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Joff
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12th Nov 04 at 15:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by CorsAsh
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Originally posted by Joff
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Originally posted by PaulW
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Mine's been machined.


how much did this set you back & how much reduction did you have?

I know someone who works on metal so could get it done for the cost of a few pints down the lcoal


It was done when the engine was rebuilt, so was included in the labour. Not sure if it was machined evenly so the flywheel was balanced or anything - whether it makes a difference or not I dunno..


Would have to be machined evenly or your engine would shake itself to bits


Think he just chiselled a bit off by hand
Greasemonkey
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12th Nov 04 at 15:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

The weight has to be removed from the outer edge of the fly to make a difference, think 2kg-2.5kg off standard is safe, but beware cos this will weaken a flywheel and imagin that detaching itself from the engine doing 6000rpm in your direction, it would rip through the gear box casing the bulkhead and would be greeting you somewhere inside the car, possibly the other side of your legs, lol
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12th Nov 04 at 15:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by Greasemonkey
The weight has to be removed from the outer edge of the fly to make a difference, think 2kg-2.5kg off standard is safe, but beware cos this will weaken a flywheel and imagin that detaching itself from the engine doing 6000rpm in your direction, it would rip through the gear box casing the bulkhead and would be greeting you somewhere inside the car, possibly the other side of your legs, lol


would get the passenger so no biggie!
J da Silva
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12th Nov 04 at 15:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Unless the wind blew it through the drafty gap between the passenger door and the A pillar and it sliced your bollocks off?
Greasemonkey
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12th Nov 04 at 15:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

OUCH
nik
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Originally posted by Afroman
Ive got lightened fly wheel and performance clutch.

Its an absolute nightmare in traffic to drive...


Tell me about it, my clutch has two settings. Pull away or stall fucks your foot/leg after a few minutes in traffic but it's quality for launching
James R
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12th Nov 04 at 15:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
engine will have to rev harder to get up hills, since the flywheel loses some of its inertia properties when lightened.


It won't rev any higher, but you will have to open the throttle slightly sooner to compensate for the loss of momentum.
drunkenfool
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12th Nov 04 at 17:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well i found one on ebay the other night that said it would even work with the standard astra clutch or smoething like that, the only ones i can see on there now are 2.64kg lighter and for race use, which might be too extreme. This is the one i can find now...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43120&item=7934249421&rd=1
Marc
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Originally posted by nik
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Originally posted by Afroman
Ive got lightened fly wheel and performance clutch.

Its an absolute nightmare in traffic to drive...


Tell me about it, my clutch has two settings. Pull away or stall fucks your foot/leg after a few minutes in traffic but it's quality for launching



Absolutley. It either up or down. And yes perfect for launching!
ainsley_brader
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12th Nov 04 at 18:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I fitted one of these to a vtec civic for a lad.
Tickover was abolutely fine and town driving was ok.
Did seem to get into vtec quicker but dont know hadnt driven the car a lot (as obviously it wasnt mine).

Biggest disadvantage was that when driving steady the revs just dropped right down between gear changes so took some getting used too.
Liked to be driven quick through the gears so as somebody mentioned a short shift is a very complementary mod.

Ains
Greg_M
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12th Nov 04 at 18:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

lowers the inertia of the wheel so it take less engine force to turn the fly wheel. so i presume it simply revs more freely
James R
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12th Nov 04 at 20:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

It's best to get it done when the engine is in pieces cause then the rod, pistons, crank and flywheel with clutch can be balanced together.
drunkenfool
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12th Nov 04 at 22:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

hhmmm ill talk to my mechanic about it and see what he thinks. How much roughly are short shifters, and any ideas where to look?
ainsley_brader
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12th Nov 04 at 22:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mtech do one designed for a 2.0l in a corsa!
drunkenfool
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12th Nov 04 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

any links? i know PVD used to deal with them but we all know what happened there!
ainsley_brader
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12th Nov 04 at 22:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

dont know,

dependant on what gearlinkage set up your using you should get away with an astra one i think. In which case look on regals ste!
broster
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12th Nov 04 at 22:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah mtech do them i have one for my 1.6 its great! joff knows all about them

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