Lightened flywheel

[moredoorAsh]

Are they really worth it???

 

Just thinking, while the box is out and i'm replacing the clutch and the flywheel is off to replace the coreplug behind it.........

 

........shall i try and get hold of 1???

[Fiesta Steve]

Why try to get hold of one, why not have yours lightened ?

[mossy]

Crossflow or pinto...Ive got a pinto one in the box since i got it, useless now im not using a pinto!

[hellblue]

Yes worth it, had all of mine skimmed

[Mexico]

quickens up the throttle response very slightly ... also need a bit more rev to get the car moving (more prone to stalling)

 

i'd say get it done if you can, 2 minutes on a lathe really

[escort21]

Its not 10mins on a lathe, pinto flywheels are made of very tough cast iron, it takes me about half hour to do one properly just take the big outside band off closest to the block

[Stu_B]

I stripped the ringgear off my lightened & balanced one. Replaced it with a standard flywheel, it might be in my head but I noticed a difference!

 

 

 

[V8ian]

Cheap way on a XFlow if its a 1600, fit a 1300 flywheel, they are lighter.

[moredoorAsh]

Thanks for all your replys.

 

Its a x-flow, i weighed it today as i've seen 2 on ebay, 1 weighed 9kg and the other 7.6 kg.......

 

Mines weight is 7.6kg too looks like mine is lighter already as Burton do a standard 1 weighing in at 10.1kg

 

Do you know what yours weigh???

 

Where abouts could i get it lightened if i decided to go down that route, i'm near maidstone in kent

 

Cheers all

[escort21]

Isn't fiesta steve down that way? he'll know....Oi! steve!........

[Fiesta Steve]

Hello

 

Swiftune Racing in Bethersden (5 mins out of Ashford) have done several for me over the years.

 

Price depends on how much metal needs to be taken off ( you just pay for the labour basically) some flywheels are bigger than others etc..

 

If you have an old crank to bolt it to they can balance it for you too.

[moredoorAsh]

Cheers once again fiesta steve

 

I'll get on the case then