<VV> Ok ... here it goes-

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/23/2007 8:22:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Scotty  
Grover writes:

 
A  great question, Cash. Bob Benzinger said that Chevrolet had to use the   
flexible flywheel because a solid caused a "freight train noise". This  was 
true  
for the 140/144 cid engines BUT was it also true for the  164 cid engines? 
Chev 
never checked apparently. So maybe, just maybe, a  solid will work OK for the 
164  engine. Please let us know how it  works out.
Regards,
Bob Helt



Years ago, I had a solid flywheel on my '66.  It was noisier than  the 
riveted flywheel but it wore the clutch surface badly and I had to remove  it and 
put in a bolted flywheel.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird



Well, as far as I know the solid flywheels have been tried over the years  
but have never caught on. Maybe they vibrate too on 164 cid engines like  
Benzinger said.
Regards,
Bob Helt



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