the same engine with both, you will find out your own opinion and truly see why you have it. (and you wont need the centrifugal weight flywheel idea).
The worst issue on the internet, is people take only a few "black and white" pieces of data, and try to solve a problem.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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why not some clutches already do that  and some are even tunable.those are oh so sweet. kinda pricey too. |
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coonhunter
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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I actually just said that as a Joke.
As mentioned, there are slipper clutches that work in the same way: more grip at high rpm, less at low, so that you can slip it some at lower rpm and it will grip well on the top end. |
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58ragman
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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| whats a stock 1600 dual port fly weight from the factory? Anybody know or have access to specs |
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txoval
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:01 pm Post subject: Re: Flywheel weight and the street. HOW light is TOO light |
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| 18lbs |
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