04-16-2006, 11:46 AM
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Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Hi,
Not to damp an advertiser, but, you need to be sure that your driving style warrants a switch to a lightened flywheel - a wasteful expense if you don't need it.
Is it a Nice-to-Have? or is it a Gotta-Have? This depends upon your driving style and how you intend to use the car...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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04-16-2006, 12:33 PM
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Location: CA
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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
Not to damp an advertiser, but, you need to be sure that your driving style warrants a switch to a lightened flywheel - a wasteful expense if you don't need it.
Is it a Nice-to-Have? or is it a Gotta-Have? This depends upon your driving style and how you intend to use the car...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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Jim's right - I did state that it was added hp and response, but that you would have to pay for that improvement, but didn't state that it certainly is not a necessity, just a 'wanna have'. Some replace the flywheel when the clutch is replaced as well, just as a matter of keeping the entire system of the same age and wear.
Clutch replacement is not cheap, unfortunately.
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04-16-2006, 01:08 PM
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I hear ya!
Last night my wife and I were on our way home from the local Indian casino. We decided to take the back roads home and it had been raining all day. Well, we were on one of our favorite roads to drive and KABLAM! I hit a pothole the was about 10" deep. I couldn't see it 'cause it was full of water and a very dark road. It shoved the pass. side wheel so far up into the wheel well that the front of the well rubs on the tire! It destroyed the bottom the bottom of the trunk, the wiring to the side marker and the right side of the bumper. It also knocked the alignment way out, so who knows what it did to the suspension. Definately a bad Boxster weekend! 
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04-16-2006, 05:09 PM
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Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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do-oh!
I'm glad I left my Boxster at home today. My wife and I drove our Ridgeline over Donner pass today. The Boxster would have slid right off the road.
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04-16-2006, 05:16 PM
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Boxtex, now you need my mechanic, huh?
PM me for the info. He's great!
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04-16-2006, 07:17 PM
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velvet_jones - You need to talk to your state's DOT about repairing your car. It's their responsibility to keep the roads in good enough shape to not damage your car. Take pics of the car all around the damage and go back to the road and take pics of the pothole and street sign for documentation.
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04-16-2006, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by deliriousga
velvet_jones - You need to talk to your state's DOT about repairing your car. It's their responsibility to keep the roads in good enough shape to not damage your car. Take pics of the car all around the damage and go back to the road and take pics of the pothole and street sign for documentation.
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Yah, I went out this afternoon and took pics of the potholes, depth, lenght and width measurments etc... I will present everything to my attorney tomorrow.
Thanks.
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04-16-2006, 08:54 PM
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Location: San Jose
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A lightweight flywheel does not increase HP. A flywheel does not generate energy.
Throttle response, yes. But have fun in normal street driving.
Or, so I have been told....
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