timmyjmy93wrx

Hi all

I'd like to ask can any1 recommend having a lightweight flywheel fitted? are they worth changing? I will be having my gearbox out soon for a new set of gears from rally used parts and while its off im considering a lighter flywheel.
So basically is there a performance gain? i've heard a poss 20 BHP or are they talking round their hat?!
If you have changed, where did you get it and how much!
Thanks all!!

CHRIS_D

20hp from a lightened flywheel

i think someone has been talikin bolox

lightened flywheel will make the clutch feel lighter AFAIK - i very much doubt it will give you 1 bhp let alone a 20 bhp power increase

FWIW, i had a lightened flywheel fitted at the same time as my AP clucth - cant comment on the flywheel alone but my clucth is now very light and very effective with regards to hard starts

chris

edited to add: TSL and it was £80 plus my old one for reconditioning - the bill for fitting was included in the clutch replacement.



[Edited by CHRIS_D - 10/28/2003 9:46:25 AM]

timmyjmy93wrx

Cheerz Chris!

What do you think of your Ap clutch? are they worth the 400 quid mark or not!?!? Because i thinking bout changing me new standard clutch too!! - i didnt pay for that so no money lost there!

NotoriousREV

A lightened flywheel won't gain any power but the engine will feel more responsive i.e. it will gain and lose revs quicker.

timmyjmy93wrx

Thanks notorious
I am intrested in getting onecan any1 recommend a particular one or which is the best/cheapest! place to get 1

Geddon

I recently went to roger clark motorsport and had AP organic clutch, their lightened flywheel (5.5kg compared to 11), plus the lightened ally billet pulleys.
Highly recommended. Clutch feels very light and user friendly while still capable of taking 500bhp. Lightened flywheel and pulleys mean much quicker pickup and boost starts earlier at around 2500rpm instead of 3000- thats probably why people think their is a power increase. I still have a constant tick over but can change gears quicker due to revs coming down quicker.
I cant recomend this too much as an upgrade......

timmyjmy93wrx

thanks geddon -SOLD!!!!!
i now saving for ap organic clutch a light flywheel.....
wheres the cheapest!!!!!!!??????!!!!!!

CHRIS_D

best bet is to phone around

i did and in the end i went to TSL near nottingham - approx £820 ish all in (AP clutch, STi release Brg & lightened Flywheel). dropped it off at 8.30, picked it up at 4. Paul (aka trouser) took me for a test drive after as well (be warned - he knows the roads very well )

HTH

chris

StickyMicky

the one thing i really want to know
is
does a lighter flywheel improve a 1/4 mile time

i uderstand it makes u think its quicker as the car will rev easier, but does it make it faster in real terms?