ok, i was on the performance tuning website http://www.ptuning.com and i saw that this company fidanza is coming out with a flywheel for the '02-'03 lancers.

has anybody ever heard of fidanza? are they a good company?

and as far as the flywheel, besides reving faster what are the benefits of a performance flywheel?

 

good read about flywheel performance stuff.

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/7177/flywheel.html

-Justin

 

Good read. Would timing have to be adjusted with a flywheel? It said there would be a rough idle-I would just like to know how rough.

 

thanks tweak. but about this idling issue. if the timing would help correct this situation, would the rrm piggy back be a good mod to accompany this or would their timing adjustments worsen the problem?

 

well, from the way I understand it, tighter timings that the piggy back would give you would make it rougher. It says it is not so bad on stock timings because they are spread out quite a bit. It might have more to do with the cam though. Anyone else have any input?

-Justin

 

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lightend flywheels serve 2 purposes, 1 revs faster like you mentioned, and 2 frees up a few more ponies b/c the engine is working as hard to spin it, less leaching. as for timing ive never heard of a fly wheel messing up timing on a motor before.

 

the article tweak posted mentioned that a lightened flywheel is usually accompanied by a rough idle. if that were true, then i was just wondering how to go about correcting it or if it was a problem you would have to live with. i really don't know much of anything about these flywheels.

so has anyone even heard of fidanza?

 

Lightend Flywheels reduce rotating mass, making the car rev freely, nothing to do with timming. And advancing timming, like the piggyback does raises your idle

 

so this whole flywheel thing sounds like to much of a pain in the ***. would it really be that beneficial (bang for buck) for a NA lancer?

 

in my opinion it would be a some bang for the buck if you really had plans for the future.. imo this would have to accompany some beefy na mods with LSD and dampening suspension in mind to really take advantage of the full effect.. i can just see all that money and effort going to waste without thinking in that route...

my .02

 

point well taken. this is no mod for a light tuner, na or forced induction. you gotta go ***** to the wall with your tuning to get your money out of this. i love my car and all, but i'm happy with a quick car. i'm not really looking to go fast. i think i'll stick to intake exhaust type mods.

 

Whooooa...lot of misinformation. You guys are not understanding the difference between cam timing and ignition timing. A high lift cam like mine and Ura's holds open the valves (intake side more so than exhaust) longer in order to cram more air into the cylinder (more air=more power). Then you have cam gears which are essentially moving the powerband forward in the most basic of terms. Ignition timing (what the reflash changed along with fuel curves (how much/when) and timing [yes, fuel has a degree of timing as well: how long you hold open injectors] and I'm still not sure the piggydoes) is where the spark plug fires in relation to the location of the piston in the cylinder. As for a lighter flywheel in general, RPW has repeatedly said sure you can do it, but the car already has a relatively lightweight piece and without substantially higher horsepower numbers, your driveability is going to suck unless you are constantly keeping the car in the powerband since the revs would drop quickly between shifts. http://www.racetep.com/flywheel.html <---a better read overall (even though it is an ad more or less) but they do press the point like I said a) driveability suffers if you're not in the upper rev ranges and b) removing weight off an overly heavy flywheel is good (Starion which uses a 2.7L truck engine in the USA and thus was never really meant to scale the rev range), but like off a lancer, would not be terribly beneficial

 

is that misinfo to the rough idle or the not really worth it comment i made?

I didn't think it produced a rough idle but still feel it isn't worth the money.. it looks like you may agree...

"but like off a lancer, would not be terribly beneficial " - pjal

 

this sounds like more worry than it's worth. i'll probably just get a new clutch and pressure plate from rrm.