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Originally Posted by The Dreamer
This is a rumor you hear from time to time, but it is absolutely NOT true. Never had a problem and of the several car I know with them, not a problem.
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While the issue is moot on this thread because CobraEd has decided he wants an aluminum flywheel, what I said about aluminum flywheels not storing enough inertia is no rumor. I experienced it myself with a toploader with 2.32 low and 3:73 gears. Others said they had no problem when using the wide ratio trans and it's lower first gear. My experience was having to rev the engine higher than normal to "launch" it from a dead stop; once moving, I could accelerate from 1,000 RPM or less with no problem. It was the initial launch, where the aluminum flywheel didn't store enough inertia, that was the only problem. On the drag strip or roadcoarse, aluminum is the way to go because the you're either reving the engine enough to overcome the inertia issue or starting from a dead stop is not an issue.
I'm sincerely glad, however, that you didn't experience the issue I did.
Dan