Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

thanx for the replies cuz i was thinkin if it revs faster wont i reach boost faster?

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

id like to think so, because the car will be faster... but people will argue that the increased load of the heavy flywheel will help you build boost faster... these are the same people that will tell you that your dx trannies are better for turbo than say... an si trans gear ratios "because you stay in boost longer" ... its bs. If it makes you go faster N/A, the general concept will help you go faster when boosted too.

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

i heard on boosted cars you loose tq with a lighter flywheel

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

turbos build torque

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

I cant believe some of the dipshit comments some people make about how things are differnet when your boosted. Why would the pressure in your intake manifold change the physics of rotating mass.

A flywheel is a mass that keeps your engine from speeding up and slowing down. This is a bad thing if your engine is accelerating and a good thing if your engine is slowing down (bogging your engine at a light and stalling). When your at idle, your not boosted so a lightened flywheel on a boosted car is like a lightened flywheel on a NA car. Drivability is your only consideration. Can youu stand having to rev it when finding a parking space.

A lightened flywheel will build boost faster. Your engine is at a higher RPM so it will be injesting more air->more exhaust->more boost

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

Like i said i only heard that, and it came from one of the guys at JRP. I found it hard to believe myself, but i was advised by JRP against using a lighten flywheel on my boosted b18c

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

Or even worse use a lightened flywheel!

A light-er flywheel is a different story.

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

This is why.
http://forums.club4ag.com/topic.asp?...TOPIC_ID=74831

Shame the pics aren't online anymore.

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

JRP are complete ass clowns. dont listen to them.

my a6 has a lightened flywheel, daily driver, I'ts not that bad. you just have to keep the revs around 2k til its in first gear. but she revs like a sportbike.

Re: flywheel w/ boost? do you guys run lightened flywheels?
 

a lightened fly wheel would def. help you build boost faster...but i wouldnt go with anything lighter than 11 lbs for the flywheel...lower than that it's really touchy on the street...you jerk all over the place