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What material do you want for the flywheel?

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Old 02-06-2012, 07:27 PM
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Default What material do you want for the flywheel?

He said there was a certain metal or grade something like that.

Also what is a good weight for street use.

Any recommendations for a streetable w/ OEM disk but act HD pp
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Chromoly steel is what most of the good ones are made of, pretty sure stock is iron though.

If you have an AP2 an AP1 flywheel would be an awesome upgrade. If you have an AP1 you're gonna need to get like an 8 lb flywheel since stock is 11 lbs.
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Originally Posted by w00t692
Chromoly steel is what most of the good ones are made of, pretty sure stock is iron though.

If you have an AP2 an AP1 flywheel would be an awesome upgrade. If you have an AP1 you're gonna need to get like an 8 lb flywheel since stock is 11 lbs.

Stock AP1 is 13.9/14 pounds not 11 pounds. The Comptech flywheel is steel and is around 10 pounds and a good choice for AP1.
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Originally Posted by w00t692
Chromoly steel is what most of the good ones are made of, pretty sure stock is iron though.
Correct on both.

DONT GET ALUMINUM
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Originally Posted by Billman250
Originally Posted by w00t692' timestamp='1328622857' post='21391290
Chromoly steel is what most of the good ones are made of, pretty sure stock is iron though.
Correct on both.

DONT GET ALUMINUM
Have you see any failures of AL flywheels on the S? I gotta admit I was a little nervous about putting one on this high reving engine but so far so good. I am looking to get an ACT prolite the next time around though.
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Originally Posted by Billman250
DONT GET ALUMINUM
What are the merits behind this recommendation?
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Originally Posted by LeonV
Originally Posted by Billman250' timestamp='1328638434' post='21392158
DONT GET ALUMINUM
What are the merits behind this recommendation?
While aluminum is lightweight - it's prone to warpage, and billet aluminum is extremely weak when hot. A flywheel will get pretty hot. Aluminum does not deform elastically, and therefore will fail over time (micro-fractures) - it is cycled frequently as a flywheel. Additionally, any aluminum flywheel is typically 3-piece. The friction material has to be a steel alloy or iron and the ring gear typically is steel. Those are all dissimilar metals with different expansion characteristics. This is not optimal - especially attached to a high-revving motor.

Chromoly steel is significantly stronger than aluminum (almost twice as strong - depending on the specific alloy), is more rigid (a good thing for a flywheel), and much more durable than aluminum - while being relatively lightweight. It's probably the optimal performance flywheel material for a high revving engine.
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Originally Posted by LeonV
Originally Posted by Billman250' timestamp='1328638434' post='21392158
DONT GET ALUMINUM
What are the merits behind this recommendation?
while I haven't seen any reports of an aluminum fly failures on an S2000, it has happened on other vehicles, and when a flywheel falls apart it is very dangerous, the stored energy in a flywheel can do some serious damage given where it is located under the cabin. Chances of a failure may be low but I wouldn't risk it.
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How do you guys feel about

ACT streetlite FW
ACT HD PP
Oem clutch disk

Had a competition clutch stg2, but the clutch disk shattered on me and i dont know how i feel about that again.
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Originally Posted by RoninS2k
How do you guys feel about

ACT streetlite FW
ACT HD PP
Oem clutch disk

Had a competition clutch stg2, but the clutch disk shattered on me and i dont know how i feel about that again.
I THINK the streetlite is aluminum.
Get the Prolite its chromoly.

Good to go on the other parts.


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