28-12-2018, 09:07 PM
Simon it shouldn't be a problem, we're 2.5 lbs down on ours in the race cars and they are still very tractable
Some folks will always be purists, I can respect that, in the Giulietta world I'm the guy folks contact for originality details on 750 Sprints. If originality is your thing, I have no issue with that.
The nice thing about lightening the flywheel or fitting a Phoenix crank etc is that it's a hidden benefit. On a 7, reducing the reciprocating mass on the flywheel by a small amount will assist in reducing the flexing of the crank, but its main benefit will be fractionally faster gear changes both up and down the box, we are not talking about racing changes here, rather just a fraction of time saved in every standard gear change all of which help to make us a little less of a mobile chicane to the rice rocket racers on the roads out there.
We're gearing up for the engine / box rebuild on the '28 R Type saloon and it'll get an Andes 2nd gear, a wedged early head and a little off the flywheel before being balanced. The updraft manifold will get drilled out and I'm eyeing a nice set of Tony's new pistons. Externally she will look stock '28.
Aye
Greig
Some folks will always be purists, I can respect that, in the Giulietta world I'm the guy folks contact for originality details on 750 Sprints. If originality is your thing, I have no issue with that.
The nice thing about lightening the flywheel or fitting a Phoenix crank etc is that it's a hidden benefit. On a 7, reducing the reciprocating mass on the flywheel by a small amount will assist in reducing the flexing of the crank, but its main benefit will be fractionally faster gear changes both up and down the box, we are not talking about racing changes here, rather just a fraction of time saved in every standard gear change all of which help to make us a little less of a mobile chicane to the rice rocket racers on the roads out there.
We're gearing up for the engine / box rebuild on the '28 R Type saloon and it'll get an Andes 2nd gear, a wedged early head and a little off the flywheel before being balanced. The updraft manifold will get drilled out and I'm eyeing a nice set of Tony's new pistons. Externally she will look stock '28.
Aye
Greig