flywheels?

[the fat bastid]

so i was talking to this guy at work and he said 'lightening up the driveshaft, eh? try the flywheel too for good place to save weight."

any thought about this or tried it?
whats a good 4.6l parts maker?

[RF Overlord]

fat:

The whole purpose of a flywheel is to store energy in between power strokes, so it has to be properly sized to the motor. Reducing its weight might make the engine spool up faster, but may also create undesirable vibrations.

Our cars don't actually have a flywheel per se; they have a "flex-plate" which is basically just a lightweight disc that has teeth around the cir¢umference that are used by the starter to turn the engine over, and is also a place to bolt the torque converter to. Together they act like the flywheel in a manual transmission car.

[Bigdogjim]

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ps RF took the words right out of mouth.

[jgc61sr2002]

RF - I'll say it again. You are the answer man.:up: :bows:

[RCSignals]

lighter flywheel for a manual shift car maybe.