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what flywheel to get?

Old 12-31-2007, 01:59 PM
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hey guys, i have a 93 TA and for christmas i got a Spec stage 2 clutch... i was wondering should i get an aluminum flywheel or a billet steel one? and i was going to go with a spec flywheel, but i have heard that fidanza flywheels are real good...
anyone have any opinions?
not sure if it would matter, but i also run a 100 shot of nitrous...
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People go both ways but the general idea is aluminum for road racing and steel for drag racing. The aluminum piece will allow the engine to rev faster while the steel one will allow for easier lauches.
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If your car is a daily driver or sees lots of street miles, I'd stick with the steel.
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Originally Posted by Fran D
If your car is a daily driver or sees lots of street miles, I'd stick with the steel.
+1 steel is the way to go.
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the car is a "weekend warrior" only comes out on the weekend when the weather is nice. i will go with the billet flywheel then. can you guys recomend a good flywheel? i was going to go with spec since i ordered a spec clutch... any other good flywheels?
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Originally Posted by NXPRSS
the car is a "weekend warrior" only comes out on the weekend when the weather is nice. i will go with the billet flywheel then. can you guys recomend a good flywheel? i was going to go with spec since i ordered a spec clutch... any other good flywheels?
"billet" doesn't mean aluminum or steel, it just means it's not a cast flywheel, it's a machined piece from a "billet" of metal. Both aluminum and steel flywheels can be "billet".

I don't like driving cars with lightweight flywheels...it's not NEARLY as bad with an LS1 as it is with some random 4 banger...but it still gets old fast.


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