sosolid Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Will a lighter flywheel make much difference in a glanza? On VTEC they make a huge difference but not sure on these cars. Whats people views or experiences? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 yes yes and yea boy deffo 1 of the best upgrad complimented with light pulley set you will never go back stock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 RHD Japan, Zep one's can't go wrong! Lose a little torque but pick up much quicker heard cusco one's are good to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobSR Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I personally think 4e's rev well enough without them..like mentioned you will also lose torque. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Definitely worth it, my CT9 actually has some top end now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DevonGT Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Lose a little torque, rev slightly faster but drop faster as well. Not the best mod for a road car, best suited to the track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Anyone had a few KG taken off the standard flywheel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Fidanza do a lightened flywheel. Costs a few hundred quid from Fensport. I have one in mine Edited June 11, 2015 by Arnold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Had a cusco flywheel and honestly noticed no difference Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Had a cusco flywheel and honestly noticed no differenceSame with my td one must do something though lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Had a cusco flywheel and honestly noticed no difference you must of bean sleeping !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 you must of bean sleeping !!!Saying that may be because i never got to drive the car properly!(different story);) the 4000rpm i could do didnt feel alot quicker to pick up though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 ha ha did you buy a gtti ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 ha ha did you buy a gtti ???I did indeed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 build thread dude keep us informed ( there pretty nippy ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 build thread dude keep us informed ( there pretty nippy ) theres a few pics and info on my glanza build thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I looked into lightening flywheels a while back, and the professionals I spoke to was DON'T do it. Makes sense why you wouldn't want to do it on your every day car. Fair enough for your track slag where you don't care about a rebuild, but for something you want to keep reliable, there is a reason why it's weighted.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Its may be weighted for a reason but that reason may not suit a persons purpose anymore. Theres a reason they didnt come with td04s too. Personally for the cost and difference i wouldnt bother again, wouldnt worry about reliabilty. They way i understood it is the harmonic balancer 'asborbs' any slight unbalance etc from having the lightened flywheel and not having it all balanced with the bottom end. If you are using a lightened flywheel and lighetened pulley you may run into problems Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calum122 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 The way I see it is it's a conservation of energy. In any closed system energy is conserved, so lightening the flywheel gives you faster acceleration of the engine, but the overall energy of the system has not changed. All I can see logically is that, if the engine picks up faster, then you will hit boost faster, which means you will make power sooner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Higher revs don't always more boost.its more the effort of the engine rather than the revs if you know what i mean? Ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 The way I see it is it's a conservation of energy. In any closed system energy is conserved, so lightening the flywheel gives you faster acceleration of the engine, but the overall energy of the system has not changed. All I can see logically is that, if the engine picks up faster, then you will hit boost faster, which means you will make power sooner. lighter fly means less stress on bearings >>> enough said >>>> no really there is way more pro,s then cons with fitting 1 it will prolong the lifespan of engine and less likely to wear the bearings out of the block Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Anyone had a few KG taken off the standard flywheel? I run at standard one witch has been lightened and balanced, used to run a Tom's flywheel! both felt the same tbh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I run at standard one witch has been lightened and balanced, used to run a Tom's flywheel! both felt the same tbh!Sound man gonna get my spare one lightened, do you remember how much was taken off? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Sound man gonna get my spare one lightened, do you remember how much was taken off? Hmmm fook knows? I would need to dig out my old receipts and see if its on there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 for the money i personally wouldnt bother the likely hood is you physically cant feel the difference. same idea when people fit a indcution kit to some cars for a 4-5bhp on a 200 bhp engine and claim its transformed the car. i cant remember where i seen the artical but it was some aussie tunining coming that had basicly used there customers and in house dyno as a data pool and worked out any bhp improvement of under 13% was almost impossible to notice from the drivers seat unless the person was told of the increase so they beleived it was actualy more a plasebo effect making you feel the power because youve been told its quicker. the engine will in theory rev quicker but id be supirsed if you actualy felt that. i run a lightweight flywheel purely because the orc kits are a "complete kit" and id be talking out my arse if i said i noticed any sort of difference at all in terms of throttle response going from a standard to lightened one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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