Would it be better to get a 12lbs flywheel or a 8lbs flywheell..??? N/A setup

 

8lbs /thread

 

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8lb

 

I have a question about this. With an 8lb flywheel (on B18b1) will you have to revmatch when just upshifting? That'd be gay for daily driving. I've heard of that once or twice on H-T, forgot how much their flywheels weighed but 8 lbs is pretty light I'd think. Also, how does the 'feel' of the car change with the 8lb vs. stock? TIA for any answers, and sorry for thread jack.

 

HAHA..no problem, My uncle told me that the 8lbs flywheel will rev down too fast when down shifting..which means you'll have to matchrev everytime you downshift...So i have decided to go with a 12lbs... thanks

ps...YOU LOSE Torque!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nohondanovtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">HAHA..no problem, My uncle told me that the 8lbs flywheel will rev down too fast when down shifting..which means you'll have to matchrev everytime you downshift...So i have decided to go with a 12lbs... thanks

ps...YOU LOSE Torque!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

your unlce is wrong i have a 7.0 lbs flywheel and it pulls just fine ( actually better)up hills and i goes up a bitch of a hill every time i leave my house. like a 15% grade hill and its kinda long and windy.

i have noticed no loss in performs only gains, and i just dont take my foot off the gas pedal when i shift and i do fine its my daily driver 6 puck clutch as well i LOVE LOVE LOVE my setup


and you down loose torque at all, thats the dumbest thing ive ever freakin heard and i laugh at ppl when they say that. and yiou loose for spelling looose wrong. and i win caus im drunk

 

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no..really..you dont...I have no idea where you got that idea

 

In all honesty, when you learn to drive your car, and i mean really learn how to drive it and master transmission rev matching on downshifts it wont matter that you have a light weight flywheel when your able to shift it fast

 

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12 lbs......of boost

 

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werd, i glad other ppl know what i have learned FROM ACTUALLY HAVE A REALLY light flywheel

 

8lb. and don't listen to the rumors, please!

 

i have a 12lb...and its great, i wouldn't get any lighter...you won't like it unless your boosting in some kinda way, because there is such thing as over kill

for example- people putting a 3 inch exhaust on there stock honda, its gonna be slower - you need backpressure

 

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for example- people putting a 3 inch exhaust on there stock honda, its gonna be slower - you need backpressure</TD></TR></TABLE>

have you ever even driven a car with a sub 8lbs flywheel ?

what do you base your opinions on? Im basing mine on the fact that i have driven stock, 12lbs, act prolite and my own fidanza 7.5 unit. and i love the way my 7.5 feels

 

my mechanic had a 8 lb one, and he took it back out and put a 10 lb one back in cause he said he definatley felt the loss...

 

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for example- people putting a 3 inch exhaust on there stock honda, its gonna be slower - you need backpressure</TD></TR></TABLE>

explain the overkill from a physical perspective...the 3 inch exhaust a n/a honda isnt beneficial because a N/A engine uses the exhaust as a source of vacuum as well (as the pulses leave they create a vacuum at overlap, go too big you wont get this effect at its maximum)...whereas the boosted application wont need this..It pressurizes the air and shoves it in there so vacuum at that level becomes irrelevant, a restrictive exhaust will cause reversion...contaminated intake charge

I KNOW you wont be able to explain the overkill on the flywheel being 8 lbs..but i want to see what you have to say about it

 

i'm not a mechanic...i can just go by what i'm told... just like everyone else...

 

well what you were told sounds like it came from someone who doesnt know what they were talking about

 

9.36lbs/thread

 

if i could run a weightless fly i would

 

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for example- people putting a 3 inch exhaust on there stock honda, its gonna be slower - you need backpressure</TD></TR></TABLE>

I put in a ACT Streetlite (12lbs) and defintely a imporvement over the stock flywheel. Easier to rev match and no problems with stalling. Now that I have experienced the Streetlite one I wish I had gone for the 9lb Prolite.

Go for the 8lb one!!

 

so does this go for forced induction cars too?
lighter = better??

 

Got a 8.5lb and Love IT!

 

I have a 7lb fidanza flywheel on my car and after I had it installed, EVERYTHING was better...I noticed no negative effects whatsoever.

Rev-matching was easier, I don't have to rev-match upshifts (I never take a long time between shifts anyway), I always rev-match downshifts (every single one) and that's now easier, my shifting actually got smoother and more consistent (could be because of the new clutch/pp too), the engine revs up and down more quickly but it's not to the point that the car is harder to drive. It did also feel a tiiiiny bit quicker pulling on the highway.

Anyone who says that getting a really light flywheel for an N/A application is in any way a bad thing is talking outta their ***...I'm sorry. If you're talking FI, I have seen arguments saying that really light flywheels aren't as much of a good idea, but that's another topic for another thread.