<VV> Solid Flywheel, good or bad

JVHRoberts@aol.com JVHRoberts@aol.com
Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:49:11 EDT


Yes indeed. And it has most of its mass in the outer rim.

In a message dated 7/16/2004 10:20:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tonyu@roava.net writes:
At 08:28 hours 07/16/2004 -0400, JVHRoberts@aol.com wrote:
>One other piece of anecdotal evidence:
>EVERY Corvair engine bolted to a VW or Porsche tranny has a solid flyweel, 
>since the Corvair one simply won't work in any form even remotely resembling 
>stock. It seems these apps don't have any problems. Of course, these
trannies 
>have MUCH stiffer bellhousings than the Corvair....
>   


And, the VW-style flywheel is considerably smaller in diameter.