RE: Lightened flywheel??

["noodle noggin" <scirocco82@hotmail.com>]

hey is there a loss im MPG because of the lost momentum?


>From: Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>
>To: 'scirocco list' <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>, 'Owen'
>	 <rabeys@cadvision.com>
>Subject: RE: Lightened flywheel??
>Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:46:37 -0500
>
>>
>>
>>    Anybody out there running a lightened flywheel?  I'm thinking of 
doing
>>this before i drop the new motor in, but wanted to hear some personal
>>experienced before i go ahead and do it.  I also heard that it can 
decrease
>>clutch life?  Any comments on that?
>
>i put one on about 3 months ago.  this thing rocks, it's a great mod 
for
>ANY scirocco.  doesn't matter how much power you make, it will help any
>engine spin up faster.  it's mostly noticeable in 1st and 2nd, a little
>in 3rd.  i like the way the engine revs quicker when blipping the
>throttle to downshift, and the revs drop quicker when upshifting too.
>i can't really compare the smoothness before/after because i changed 
all
>the motor mounts at the same time i changed the flywheel, but it's like
>buttah now.  the only thing that took a little while to get used to is
>taking off in 1st.  the stock flywheel provides a certain amount of
>inertia used to get the car rolling (probably the reason why the stock
>one is so heavy).  when you lighten it, you engine revs will drop 
faster
>and you may bog the engine.  just give her a little more gas as you are
>taking up the clutch to keep the revs steady.  by the way, i've never
>heard (nor do i see how it's possible) of any decrease in clutch life
>because of this.  it does not require more slippage, it only requires
>you to give a little more gas to achieve the SAME amount of slippage as
>stock.
>
>chris
>86 16V scirocco
>
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