That's all good for those that drive LHD minis, only your passenger will lost his nuts!

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Nah, that`s a one piece flywheel with integral ring gear, great for accelleration, but will need an idle speed of about 1500rpms & upwards to keep the girl running

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

yeah. i was pissed i wanted my BLING fitted..

But must admit the Drmini special looks VERY good..

Any chance you guys can quote some weights for these different flywheels

Matt, what does yours weigh after the CNC machine is finnished with it??

Whats a standard one weigh for comparison

Minimad

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You can take the boy out of the racer.........but not the racer out of the boy!

It's not so much the total weight, it's where the mass is removed from.

In order to reduce rotational inertia, material should be removed from the outer section of the flywheel.

The amount of energy required to spin up/slow down a rotating object is based upon mass x radius^2, so where is more important than how much

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Too many cars, and too little time.

After I lightened a stock Mini flywheel for Cody he gave me his old one, off a Morris 1100S. (commonly known as a 1300 flywheel).

Holy crap Batman, are those things heavy or what!
They have this bloody big cast ring around the outside. Tractor flywheel, I'd call it.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Just a little more meat for jenny craig

Keeping in mind AWDMOKE's bit of advice with regards to where the metal is scavenged from, I measured Matt's flywheel at a shade over 5.2 Kgs

Mick

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5.2 kg . thanks

Time to weigh a standard one

Minimad

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You can take the boy out of the racer.........but not the racer out of the boy!

Standard? BMC didn't have standards!

You mean a steel flywheel? Or a cast iron flywheel? Or a Morrie 1100 flywheel? Or ...

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Doc, don't you machine 0.2" off the face of the standard flywheels to lighten them?

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Yes I do, then I take another cut from the outside down to outer edge of the 3 holes, leaving 2.5mm material against the ring gear.
Vizard says you can lighten the engine side of it too, I generally don't bother for roady flywheels.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

std flwheel weight is about 8kgs
the mini spares one is 3.8kgs
the swiftune ultra light is 3.2kgs
my own lightened one is 4.8kgs
aluminium race ones 3.4kgs
titanium one 3.6kgs
should slways try keep the road ones and any lightened ones around 5kgs or it tends to weaken to a point of self distruction and let me tell you you have a cutting disk doing 8000rpm right between your legs a flmsy little firewhall aint goin keep it out from cutting your gonads off.

std clutch set up wieghs about 12.4kgs
My race car set up wieghs 5.2kgs
my raod car set up wieghs6.5kgs
dont need any more revs to get her gogin as she will light the wheels up i just need to feather the clutch a little.

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J, standard clutch 12.4??

std cluch set up woith flywheel, backing plate diag[ramn etc.
flywheel 7.6kgs
backing plate 2.6kgs
clutch plate 1kg
spring 1.2kgs
exact figures form minispares and im sure that there are heavier flywheels.
than other but dunno which one they are weighing.

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