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Re: MGC flywheel weight

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Subject: Re: MGC flywheel weight
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 13:11:58 +0000
Robert Allen wrote:
> 
> Howard Young wrote:
> 
> > best i can tell it weighs 34 pounds......uncut? most probably..........with
> > ring gear installed....slight patina of rust.....YMMV,
> >                                                                         HoYo
> 
> Thanks for the followup.
> 
> My steel flywheel, with ring gear installed, weighs 22 pounds. The front side 
>of
> the flywheel is deeply dished. Starting from a 3/4" lip where the ring is
> installed, the flywheel is dished up to a point near the mounting holes in the
> center. If memory serves me, the thickness under the clutch plates is about
> 3/8's of an inch.
> --
> Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
> "Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in." -- Katherine 
>Whitehorn

I just came across my notes:
Diameter: 13 1/2
Thickness at center mount: 1.143
Thickness at ring gear mount: 0.935
Relieved depth: 0.338
Metal thickness at clutch plate: 0.597
Weight: 22 pounds (with ring gear).

The measurements are relative to the flat backside of the flywheel.
-- 
Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)

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