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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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Question light weight flywheel

ive seen a few vids of people getting lightweight flywheels to improve engine response and quicker revs on a few cars but never a muscle car....and my buddy works at a shop and has a light weight aluminum flywheel i can get for a decent price. now i dont know the exact weight but its definatly lighter than the stock one. so does anyone have any experience in the pros and cons of getting a new light weight flywheel for an LS1? driveability issues or anything? any info will help
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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This is a debated subject.

Many feel lower power cars need the additional mass to get the car moving out of the hole.

I know there is at least one or two good threads on this. I will try to find them.
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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yea i searched for a few pages and didnt even see anything on it, so thanks for the help
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...ag-racing.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/manual-tr...-mile-car.html
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thanks for your help, i just read and posted on the ( aluminum flywheel for 1/4 mile car) and im sure with my setup im going to go with the aluminum flywheel
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Originally Posted by Project_Reaper
thanks for your help, i just read and posted on the ( aluminum flywheel for 1/4 mile car) and im sure with my setup im going to go with the aluminum flywheel
No problem man.
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