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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Flywheel machining and minimum inertia
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cbeazley wrote:

> Hi Again;
>
> Can a stock cast iron? flywheel be machined/lightened?
> Are there any material problems other than standard 
> strength/thickness/balance?
>
> Does anyone, Lynn?, have any comments regarding the minimum flywheel 
> inertia
> in order to provide a stable idle and minimize the effects of torque 
> pulses?
>
>
I've seen ligtened flywheels advertised on some of the racing shop 
sites, but boy are they expensive.

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