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How to lighten a stock cast iron flywheel
Start with your stock flywheel, In my case, 2.3L Turbo Ford
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Its weighs in at 20.5Lbs
Lets see how much weight can be cut off….
Next is to remove the clutch plate alignment pins….
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A slide hammer works well
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Mount the flywheel upside down, on the flywheel grinder
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Start buy cutting the excess cast iron down to the ring gear..
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Once that was flush, I weighed the flywheel again, that reduced the weight by .75 lbs (12 oz) now 19.75 lbs
Time to thin the fat from behind the ring gear…
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each pass, this machine cuts only .005-.008 off…
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the final weight is now 17.75 Lbs
I removed a total of 2.75lbs…. This should help the engine rev a bit faster, with out giving up too much torque..
Start with your stock flywheel, In my case, 2.3L Turbo Ford
[Image: DSCF3813.jpg]
Its weighs in at 20.5Lbs
Lets see how much weight can be cut off….
Next is to remove the clutch plate alignment pins….
[Image: DSCF3815.jpg]
A slide hammer works well
[Image: DSCF3814.jpg]
Mount the flywheel upside down, on the flywheel grinder
[Image: DSCF3817.jpg]
Start buy cutting the excess cast iron down to the ring gear..
[Image: DSCF3818.jpg]
Once that was flush, I weighed the flywheel again, that reduced the weight by .75 lbs (12 oz) now 19.75 lbs
Time to thin the fat from behind the ring gear…
[Image: DSCF3819.jpg]
each pass, this machine cuts only .005-.008 off…
[Image: DSCF3818.jpg]
the final weight is now 17.75 Lbs
I removed a total of 2.75lbs…. This should help the engine rev a bit faster, with out giving up too much torque..
Owns more Turbo FORDS than the law should allow....and still getting more
85 TC going under the knife
84 Turbo ranger --($800.00 ebay) Redneck work truck
85 TC going under the knife
84 Turbo ranger --($800.00 ebay) Redneck work truck