lighten flywheel with turbo
 

Does anybody have one on their turbo car. I'em considering buying one but I've here'd rumors about them shattering if they are too light. The one I want to get is 8.7lbs.

Any comments?

Thanks

Re:lighten flywheel with turbo
 

I have one on my gsr-t, but mine is 12.5lbs. 98ctr

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i have one, 8lbs... they dont shatter... lol

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some people say they are bad cause you will climb gears too fast.. some people say it doesn't matter.

I say ---- spending $200 and just turn your own flywheel. I think Jeff went to a machine shop to get his flywheel turned and they wanted $90 so he said ---- that and shaved it with the brake lathe.. HMT style

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is the difference in a lightened flywheel to a regular one worth the money?

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i have a fidanze 8lb under d16z6, act, 10psi, no traction until 3rd and it revs INSANELY fast

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I had my stock ls one shaved to 12 pounds. It revs quick maybe to quick for my ls but with a vtec engine it would be badass.

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I bought a brand new Borg warner flywheel from www.rockauto.com for $50. Why machine it when you can get a new one for $50?

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I honestly think its worth the money, turbo spools faster!

Re:lighten flywheel with turbo
 

..had my flywheel skimmed/lightened on my d16 and it was quite fine..held up pretty good even at ten pounds of boost from my t3..so don't pay any attention to hearsay...

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But is it lighter than stock or weigh the same?

Re:lighten flywheel with turbo
 

The lowest you want a stock flywheel is about 11-12lbs anything lower is unsafe. I use to run a aluminum 5.5lb flywheel on my turbozc and turbo mini-me. I highly recommend a lightened flywheel.

Jeff

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I thin kit was on endynes site I read about chromoly wheels being the ones to stay away from, apparently the way the metal is treated tends to cause a shattering effect under certain circumstances.

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Well, I actually wanted to buy an aftermarket 7lbs flywheel but ended up buying an 8.9lbs flywheel. I hope it makes a nice difference.

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...my brethren had a fidanza flywheel a seven pound on his d15 with a t3 then a t25 and it was MADDDDD!>> >:(

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i have a 6.5 lb fidanza in my d15b(jdm vtec) at 5psi. car will be tuned for more boost. i have my stock crx radiator with only one fan. when ac in traffic results in overheating and you let off the throttle sometiimes the engine stall from revving too low. reduces load on engine. revs quick as hell, and results in a few horses.

if you overheat, its annoying. other than that its good. makes driving the clutch precisely a little harder, but so does a hard clutch, deal with it.

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the only thing is make sure it is done properly..if it isn't it might be unbalanced and u might see the flywheel running down the road in front of you.after having cut thru ur gearbox bell housing and radiator and condensor. Another guy saw the flywheel cut thru the firewall and whiz right by him almost cutting his leg in two.

Re: lighten flywheel with turbo
 

I'm interested in this as well. I bought a 8lb fidanza and then decided to turbo after and I'll be pushing 14psi on a 16g at some points, will it rev way too fast?

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no. it'll feel good. I put in a 12lb one from lsd with one of his clutches and i didn't really notice that much of a difference, i kind of regretted not getting lighter for the hell of it. I got a six puck sprung last time... the next build will get a 4 puck unsprung. Keeps most vagina :P away from wanting to drive it (or learn to drive on it :S )