[DeTomaso] Clutch in 5533

[Charles Engles]

Dear Jack,


             I have often thought it might be a reasonable deal, in terms of 
dollars and weight reductions and improved rotating mass, to simply lighten 
a standard flywheel versus going aluminum.

             Dumb questions:

                      How hard is it to find a competent machine shop to 
perform the work to remove, oh, say, five pounds?

                      Judging from your comments, a stock, but trimmed 
flywheel of about 25 pounds would be structurally sound?

                      Any idea what the cost of such work would be?


                      Is there any downside to pursuing a lightweight stock 
machined flywheel?



                                   Dumb and curious,  Chuck Engles



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <asajay at asajay.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Clutch in 5533


> In a message dated 5/21/09 9:40:13 PM, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>
>> ...I forgot to ask how much they took off (the flywheel) and it doesn't
>> look like the receipt tells me either.....
>>
> Weigh the flywheel. A stone-stocker weighs about 30 lbs. A
> turned-to-the-max cast iron wheel weighs abut 22 lbs. Anything in between 
> those weights
> allows the surfacing to be done again. FWIW- J Deryke
>
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