where can i get a lightened flywheel??

[Gareth]

hey all,

does any one know where can i get a lightened flywheel?? and whats the best weight to help turn my gti into a rev monster? cheers

[Jay]

Buy a new one and have a local machine shop lighten it for you to the specified weight I guess. Not sure what weights are good though...

[Conker]

Be wary of who you get to do this. I've seen pictures of a gearbox smashed asunder by flywheel shrapnel. Get a pro to do it.

[Diamond Hell]

http://www.jnlracing.co.uk/

[60fast]

would be nice to have it balanced too if you building a motor have the the whole lot done 
oh try hotgolf didnt get mine off him but im sure he dose them and would sort you out

[VeeDubGTI16v]

when you go to get it balanced you need to take the crank and pressure plate as well

where are you? i have heard good things about basset down balancing  in swindon

[paultownsend]

hotgolf did mine, but been hard to contact as of late    top chap

[Gareth]

ok cheers guys im on the isle of wight  but the only problem living down here is every one thinks they can do every job and they all think the are a pro at it so i have to look off the island all the time to try and find some one who knows what they are talking about  im building a 2.1 liter 8v gti if any one has any ideas on what weight fly wheel would help turn it into a real rev monster? but it would also have to last more tahn a day with the power  cheers

[Diamond Hell]

Are you using a cable-change gearbox, or rod change?

Makes a big difference.

I had my cable-change flywheel taken to 6kg from 9kg (IIRC) and it's still a fine drive.

There are *some* good people on the IOW.  Are you on IWEvoCars, Gareth?

[DarnPB]

Personally, I would not lighten a flywheel unless I had the crank out as well, so that they could be lightened and balanced as a matched pair. Ideally, the clutch pressure plate could be added too, but these things get changed with the clutch, so you could be 'building in' problems later.