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Originally Posted by Tim Brewer
I really don't see how an aluminum flywheel makes any difference with your clutch slipping or not. It works steel to steel same as a billit flywheel. I hope nobody thinks that there is contact with aluminum with an aluminum flywheel.
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Tim, It has to do with rotating mass and stored energy. An aluminum flywheel will rev quicker but you have to use higher revs., and slip the clutch when taking off from a stop, especially on hills. Think of it as using your hands to try to stop a spinning basketball or a spinning bowling ball. To require the same effort, the basketball would have to be spinning much faster. Letting out the clutch is basically trying to stop the flywheel from spinning but instead of stopping it , the car moves. I've run both and for the street, it's steel billet for me everytime.
Jim