I remember a flywheel thread where someone mentioned the difficulty of stop
and go driving up the hilly streets of San Francisco with a light flywheel.
All you do is burn out the clutch. A light flywheel is not recommended if
you're driving in a urban hilly area, you need the stock flywheel to keep
the rpm's up. But a lightweight sounds like a great idea for autocrossing.
P.S. Because I drive in SF I prefer the 1600 pressure plate on my daily
driver '70 1600. A lot easier on the foot when navigating stop and go
commuting on hills.
Fred - So.SF
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Subject: RE: Lightened flywheel
Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
Date: 8/17/2001 10:19 AM
A light flywheel will seem a little harsher on the street, but I don't think
it's a real fatigue issue. Yes, it is great for racing and autocrossing. So if
you are seriously autocrossing your street car, you might be willing to put up
with a light flywheel.
As to oil, I'm using Valvoline 10-30. I've had very good results with Valvoline
over the last several decades.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
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From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of sidney raper
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 6:32 AM
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Lightened flywheel
Pardon my ignorance, but why the big fuss about a lightened flywheel?
Doesn't that induce vibration due to the lack of the dampening effect that
the heavier one would have? Wouldn't that lead to more fatigue failures on
a lot of stuff and make driving more nerve wracking?
Not trying to throw cold water on the idea as it is great for racing, but on
the street (exclusively), it seems to be a waste of money imho.
Am I way off base?
On a different subject, what brand/grade of oil are folks using in their
Roadsters? A former mechanic gave me some disturbing info about some oils.
Thanks,
Sidney Raper
1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: Sexmnypwr@aol.com
>Reply-To: Sexmnypwr@aol.com
>To: <vlaury@earthlink.net>
>CC: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Lightened flywheel
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:53:21 EDT
>
>Hey Vic and all,
>
> Back when I built my 3.2L for my 240Z, I had Top End Performance lighten
>my
>flywheel down to 15lbs from 25lbs. Take a look at this link:
>http://www.racetep.com/flywheel.html
>They have a great machine shop and I'm sure they'd do a Roadster flywheel
>for
>the same $150 as the Z flywheel. Not sure how much the Tilton or other
>aluminum flywheels are, but this is a good alternative.
>
> Stan Wada
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