Fidanza Flywheel Opinions

[Eye8Pussies]

I know the good and the bads of a lightened flywheel...

But from people who actually have them on their s/c'd camry/solaras, what do you think of their daily driveablity?

Since our cars have enough power anyway, does it hurt the in-town stop-and-go, or the maintenance of highspeeds due to the loss of rotational inertia in the flywheel?

Does the goods outweigh the bads for a daily driver?

[facevedo17]

good question I was wondering the same thing can someone follow up on their experiences

[hskrsolara]

if you are in a lot of stop and go...I would not get one. As well as if you lived in a very hilly area with many stoplights on heavy slopes (san fransisco).

if you are looking for track performance with occasional heavy traffic, I would get one. You definitely have to rev it up a little higher on restarts, but once you get going there is no difference in drivability.

[Eye8Pussies]

hmmm...that's some sound advice....

I'm not stuck in traffic too much, but I do go to and from work on the highway during rush hour quite often....



How big of a difference do you feel with our engines when it comes to spinning up with the lighterflywheel? noticeable? or not really worth it for hte cost?

[hskrsolara]

You usually need to spin it up to 2.5k rpm on restarts and then feather your clutch so you dont kill it or hurt the clutch.

Sometimes it gets annoying, but when you need power fast, damn the 2+ and fidanza hook up! Not even close to stock!

I've had my clutch for probably 8k miles and the restarts are gradually getting easier as the clutch/flywheel get more broken in, that is something to consider too.

The other nice thing about the fidanza is the removable center plate...instead of getting your flywheel resurfaced, you just replace the plate. But, I hope you dont have the need to replace too many clutches so hopefully this isnt you.

As far as noticing the rpms increasing at a higher rate due to the lighter flywheel...Yes, I did notice a difference, not huge, but it certainly winds up faster now than it did stock. Will that translate to a dyno, I dont know, but I know it would perform better at the track. Although that doesnt exactly transfer to WHP, it does get you through the rpms quite a bit faster than stock.

Bottom line, you are already going to have the front end torn apart for the clutch...do you want to be thinking a year from now: "what if I would have bought that flywheel"...I didn't want to fight my conscience over this, so I just did it all at once. You know your engine is performing at its best, I'd say give it the best chance of getting most of that power to the wheels. Go for it!

[facevedo17]

Nice post thats a great motivator

[Eye8Pussies]

thanks hskrsolara, that's basically the whole of what I needed to hear....seems like I'll be picking up the flywheel as well then.

[Ian]

I had it and switch back to stock flywheel. It feels lighter obviously and makes you think your car is more responsive to gear changing.

But, you miss the torque and engine braking. It is easier to drive in traffic or otherwise with the stock flywheel, especially if you have a high performance clutch.

I'd vote for stock flywheel.

[hskrsolara]

^^downshifting for the purpose of engine braking will eventually burn up your clutch or tranny. I use the brakes as much as possible. I would much rather replace brake pads than a clutch/tranny, especially after already doing it once.

[Eye8Pussies]

hmmm.....

I think this will come down to how much money I want to spend....I may go with the stock flywheel first, since I'm not afraid of pulling out my engine/tranny again if I really have to