I installed the Racing Beat Aluminum Lightweight Flywheel awhile back and have put together a video on my thoughts on it. It gives you better acceleration, but I think it took away my top end. Is it really worth buying one for your mazda rx8?
In this video I explain the advantages and disadvantages of lightweight flywheels.
There are lots of different flywheels out there, so which is the right one for your build? Let’s walk through some of the different flywheels designed for the street, and the ones more suited for […]
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Hey Everyone, when I filmed this video almost 3 years ago, I had no idea what I was talking about. Please disregard what I thought was going on. A lighter flywheel with less rotational inertia WILL in fact accelerate faster. Some other variables made my rx8 slower during testing I can only assume. After driving other rx8s without a lightweight flywheel, I can assure you that there is a slight difference in how quickly the car revs, although acceleration doesn’t seem too noticeably faster.
Manual swapping my car and that’s the only kind of flywheel that I can find so🤷🏼♂️
Ive heard this before…..not always a result, light flywheel,s can rob torque too…..not wise on the RX,8
man im getting my clutch replaced at 40k rn. It would have lasted longer if i wasnt trying to learn to drift when i first got the car lol.
Long story short, no, it isn’t better off upgrading your clutch,final drive ratio and making the car lighter