[Fot] Alloy v steel

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I prefer the steel flywheels over modified cast iron and aluminium flywheels.

I use a steel flywheel and it weighs about 6 lbs.  

aaron

----- Original Message -----
From: Kas Kastner <kaskas at cox.net>
Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 19:26
Subject: Re: [Fot] Alloy v steel
To: N197TR4 at cs.com, Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com>, Jim Cun <jimcun2001 at yahoo.com.au>, Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>

> It is sometimes confusing when referring to other than alloy 
> flywheels, some 
> are steel and others are CAST IRON. With a steel wheel I can see 
> getting the 
> weight out of the outside diameter and the total down but I'd be 
> very very 
> careful doing this with cast iron.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <N197TR4 at cs.com>
> To: "Tony Drews" <tony at tonydrews.com>; "Jim Cun" 
> <jimcun2001 at yahoo.com.au>; 
> "Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Alloy v steel
> 
> 
> >I like my steel flywheel....trouble free and like a piece of 
> jewelry that I 
> >hated to cover up.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >>Alloy flywheels seem harder to keep attached to the 
> crankshaft.  With
> >>proper care, they work well, though.  They seem to be more
> >>troublesome in the 6 cylinder motors, anecdotally.
> >>
> >>- Tony
> >>
> >>At 03:01 PM 11/18/2007, Jim Cun wrote:
> >>>Hi Guys,
> >>>           
> Just wanted to ask your thoughts on an alloy flywheel vs
> >>>steel for a TR race car?
> >>>
> >>>Regards Jim