What are your thoughts on having a crosley stock flywheel shaved down to trim excess weight?
What are your thoughts on having a crosley stock flywheel shaved down to trim excess weight?
Unless you have a TQ, that needs instant throttle response coming out of the turns, and the power to back it up, Why?
Most of that fly wheel shaving was to help big old flatheads that could not accelerate quickly due to there heaver reciprocating mass, Crosleys do not have a very heavy fly wheel to begin with and they already out rev most motors in there day. If anything balancing would accomplish more than shaving.
Most Crosley flywheels are out of balance. On many the center hole isn't in the center. I've lightened over 10 in the past few years only to find that when cutting some of them they are porous. That little hole keeps getting bigger due to the bad castings. I've gone from 14-15 lbs to around 9lbs. Some even less(7 lbs). You must have a good hp engine or you can loose power. Balacing is best done with the pressure plate assy on the flywheel.
I could not agree more! I have only "lightned" two flywheels and have found large sand inclusions in both. One was the size of a peanut. These things are barely good enough for street use . . . for any sort of high performance use one should get a new one made from something like SAE 4130 or similar high strength steel.