Okay, I drive all day as a service technician. I am currently fixing up a 1995 Honda Civic LX sedan to be my next daily driver when my Sentra departs. I am trying to design the Civic, which is already an efficient vehicle to be more so. I have been looking for VX or HX rims, low resistance tires, underdrive pulleys, Carbon or fiberglass hoods/trunk lids, shedding weight, more aerodynamic side mirors, etc... All my CRXs have had aluminum flywheels which seem to make the motor rev easier, but cruise better and get better MPGs. The Civic is and auto, and my question is, does anyone make an aluminum flexplate for and auto? I assume a flywheel is basically a inertial friction surface to deliver drive from the motor thru the flywheel to the clutch when engaged transfers to the transmission. A flexplae just ransfer from the motor to a torque converter right? The Civic makes less power than my CRX so I don't think durability of aluminum would be an issue. I really want this to be a super efficient car that uses regular gas.

 

I did search and only found aluminum flexplates for V8 muscle cars, and flexplate covers.

 

Those flex plates don't weigh much to begin with. I doubt you'd see much of a difference.

 

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