Lightweight Flywheel

Postby **NitroDann** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:39 pm

Flywheel weight is a personal feel thing, just like the diametre of your steering wheel.

the engineer chose the weight based on what mazda had lying around and what wouldnt put off average customers.

It wasnt a flywheel weighted exactly to OPs preference.

Get over it.

Dann

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:40 am

I'm just interested in who the engineer is.

project.r.racing · Postby **project.r.racing** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:21 pm

It doesn't matter whom it is. Another well paid, well educated engineer with 20 years experience will have a different or opposite view than what MrMorlock's engineer has brought up. So which engineer will be right?

It's only one view, and if you read it on the internet and it becomes your only view. Then your narrow mindedness will not allow you to grow, learn and improve.

StockNA · Postby **StockNA** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:50 pm

I have been enjoying the discussion going on in this forum, but I do believe that it has gotten a bit off topic.

SaM what clutch do you have? Do they do a flywheel to suit? Could just be me, but I don't like to mix and match certain parts. With a stock flywheel I wouldn't be too fussed about it. I'm just a little fussy that way, but I have also noticed that a lot of post have been about getting a full kit, clutch, pressure plate and flywheel. As has already been posted it will have more of an effect if the clutch and pressure plate were lighter too.

I have just had my kit fitted, 4 days ago. I went all out and got a kit that weighs in at 6.35kg... including the twin plate clutch and pressure plate, and I just fitted an ILMotorsport short shifter. So with all that I am still stalling it taking off at lights, and having issues with a lumpy idle now stalling at start up and decelerating, but that is all easily compensated for with the slightest touch of the go pedal

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If you know how to heel toe, you should be right, if not, you'll learn

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As for not needing a light weight flywheel, I couldn't disagree more. The mx5 is a small light car with a small revvy engine, because of those 2 factors a lightweight flywheel is suited for the car and why so many people have done it. Low end torque suffers, but mx5's don't really have any to begin with and you have to rev them to get them going. This is why I think lighten/lightweight flywheels work so well for these cars, they bring you up to the usable power and torque quicker

I could be wrong with everything I have said there, but that is my opinion