LtWt Flywheel, Who's Runnin one?

[Broomfield Racing]

Hundreds of passes on my IPS LW flywheel. Hard launches. Many with slicks. Still working great!

[vr4tune]

Hundreds of passes on my IPS LW flywheel. Hard launches. Many with slicks. Still working great!

i just removed the Ips flywheel because my new carbon carbon clutch has its own. Otherwise I'd still be running it. It's a GREAT FLYWHEEL! It's also resurface-able like a stock.

[Nihil]

Well, I'm leaning towards the steel, either IPS or the Comp.

How's the IPS since it's so light? I was afraid of goin that light, but if you guys like it, I'll go that route too

*edit*
Looks like those two are the same but the IPS states resurfacable.

[HLxDrummer]

Have you driven a car with a LW FW before? I did once and I doubt I'll ever buy one. Have to shift fast all the time or rev match UPshifts for them to be smooth. Really annoying..

[Nihil]

Have you driven a car with a LW FW before? I did once and I doubt I'll ever buy one. Have to shift fast all the time or rev match UPshifts for them to be smooth. Really annoying..

That's how I drive on a regular basis, "heel toe" shifting is how I drive, this is the reason I want a lighter flywheel, it's like a ten second shift stock (that's exaggerated, of course), you have to walk it into each gear, my theory is, lighter FW will enable quicker upshifting and more precise heel toe down shifting which will suit my needs nicely.

My biggest problem is putting something in that's just going to grenade or not last.

[sketch]

if your shift is over 1/4-1/2 second, you're doing it wrong.

[Nihil]

if your shift is over 1/4-1/2 second, you're doing it wrong.

I see you're FWD, the FWD trans is A LOT quicker with shorter gearing, along with a lot less temperamental, I could shift my base model like a raped ape, but the turbo 3/S and DSM's are twice as long to shift, unless you don't care about synchros...lighter flywheel, IMO should help with this, letting the RPMs fall quicker so it'll want to go into gear, rather than forcing it...it's all about finesse, just tryin to make things a little easier

[anyonebutme]

Driving with a light flywheel is a learned skill. Just the same as launching with a light flywheel. You don't have to hammer the gears to be smooth.

That being said, a light flywheel will not change your synchro engagement, because it's not connected to the transmission during the shift. Get a lighter clutch for that.

[Nihil]

Driving with a light flywheel is a learned skill. Just the same as launching with a light flywheel. You don't have to hammer the gears to be smooth.

That being said, a light flywheel will not change your synchro engagement, because it's not connected to the transmission during the shift. Get a lighter clutch for that.

Agreed, you read too into that, lighter flywheel will be quicker to match RPMs, both up shifting and down shifting.

[fullracegt]

iv been running an IPS lw flywheel since 09,launched it hard too many times to count also my cars pretty much stock but 3200lbs and on 225/45's so idk how it would fair in a high hp full weight car i would think it would do better than an aluminum flywheel tho