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wtd someone to lighten a flywheel
JAMSTER - 10/3/12 at 06:47 PM

hi can anyone lighten a 2.0 pinto flywheel or know someone that can as locost as posable. peterborough area thanks

jamie

big_wasa - 10/3/12 at 08:02 PM

I wouldnt let just any one carve lumps out of a cast flywheel.

Scholar Engines would be my recomendation. They did my zetec fly.

dave r - 10/3/12 at 09:15 PM

i have a lightened pinto flywheel......
been on my car for the last few years...

make me an offer ?

am fairly local too

dave

Talon Motorsport - 10/3/12 at 09:57 PM

You don't need to machine holes in to a fly wheel to lighten it just slim it down on a lathe while held in place with a running centre.

Confused but excited. - 10/3/12 at 10:43 PM

I doubt if many of us have a lathe with that much swing.

Talon Motorsport - 11/3/12 at 07:44 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
I doubt if many of us have a lathe with that much swing.


Very true but your more likely to find a local machine shop with a gap bed lathe than a machinist willing to cut big holes in a fly wheel.

JAMSTER - 11/3/12 at 09:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by dave r
i have a lightened pinto flywheel......
been on my car for the last few years...

make me an offer ?

am fairly local too

dave



dave do you know what your flywheel weighs?



i don't want to drill holes in it i just want some taking off the back.

wombat - 11/3/12 at 09:45 AM

U2U sent

dave r - 11/3/12 at 09:56 AM

havent a clue,

but it had a reasonable amount removed from the back, then was rebalanced.... its still on the engine at the moment
if you can get at yours to measure, i will do the same to compare ?

laptoprob - 11/3/12 at 10:38 AM

Jeff at Autosprint did a grand job of mine for 60 quid.

AUTOSPRINT

procomp - 12/3/12 at 12:34 PM

Hi

If doing the job properly then take it to somewhere that will re balance the flywheel WITH the crank and clutch. You do not just balance a flywheel and bolt it back onto a crank.

Cheers Matt

JAMSTER - 12/3/12 at 01:20 PM

i think i will just leave it alone for now after watching some clips on you tube i will wait to buy a steel one thanks for all of your help