Go with lightened flywheel, or stock?

[grantman10]

Alright, i know there is a lot of threads on lightened flywheels, however i am looking for the opinions of all you members on a decision i have to make.

I bought my car about 8 months ago and it has an act 2100 and an ebay lightened flywheel (9lbs). The flywheel has 10,000 miles on it, and the ACT has 5,000 miles on it. I have never driven anyone else's dsm so i cannot compare the performance gains from the lightened flywheel.

Recently my transmission went out while i was on a trip downstate (michigan). Lucky for me Team RIP (TRE Transmission) is only an hour from where my car is located. I just bought a TRE stage 2 transmission for my car, and i got a good deal on it too. However, it is not installed yet.

Here is the controversy...

I am unsure if i want to keep the lightened flywheel, or replace it with a resurfaced stock one. I hear a lot about how lightened flywheels help rev quicker, and get you into boost faster, but i don't know if i trust the fact that it is an eBay item, and i don't happen to remember the brand either. I am scared that after about 10,000 miles after the tranny is in (when i start turning up the boost, and reaming on the tranny) that the flywheel will break, or explode all over my new tranny.

I want to get a stock flywheel in there so i can have better consistency when launching. That is what i hate most about the lightened flywheel, i cant launch worth shit with it, it doesn't have enough momentum to provide a smooth launch. But i am scared that if i put the stock flywheel in i am going to notice a huge negative effect on performance.

So i am asking....What would you do in this situation?

I want to launch better and have a reliable flywheel, but i don't want to be slower.

I have had my transmission out three times since i have gotten the car and i want it to stay in for a while this time.

Please educate me

 

[blcknspo0ln]

This tread is about whether or not to use the EBAY flywheel i already have, or go with the stocker. I do not have the money (anymore) to shell out a couple hundred for a new flywheel. Yes, if i had the money i would go with a fidanza, but i don't. So i am looking for opinions on whether to go with...

A. An ebay 9lb flywheel (which i have used for the last 10,000 without any problems)

or

B. A stock 18lb (or whatever they are) flywheel.

Anything outside of those two decisions are out of the question.

In that case, use your stock flywheel.

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

I am not sure if I would trust an ebay knock off for such an important part of the driveline. But if you only want to stick with either the ebay one or the stock one I would go with the stock one. Good luck