light weight vs stock flywheel

[ali]

I bring this up ### I am going to replace my clutch soon and I thought about my flywheel also, but one of my buddy brought up that a light weight flywheel sucks when you launch with an AWD car. So my question is to the people that have a light weight flywheel on their car how is it?

Thanks

 

[El Cuervo]

I had it for almost 1 year now. And I really love it. My car is a DD and i have no complains about it. I will say that the car accelerates a bit faster. The oly down fall is that you might have to change your dryving habits a bit. EX: When making a turn or straight line, don't leave the clutch release for a long period of time. instead select neutral when making turns going down hill whike braking. Why? Well the flywheel is very light. When you release the clutch you are taking even more weight off the crank. Because of it, the rpms will drop very fast and your car will stall. Specially during a u turn or turning slow while braking. As long as you are in gear or in neutral, you won't have a problem. Other than that, It is awesome. So should you get it? my answer is YES. Do it. There will always be trade off with performance upgrades. Thats just how it is.

 

[fwdmaster]

You should get a light weight flywheel, I sent my stock flywheel to RRE to get it lightened and it was a bid difference in reving and redline pulls. What kind of flywheel are you looking to get?

 

[ali]

You should get a light weight flywheel, I sent my stock flywheel to RRE to get it lightened and it was a bid difference in reving and redline pulls. What kind of flywheel are you looking to get?

Dont know yet still looking, but I will buy a scatter shield if I do get one.

 

[No_Skillz]

I have a Fidanza lightweight flywheel in my car, going on 30,000 miles. While it doesn't really affect acceleration that much, it DOES increase engine response to throttle blips. Lets me rev match, toe-heel, and double clutch much faster.

And a lightweight flywheel should not make your car stall when in neutral. There's something else wrong if this happens.

 

[dontfeedphils]

I have a Findanza flywheel and I love it, and one of my favorite parts is being able to pick up just the friction surface for the flywheel if I'm swapping out clutches and it needs to be done.

 

[OddNotion]

I have a Fidanza lightweight flywheel in my car, going on 30,000 miles. While it doesn't really affect acceleration that much, it DOES increase engine response to throttle blips. Lets me rev match, toe-heel, and double clutch much faster.

And a lightweight flywheel should not make your car stall when in neutral. There's something else wrong if this happens.

Totally agree. My ACT streetlite, while being used on a 4G64, does not die when in neutral. That is an idle control problem I think. When I tap that throttle for a downshift, the engine speed is right where I want it. It's great.

The only thing I would say feels different is backing up and pulling into the garage slowly requires a little higher engine RPM than it once did. This makes sense, and it is a fair tradeoff for having the engine respond to the throttle the way I want it to.

Launches require very slightly different rev management too, but I don't have a turbo yet, so interpret that as you will. I won't say the launch rev is higher, but I have to hold it high and let the clutch in more slowly than before.

for slightly lighter than stock flywheels on the street!