alfalfa Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 ok yeah, watched it again and heard an 8 revving so probably not a gem then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakamin Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 LC or LJ torana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 LJ with those tail lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Pics of what happens when it does let go. http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/77630 ... osion.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 fuck thats intense(pic of gearbox especially), unimaginable power, its hard to fully realise the things that happen in an engine to make it work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Pics of what happens when it does let go.http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/77630 ... osion.html Gosh! Like a bomb going off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 flywheel explosion = reshell time by the looks of those 2 examples. Sounds like the clutch or something slipped first on the wagon video. And that comentata soundz liek a reel edjucated fulla a cuzzies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 fuck thats intense(pic of gearbox especially), unimaginable power, its hard to fully realise the things that happen in an engine to make it work I'm constantly amazed how a thin strip of rubber with little teeth on it stays together for 100,000 km doing between 1000 and 6000 rpm. It's a dark art. And yeah, clutches look like a bit if thin rope and some glue, but WTF?, can launch a ton or two of car for ages. Still...70 odd years with the same bones/heart/eyes etc. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Makes me proud to be an engineer! (Even if not mechanical ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Hell yeah, theres alot of things that go on in cars that confused the hell out of me. Makes me glad to not be a mechanical engineer! haha Just got my flywheel back. The guys are happy with how it all went, even though what they did kind of appears to be dodgy in some ways. I'll explain what I mean in my project thread at some stage. I'm happy with it though. Flywheel has been reduced from 22lbs to 13lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 toit. and yuh, fuck, flywheels coming to bits often means smashed crank as well. mate built a rotaaaar engine for a cunt who's flywheel split in half doing burnouts. subsequently, the engine actualy broke up. housings serparating and shit. speaking of amazing and shit though, injectors are the ones that get me. common rail fuel gear on diesel trucks = hardcore. massive pressures etc, double squirt injectors that give a primary squirt before the main one to get combustion going for emmisions, and doing all that a few times a second. hard out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've gone to do some work on a guys car before asked him have you torqued up the flywheel - Him "yes" Ah good then to what setting? him "Oh just did them up as tight as I could" Me "Ah ok I bought a torque wrench and looked up the setting before I came, Lucky you" Get under Car, all 8 need another 3/4 tweak before torquing up. Him didn't realise seriousness of flywheel failure. Then he dropped the car on me shortly after, never spoken to him again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 ^ Flat head FTL. As an aside - you do all realise that flywheels weigh X many kgs for a reason I suppose. Regardless of the saftey factor excessive flywheel mass reduction = less driveability. 12lbs is as light as I would take a custom made steel flywheel on an 800kg car - but I am no expert in these things. If the car weighed 1,100kgs I would be thinking more like a 18 lb flywheel Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bistro Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 had a pic of a 4lb fly floating round on the comp somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikuni Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 As an aside - you do all realise that flywheels weigh X many kgs for a reason I suppose.Regardless of the saftey factor excessive flywheel mass reduction = less driveability. 12lbs is as light as I would take a custom made steel flywheel on an 800kg car - but I am no expert in these things. If the car weighed 1,100kgs I would be thinking more like a 18 lb flywheel Peace Indeed. 12lbs is actually ideal for what I want. Being such a light car it won't be too hard to get off the mark, and doesn't need excessive momentum to go up hill with such a torquey engine going in there. Certainly if it was a larger car things would be a little different. All good though, we'll see how it goes. It only cost $300 to get it all lightened and ballanced, when a custom one its up around $700-800 from what I can see. Plus I have a spare if its too light. If its too weak, then I have got afew more problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 up hill momentum with flywheel weight, IMO is irrelevant. seriously, I don't reckon it's got fuck all to do with it. with a lightened fly; idling, starting with a half flat battery, and hill STARTS, may suffer a tad. not hill climbing. it's not a traction engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 haha thats exactly what I though. When talking about this to people they go "ooo, be carefull, you have to watch out 'cause when you go to light you're car will loose momentum up hills." Sure the engine won't continue at its engine speed for as long if you come to an incline but fuck, I've got an accelerator pedal... I'm sure using it or possibly even going down a gear won't kill me! I was more worried about throwing out the running balance of the engine by going to light. No one once mentioned anything like that. Plus racetracks (and hamilton for that matter) don't have any hills haha.. fucking retards.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidian Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 "she'll be right" only one way to find out mang... its lightened properly by tradesmen so fingers crossed for goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Factory flexplate, only used for ring gear for starter Tilton twin or triple place 5 1/2 inch clutch custom flywheel just large enough to fit clutch. CD is for scale. Callum ^ Porn. Is that a Quartermaster V Drive clutch? Sexy and such a tiny moment of inertia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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