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Daily driving w/ a light weight flywheel


SenseiAccord
03-17-2004, 10:36 PM
Is it hard to drive daily with a light weight flywheel? i hear 9 pounders are hard but how is it with a 12 pounders??? Actually i wanna hear both stories w/ a 9 and 12 pounder

i_a_n112784
03-18-2004, 10:13 AM
Light flywheels can be warped by getting them hot, the materials they are made of can't take as much heat as the heavy ones. So if you're sitting in a traffic jam or whatever with all that stop and go, it has the potential to warp. I don't know how many times this has happened to people, but you should know that can happen.

knorwj
03-18-2004, 09:42 PM
i think its the aluminum ones that are much more prone to warpage than say a lightened steel one or chromoly

liquidflame8
03-19-2004, 12:58 AM
yeah aluminum has problems with heat

Ace$nyper
03-19-2004, 09:34 AM
well i've been useing my 9lber for year and half now never a problem the revs move quicker i my self love it and never want to go back to stock

mfmark5007
03-20-2004, 05:48 PM
I didn't understand a thing you just said.

liquidflame8
03-21-2004, 12:35 AM
I didn't understand a thing you just said.
lmao

SenseiAccord
03-21-2004, 02:07 AM
well i've been useing my 9lber for year and half now never a problem the revs move quicker i my self love it and never want to go back to stock

did u have like any trouble when first driving it or did u get used to it real quick? is it harder to drive with or easier since the revs rise and drop so quick?

michaelsd16c
03-22-2004, 02:55 AM
well i've been useing my 9lber for year and half now never a problem the revs move quicker i my self love it and never want to go back to stock

Is it the stock one or did you buy one? Is that the only benafit that it rev's faster? Dose it wear out the clutch faster? :sly: ..I mean is their and negative about it beside maybe getting to hot?

liquidflame8
03-22-2004, 02:57 AM
the fact that it would rev so quickly i think would make for a rougher engagement cuz the revs would drop down if you shifted slowly. the rpm's would drop lower before the clutch engaged for the slow shifting

Ace$nyper
03-22-2004, 04:33 PM
I got use to it real fast and i upgraded my clutch at same time so yea it was rougher but i can shift it now being used to it even nicer then before. Yes the revs move quicker and i enjoy that even though it can be a pain in traffic.

SenseiAccord
03-24-2004, 02:35 AM
so its like the gas pedal being super sensitive then. Also u mentioned shifting is more rough so it jerks more or something? Hows it like driving when starting from a stop? hard?

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