Hi Guys,

Been reading up on this a bit, just wanted to know anyone else thoughts, feelings? Downsides upsides etc etc.

I know some basics already, seems like a relatively cheap mod on my standard OEM flywheel and as long as I don't shave a lot of weight off it so I'll still have a smooth drive. Can anyone tell me whether it effects fuel consumption for the worse as well?

Ta Muchly
Paul

engine revs and responds like f***, just tap the gas and it flees right round to 4k, that was on the type r

Are you going to be doing it by yourself or you getting a proper place to do it? The reason I ask is that the flywheel has to be balance afterwards as well. You will loose your torque deeding on the amount taken off but at the same time you will get more top end power. Means you are going to have to drive it like a vtec to get the best out of the modification

It's more a consideration but I would defo go with a professional, I'm getting my clutch done and my mechanic mentioned it in passing, I asked him to get me a quote and see how it goes from there, I have no idea how much it'll be, I don't want it to be really light as it will make normal driving a ballache, just enough to get some better response when needed etc.

30% weight reduction for £50, not a bad deal me thinks, that includes balancing etc.

I've asked to confirm whether they're going to take it from the outside or inside of the flywheel and also if that won't disurpt smooth / traffic driving too much - So I may get them down to 25% or even 20% to save me some hassle and even a bit of cash.

30% isn't much in all honesty. Should still be drivable and that is cheap. Go for it

Really? 30% seems rather a lot! But if I get word back from them that it's still drivable then I'll go ahead with it, otherwise I will discuss getting it down to maybe 20%.

My only concern now is if I don't like it I'm a little buggered - cause I have to buy and refit a new flywheel and I assume that's costly.

Getting rather excited about getting this done though!

driving in traffic will be absolutly fine, last time people were telling you that if you got a lightened flywheel you'd struggle to drive up hills
i was wondering what hills they were trying to drive up, everest? as i was managing fine

even with a superlightweight 10lb fidanza one worst you'll encounter is maybe a bit of a rough idle on the 4 pot and maybe find it a bit harder to launch until you get used to it

wish id done it to the mx5 when i'd got the clutch done but didn't have the spare cash at the time

Thanks for the advice murray, defo going ahead with this, just getting some last minute details then taking it in friday, apparently takes them a good half day to do it though but for £50 it's a very good cheap mod in my parsnip.

Well I've been assured I won't notice any REAL difference in my day to day driving, but it will take me time to get used to the clutch (Obviously). Unfortunatly gonna have to go longer than I thought without my car but that's a small sacrafice to make.

How did it go mate and whats it like? been cosidering this myself.

I'd like to know too, might give this a go next time the clutch goes, not doing it before though, too much of a pain getting the gearbox out

I dont think Paul knows the forums back up again under a different url. Has anyone got a contact number for him to let him know??

I'll text him

Thanks for letting me know Darren about the site! I had to hunt you all down on FB like dogs!

Just to let you know I had it done and it's pretty good, it's not a dramatic change by any means, the guy said he could only safely take off 17% of weight reducing it from about 7KG to about 5KG.

Must admit it's more revvy and I notice the best of it when I push 1st and 2nd gear (looking forward to taking this on a drag track), the rest of the range feels about the same, the higher the revs the more I notice it.

Downsides? None really! the engine feels like it's grumbling abit more between 1000 - 1200 revs but I was told this is normal, along with the engine as a whole seeming slightly loader but I'm rather pendantic about that kind of thing. pulling off I feel like I have to give it a few hundred more revs than before but I got used to it very quickly.

Anyone wanting to get it done, my garage had someone do it for £50 whilst my clutch was being done and I got good value for my money, they refaced the flywheel as well as balancing (and taking the weight off of course). I would advise anyone to get it done but give the car a very "Spirited" test, if you're loosing revs close to your redline, there's a problem, I did a lot of research into this to make sure I didn't break anything and I'm happy with the results!

No worries Paul