lightening a standard Flywheel

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:24 pm

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?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:27 pm

would have to be balanced after lightening but thats not a huge job for a good engineering company

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:31 pm

Buy my fidanza?

Post by **4thgenphil** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:35 pm

Ammo wrote:Buy my fidanza?

sell it to me cheap?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:40 pm

probably cost more to lighten a steel one than to buy a fidanza

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:51 pm

Another 4th Gen Phil bright idea thread

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:14 pm

Buy a fidanza then lighten that

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:39 pm

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

Post by **4thgenphil** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:00 am

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" !

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:04 am

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.