[V8Vairs] Too Much of a Good Thing? Aluminum/Steel

[Neal Ryan]

You might want to think about a light steel flywheel
vs. an aluminum one. I believe Tilton stopped making
aluminum flywheels in favor of light steel ones
because of reliability issues such as cracking near
the mounting holes. 
 
 What clutch setup will you be using with the uluminum
flywheel? If you're going to drive it on the street
you don't want the racing type. Trust me, I have a
1971 Capri that i autocross with a V6 and an uluminum
flywheel with the 7.25" clutch setup and it's a pain
to drive in town. 

 Neal

--- Paul Siano <paulsiano at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  
>   Thanks for your thoughts regarding my previous
> post.
>    
>   When I work on my car and think about
> possibilities, I sometimes get on a tangent of
> putting everything that can be aluminum on my
> engine.  So far it has aluminum: intake, heads,
> block, oil pan, bell housing, valve covers, front
> cover, crank pulley, radiator, coolant pipes and
> water pump.
>   
> While thumbing through a catalog, I noticed an
> aluminum fluid damper. I presume that a lighter
> damper in conjuction with and aluminum flywheel
> would exacerbate reduced rotating mass issues. Is
> there general agreement that an aluminum flywheel
> and damper would be "too much" or is it a case of 
> "you can't be too rich or too thin?"  Has anybody
> had any experience with that combination?
>  
>  Thanks again,
>   
> Paul
> 
> 
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