How Light is Your Flywheel+Clutch?

[maytag]

Originally Posted by particlewave

If you look hard enough, Jake Raby has posted first hand results of busted cranks from LWFWs.

still looking... can't find it.
I see where it looks like he MAY have posted a photo of it once, but no photo there any longer.
I'll keep looking. BUT I'll be honest; after reading a ton of his posts on this topic and a couple others, the guy clearly has his own agenda in what he writes, so it's a little hard to take what he's writing as unbiased, first-hand-experience. He certainly has more knowledge and experience than I do, though.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by maytag

still looking... can't find it.
I see where it looks like he MAY have posted a photo of it once, but no photo there any longer.
I'll keep looking. BUT I'll be honest; after reading a ton of his posts on this topic and a couple others, the guy clearly has his own agenda in what he writes, so it's a little hard to take what he's writing as unbiased, first-hand-experience. He certainly has more knowledge and experience than I do, though.

You won't get any argument from me on that!

[mikefocke]

Pray tell what benefit would Jake have re the dual mass versus lightweight flywheel choice. He makes neither so no financial incentive. And since he has been inside more failed engines than most posters here, he just might have some insight. That PCNA advises against it in a TSB also adds to the weight of the dual recommendation. Maybe if you have rebuilt your engine and balanced it to a micro ounce or if you just happened to get one balanced that way from the factory, you may be in the group that has a positive experience with the light weight flywheel. Or not...

Your car, your money, your choice.

[WillH]

Isn’t there a harmonic balancer pulley available for the M96?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by WillH

Isn’t there a harmonic balancer pulley available for the M96?

Yes, but it is not equivalent to the action of the dual mass flywheel.