ok I replaced my stock flywheel with a fidanza 8.5lb flywheel and while I was at it I only removed the balancer shafts belt.

The flywheel is AWESOME and the throttle response is much better and the car just RRRIIIPPPPSS with this mod I regret not doing it sooner. I can floor it in 5th gear and it pulls much better than before. I suggest you H22 guys to do this mod, the revs don't drop as quickly as I though it would between shift and when it hits VTEC forget it and hang on.

The balancer belt is a different story though.... I removed it and now it vibrates about 40% more than before and it can be felt though out the entire rev band. I spun the balancer by hand and they don't feel like they put much stain on the crank(kinda like spinning the alternator pulley). But since there are 2 of them I guess the weight adds up. I will most likely be putting the belt back on because I'm a wuss and the solid mount create enough as it is. I wonder if the combination of these 2 mods makes the car faster(sure feels like it) or is it the HP gain from removing the belt? hhmmmmm, If I only had access to a dyno.

well anyway I give the flywheel and the belt removal

header goes in next week... wooohooo

 

Sounds good. Are you still on a stock clutch also?

 

Awesome info on the flywheel.....I shall get one soon.....but as far as the balancer belt.........I just removed mine today, but i'm not daily driving my car so I won't mind the extra vibrations. Maybe its something that vibrating??? Just a thought

anywhooo

 

i have the assembly balanced (have a UR pulley, underdrive pulleys, 8 pound clutchmasters, ACT cluch (lighter than stock) and no balance shafts ... imagine how this thing accelerates (stock crank just rebalance not lightened)

 

Kewl I too have a CM flywheel and ACT clutch going on 2+ years now strong.. I am glad you did the belt thing because I wasnt sure and now I know I will leave it on till I am able to get everything balanced...

 

I should prolly get a new clutch soon.

 

damn!!!! late again i was thinking about a lightend flywheel,but then i read some thread in the drag archive that made me change my mind. i dont know though. do you think it would help launching??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondaeg5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn!!!! late again i was thinking about a lightend flywheel,but then i read some thread in the drag archive that made me change my mind. i dont know though. do you think it would help launching??</TD></TR></TABLE>I dont see why not!! but then again I'll find out this Friday when I hit the track but I can still burn them up in 1st and 2nd. I'm actually quite surprised on how stock the flywheel feels.

 

I noticed today that if I keep my idle at about 1k rpms most of the vibration is gone. I'm still stoked on how well the car accelerates.

 

That's interesting that you noticed such a difference with the flywheel, my experience was not the same. I first installed my fidanza flywheel about a year and a half ago, when my H22 was in my prelude, and I was very eager to find a difference, I felt little to no difference in how the car pulled or revved, just that the RPM's dropped a little bit faster and that the engine stopped spinning faster (I could hear the intake stop sucking sooner after I shut the car off).... I assume due to less momentum.

But like I said, I am surprised that you noticed such a difference, I did not, also the lightened flywheel isn't supposed to gain horsepower as far as know.

 

I dont think I gained any power(maybe I did by removing the balancer belt off)but I do feel a night and day difference.

 

fizanza flywheel here too....never ran the motor with the stock one....I feel like I am driving a street bike thought it runs through the gears so much faster then any other car I have driven....