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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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yea it would count as light weight. from driving my old car(celica) you realize how quickly the revs climb when you press on the gas. you pretty much have you relearn to drive your car, expecially if you trying to watch revs when down shifting. since the revs climb faster, they also drop faster due to the lower mass of the flywheel being unable to hold the momentum a heavy flywheel would. do if you cruising in gear and let go of the gas, you car is gonna hella slow down, so you have to lay on the peddle more to maintain ur speed.


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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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Realy? so that means i have use more gas just to keeo the speed up, damn, then its gonna kill more MPG, that sucks. Did it kill more MGP out of ur celica?
Old Aug 20, 2006 | 11:03 PM
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yea, but i dont know if its because i was driving harder everyday, or because i had to lay on the gas to maintain speed.

good luck though, you'll have fun with it, after you learn to drive with it
Old Aug 22, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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It won't take any more gas to maintain speed, but changes in gas pedal position will have a more pronounced effect...

Aluminum flywheels are very common in racing cars, as the engine can rev faster than with a heavier flywheel. There's a price to pay in terms of idle smoothness and lugging power at low rpms, however...

The weight of the wheels and tires also has a profound effect on the whole issue, as well...




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