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Old 04-17-2014, 01:17 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by truegearhead View Post
Just read it, scary story. However it's just one case, at the beginning on the articule he states that hes never seen such an extreme failure. It seems low risk to me, that was also a very high powered race car with 12,000 track miles! Definitly something to consider but it doesn't seem probable.
We have seen one as well, not as bad as Jakes, but bad enough; plus two complaints of drivability and vibration issues after the install of a lightweight unit, both of which were traced to significantly out of balance flywheels. We also had one in the shop that would not start after a DIY lightweight install that turned out to be problems with the CPS shutters on the flywheel. Some of the lightweight units just are not very well made.
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