Lightened flywheel

[neil]

My clutch has just started slipping on my leon , is it worth fitting a lightened flywheel as well as an uprated clutch (sachs i believe) .
cheers , neil .

 

[allh2k]

what car is it?

 

[neil]

leon cupra running 235bhp

 

[JamJay]

Well it'll help with acceleration but you'll lose some top end speed.

 

[speedinsaxo]

why will you lose top end speed....!?

 

[JamJay]

I thought the weight of the flywheel helped propel the car? Might be wrong.

 

[MrBen2k7]

if you were to it would be minimal... like 1 or 2 mph...

 

[markgb]

I'm changing my clutch before I have her remapped.
Got a new clutch / hydraulics and the fly wheel. If I had the money, I'd get a lightened one.

But I think the standard one should be fine, as it's the same as the LCR (which fromwhat I'm told is good for 260bhp ish).

 

[speedinsaxo]

I thought the weight of the flywheel helped propel the car? Might be wrong.

I don't think so. If anything it would slow it down as the engine has to do more work to turn a higher mass...

 

[Willie]

I don't think so. If anything it would slow it down as the engine has to do more work to turn a higher mass...

+1
Your acceleration will be a little faster and you will lose a bit more momentum in the corners but V Max shouldn't change that much.
The lighter the drive train is the better the car will accelerate, never played Gran Turismo

 

[MrBen2k7]

+1
Your acceleration will be a little faster and you will lose a bit more momentum in the corners but V Max shouldn't change that much.
The lighter the drive train is the better the car will accelerate, never played Gran Turismo

lol, love that game! CAnt wait for GT5 to be ready on the PS3

 

[james walker]

leon cupra running 235bhp

235 before you remap it???

doubt it matey, 180 standard.

 

[JamJay]

Oh ok, I stand corrected. I haven't played GT since it came out on PS2 (GT3), completed it, forgot about it, sold it. Was good fun

 

[Lodgey180]

235 before you remap it???

doubt it matey, 180 standard.

think your getting confused there matey

the original poster hasn't listed his full spec

 

[neil]

So worth having done then ?? got the money to do it , but don't want to spend the cash if it isn't going to improve the car ( if that makes sense!!) .

 

[neil]

235 before you remap it???

doubt it matey, 180 standard.

sports cat , jetex exhaust , forge fmic , forge tip , induction kit , jabba re map - rolling roaded at clive atthowe in norwich.

 

[speedinsaxo]

So worth having done then ?? got the money to do it , but don't want to spend the cash if it isn't going to improve the car ( if that makes sense!!) .

Yes, I would. Engine revs noticably free'er... and I have little knocking on mine at idle with AC on, not much. Just don't go really light. Mine is 19lbs.