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lightening flywheel

To: Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
Subject: lightening flywheel
From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 14:18:02 -0500
Cc: "Triumphs Mailing List (E-mail)" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Message text written by Mark Hooper
><snip> I am concerned that
lightening the flywheel would make the whole machine shake quite badly at
idle. Is this rough idle normal and thus I should fix carb issue 1 before
worrying about weight issue 2 ?<

I don't know how it will affect the idle but remember that the inertia in
the flywheel is one of the things that helps launch the car from a
standstill and with your warmer cam you've already traded off some of the
low end torque of the engine.  Good for racing, I suppose but if you want a
street car that won't die at stop signs...

Cheers

Dave

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