Lightweight Flywheel or not?

[Bear Head]

Think my 182 will be getting the full clutch change treatment shortly. Whilst it's all to bits, would I be silly to not put in a lightweight Flywheel? Seen as though this'll probably be the last time the clutch is out of the car and it's obviously labour less to slap it in.

I know @NorthloopCup does them at an epic price and it's this that tempts me!

What real world differences on the road am I going to notice, and is it worth the cost? The car doesn't go on track but wouldn't rule it out in a few years time. What's it gonna do for me road wise? Anyone else got one?

 

[Chrisgti6]

Worth doing whilst it's out IMO, but only if it's cheap enough. Not worth the £300 that K-tax charge. Don't expect a massive difference though, should make it a little more eager to rev. The engine won't increase in power, but the gain is 2 fold - the car is lighter overall and the engine revs a little quicker.

I'd imagine it will make the car a bit less 'nice' to drive though, it won't be as smooth and you might need to keep on the power a little more on hills etc. So if it were me, i'd stick with OE.

 

[Budgie]

Meh. For a road car, nothing wrong with the OE one IMO

 

[Goodj]

Quicker revving (when out of gear)
Quicker to stall
You may well want to do some ECU tweaks for the idle, as that'll be affected too.
It'll burn marginally more fuel.

If you can pick one up for pennies, sure, why not. But if it requires actual money, I wouldn't.

 

[Bear Head]

Quicker revving (when out of gear)
Quicker to stall
You may well want to do some ECU tweaks for the idle, as that'll be affected too.
It'll burn marginally more fuel.

If you can pick one up for pennies, sure, why not. But if it requires actual money, I wouldn't.

Ah right mate.

Just had the car mapped at RS TUNING so wouldn't fancy that. Might leave it. Looking at 250 ish quid for the flywheel so ill probably leave it then.

Sounds more of a track car kina thing then really.

 

[Goodj]

pretty much.
The JDM Miata (UK 1.6 spec) boys love their flywheels, their faster revving 100hp makes them feel like a drift king. Thing is, for low-torque engines ion particular, all you're doing is needing to burn more fuel to keep inertia up once you're moving.
If you're only ever accelerating and braking, fine (maybe). But if you drive at a steady pace (for instance, when you're just driving, not trying to be Chris Harris) then you need to pour more fuel into the flywheel to keep it spinning. Where a heavier unit will keep itself going.

 

[Bear Head]

pretty much.
The JDM Miata (UK 1.6 spec) boys love their flywheels, their faster revving 100hp makes them feel like a drift king. Thing is, for low-torque engines ion particular, all you're doing is needing to burn more fuel to keep inertia up once you're moving.
If you're only ever accelerating and braking, fine (maybe). But if you drive at a steady pace (for instance, when you're just driving, not trying to be Chris Harris) then you need to pour more fuel into the flywheel to keep it spinning. Where a heavier unit will keep itself going.

Very well worded.

I get you. Very popular with the Rx8's too but think they have a great dual mass thing that takes an earth to spin. Big difference then I suppose.

It's a weekend car but I don't want it to become unusable. It's a loud little thing and I love it despite it being a wanker mobile. I don't want negative feelings towards the drive of it or no one will ever wanna go in it haha.

 

[Goodj]

Thank you. I do try (when people are listening)
RX-8s had to do something just because of their low-torque, high-revs nature.
Diesels have the opposite though, not enough revs, massive torque, so dual mass is needed to prevent them cavitating so hard they pull themselves apart. Of course, there are ways around that too.

 

[Mr Plums]

I don't want negative feelings towards the drive of it or no one will ever wanna go in it haha.

That's a good thing, I hate passengers!

 

[Goodj]

That's a good thing, I hate excess weight

EFA

If a CS hardcore puritan (no names, but they were on here only today) has to take a passenger, do they remove the rear bench, speakers and AC?
Because cornerweights y0

 

[Mr Plums]

EFA

If a CS hardcore puritan (no names, but they were on here only today) has to take a passenger, do they remove the rear bench, speakers and AC?
Because cornerweights y0

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/best-way-to-loose-cup-weight.779969/

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