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Originally Posted by RET_COP
What is the lightest steel flywheel I could get? I always thought 10lbs. flywheel per 1000 car weight a good ratio. So aluminum for road racing and steel for drag racing? how about best overall?
Lou
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Maybe the other way around? The steel flywheel will have more stored inertia, which would be important in getting a drag-racer off the line, whereas the aluminum flywheel would offer the ability to rev faster for a car which was already in motion, the road racer.
I often wonder if there is a "middle road", one or the other in the middle of the weight range. If I had a choice of material for one in the middle of the weight range, it would be steel for the durability factor. One could have a steel flywheel machined to reduce weight, I would guess...but, that's just a guess, so I'm hoping to hear what others have to say about the issue.
Cheers!
Dugly
