Aluminum Flywheel

[2old_honda]

I dont know if anyone has seen this, but I know some people were looking for aluminum flywheels. SPEC apparently makes one for our car. click here and scroll down a little bit to see it.

[Sean]

kewl

[anchovies]

yippee...nice find

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Is it hard to install a flywheel? This guy owes me $321.50 so I could possibly buy one. Or put it on my X-Mas List. I've been good so hopefully I get one.

[2old_honda]

well you have to remove the transmission, pressure plate, and clutch. then after you do that all you have to do is unbolt the old one and bolt up a new one

[GreenMachine]

the flywheel is usually on there real good and you will most likely need air comp to get it off. I bet there would be a noticible increase in power with that, to bad they don't list how much it weighs. a little pricey though

[maka_RTH]

doesn't open loop motorsports make one for us too?

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Well i'm sure it's fricken light if it's alluminum.

[GreenMachine]

You should tell us you have one its listed in your mod list. Was it a noticable difference ?

[AZmike]

It doesn't change the power output of your engine. The change reduces the engine's rotating mass so your car acts like it's lighter (same power gives slightly better acceleration).

[GreenMachine]

Ya i know, in turn feeling like ya have more power, quicker pick up !

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Hey green machine, pay attention. Yes it is on my signature, but did you catch the FUTURE part. If I had it already I would have it on my PERFORMANCE list. :flipa:

[markmdz89hatch]

yeah, like 89LXi4dr said. All it does is get everything spinning faster b/c it's less weight to have to rotate. The result is a better get-up-and-go, but the negatives are fast de-celeration (aka. you let off the gas, and the car slows down considerably faster then with the stock flywheel), and you could begin to get the dreaded "chatter". I would only get a lightened flywheel if I were complimenting it with a better performance clutch. Just IMO.

[Site]

Has anyone here had their stock flywheel lightened? I've read that doing this can give you a bit of the quick pickup that an aluminum flywheel offers without the loss of too much torque. Maybe doing this as an alternative to getting a lightweight flywheel would help with the deceleration issue that Mark mentions above.

[A20A1]

Mike's89AccordLX
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[1988starter]

Many aftermarket clutches do not allow for allumn fly wheels

[GreenMachine]

A20A - i second that !
I never thought about the decelartion part of it good point.

[socal3rdgen]

Originally posted by 1988starter
Many aftermarket clutches do not allow for allumn fly wheels

if its not to much trouble. why is that?

[Low Tek]

what about the 87 prelude flywheel.. I thought somewhere in the board they had something about it.. maybe it was an earlier lude.. but I know some one said something about it...

hmmmm

[PhydeauX]

Clutchmasters used to make a flywheel for the 84-87 carbed preludes, but it was discontinued.

andy

[ryer_s]

i heard it wasnt smart to shave your stock flywheel. because the metal was not tested when it becomes that weak. then down the road later your flywheel comes apart. that would be bad.