Few lightened flywheel questions - FITTED

[Wayne]

Look in yellow pages for a machine shop, they should not charge a lot.

[sharki786]

well auto print got back intouch and said that he needs the rank shaft and the fly wheel to balance it properly. is it realy worth it?

[thai-wronghorse]

You can do it without pulling the crankshaft out as well, obviously if money isn't a problem or you're about rebuild the lower end of your engine then this route will be better but not essential.

[sharki786]

well the guy says that he cant do it without the crank and to balance both its £150 is that expensive?

[Ess_Three]

well the guy says that he cant do it without the crank and to balance both its £150 is that expensive?

Utter crap.

Flywheels and cranks are balanced independantly from the factory...you can buy either individually from VW.
You only need the flywheel done if you aren't planning on going much over 7500 RPM.

I have a standard bottom end, and lightened flywheel, and it'll spin at 7600 all day, perfectly happily.

Join Club GTI, and use Hotgolf...he's the man.

Is yours a 8v or 16v?
I have a spare lightened and balanced 16v (O2A) flywheel sat in my garage doing nothing.

[thai-wronghorse]

How much do you want for the flywheel, Glen?

[Ess_Three]

How much do you want for the flywheel, Glen?

Dunno. It's doing nothing wrapped in a bin bag, on a shelf in my garage!
You interested? 

It's 02A for a 16v, and I ran it for 5 years or so before getting a special ultra-light hotgolf special recently, to go with my Gemini 'box.

[sharki786]

mine is the 8v gti so that aint good to me. What if i got a crankshaft and flywheel of next engine and got them both lightened and then stuck it on my car? Will i need anything else like bearings and all that? Also how much diffrence will it make? Only reason is im asking is that my gearbox is packed in and got a new1 (cheers andy) so as i will be taking the gbox of i thought i might aswel get the flywheel done then my mate said get the crank done aswell.

[neil1780]

As said before mate you dont need to balance both together, try someone else. Its worth doing if the box is out i had one on my Vectra years ago, 15kg down to 7.5kg or 5kg cant remember exactly and was bought off the shelf from courtney so it wasnt balanced with the crank.

It made a noticeable difference, revved so much more freely and quicker.

[sharki786]

ok neil.

say i get fly wheel lightened right? what if i get both lightened. what will the diffrence be between them?