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The flywheel, because of its weight, acts as a damper. It smooths things out when accelerating and due to its spinning weight smooths your deceleration. Equate a lightened flywheel to how a motorcycle behaves: when you get on the gas you GO right then; when you let off you slow down right then. Lighten the flywheel in your car and you accomplish the same thing. Only thing I would see as detrimental is that steady state cruising will not feel as smooth (so if you spend lots of time in your car for longer trips the jerkyness might get old) and the drivetrain will be "shocked" more often due to the lower dampening effect of the lightened flywheel so there may be some long-term reliability issues with "stock" components. Just my .02...
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I was under the assumption that my 1988 325, Super Eta, manufactured in early 87 I believe, had a dual mass flywheel.
I got a clutch for this, so hopefully that's correct.
I read that you can switch to a single mass flywheel? What does this involve? I could easily get ahold of a 325i flywheel - but if I did this, I'd need a different clutch too, wouldn't I? What else would I need to change?
Thanks! ;)- Sean Hayes
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Originally posted by SeanI was under the assumption that my 1988 325, Super Eta, manufactured in early 87 I believe, had a dual mass flywheel.
I got a clutch for this, so hopefully that's correct.
I read that you can switch to a single mass flywheel? What does this involve? I could easily get ahold of a 325i flywheel - but if I did this, I'd need a different clutch too, wouldn't I? What else would I need to change?
Thanks! ;)
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about how did it cost you guys the machine shop down the street from me said he would do it but he didnt know a price to charge me. what side of the flywheel do thet shave off?
-Bobby
'87 325 (Track Rat)
'04 C5500 Wrecker (Work)
'94 525i (Daily)
'90 325i (R.I.P)
H&R Race, Racing Dynamics Sway Bars, Tree House CAB's, Sparco Strut Bars and more.
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ya true that but i was going to get one from the junkyard and let him try to do it. but i might just send it to Jim Rowe. he said he would give me a good deal on it.
-Bobby
'87 325 (Track Rat)
'04 C5500 Wrecker (Work)
'94 525i (Daily)
'90 325i (R.I.P)
H&R Race, Racing Dynamics Sway Bars, Tree House CAB's, Sparco Strut Bars and more.
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Originally posted by Stu McThe chatter is common for LTW flywheels, I'm not exactly sure what causes it, but every car I've ridden in with one chatters when the clutch is disengaged. It's raw as hell. :twisted:
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