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lightening a standard Flywheel
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:24 pm
by 4thgenphil
any reason why a standard flywheel cant be put on a lathe and have ALOT of material taken off the back of it in turn making it lighter?
is it a balancing issue?
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:27 pm
by mercutio
would have to be balanced after lightening but thats not a huge job for a good engineering company
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:31 pm
by Ammo
Buy my fidanza?
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:35 pm
by 4thgenphil
Ammo wrote:Buy my fidanza?
sell it to me cheap?
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:40 pm
by mercutio
probably cost more to lighten a steel one than to buy a fidanza
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:51 pm
by RattyMcClelland
Another 4th Gen Phil bright idea thread
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:14 pm
by A1ex
Buy a fidanza then lighten that
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:39 pm
by Ammo
4thgenphil wrote:Ammo wrote:Buy my fidanza?
sell it to me cheap?
I have a price in my head of around £100, it's done prob 5k miles max
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:00 am
by 4thgenphil
A1ex wrote:Buy a fidanza then lighten that
i'd rather use a dinner plate than use a fidanza!
i will look into it some more! thanks for all the narrow minded replies though!
believe it or not this could save prelude members a significant amount of money instead of "just buy a fidanza with the crappy replaceable plates" !
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:04 am
by Ted
I didn't just have a flywheel skimmed by a good local engineering company
They messed up a couple of cutting tools trying But it was just to Damn hard. Maybe a milling machine would be a better option ? Or maybe the back isn't' so hard anyway.