[DeTomaso] 351C steel billet flywheel

[Ken Green]

Julian,
 
    I think the term "Billet" just means that it is machined from a chunk of metal versus being cast, and doesn't say anything about the material it's made from.  I have a billet steel flywheel that probably weighs just as much as a cast iron fhywheel, maybe a little more.   It may be the case that a billet steel flywheel can be machined thinner than a cast iron flywheel because it's a stronger material, but if they are made for high HP, they may be thicker for strength.  Also, I think the drag racers like a heavy flywheel to launch harder, but that probably depends on other parameters.
 
Ken

--- On Fri, 5/14/10, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 351C steel billet flywheel
To: mikeldrew at aol.com, cengles at cox.net, "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010, 10:54 AM



Larry Stock offers a billet version and that is what he relayed to me regarding weights, billet about half way between iron and aluminum. 

> My belief is that a billet flywheel has a weight about halfway in between a 
> cast iron and an aluminum flywheel. A compromise of sorts. But I don't 
> specifically know that to be true.
> 
> Can you confirm the weight of the various offerings?
> 
> Mike
                          
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