[DeTomaso] Steel vs aluminum flywheel

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/8/12 12 40 9, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:


> Unless Larry's engine was a low RPM build with a small carb, I don't 
> think his experience applies to my plans.
> 

It's a stroker with Aussie heads and a 700 cfm carb.   Loads of bottom-end 
response and torque, not a revver.

Unless your plans involve altering the laws of physics, his problems will 
be your problems. :<(

Mike (watched one of Larry's clutches literally go up in smoke rounding a 
15 mph hairpin uphill turn in 1st gear, right in front of me--explosion of 
fiber particles and smoke out of the opening in the decklid, because he was 
effectively having to drive in 3rd gear due to the ridiculous rear end 
ratio...later I saw the flywheel, and it was completely blue from the excessive 
heat due to the necessity to slip the clutch brutally ALL the time....)