The Flywheel

"ok heres the deal this is an item im not to clued up on what so ever. ive read everywhere that its advised to uprate the flywheel and clutch at the same time. so with the car booked in soon im now pondering if i should be looking in this direction or if the standard flywheel will be fine. the car has 104tho miles and not too sure how a flywheel is supposed to last in general. and will with me haveing the uprated clutch just destroy the flywheel now? all advise welcome as im pretty damn confused on this one lol "

I don't know much about this either but unless it's mega power upgrade it won't destroy the flywheel

"well the car is 100bhp standard and the re-map is 150+ with the clutch and the rest depending on how far i go (uprate turbo etc etc) im not totally sure yet myself but im just thinking seen as the gearbox and clutch is out if i need to do it i should get it done there and then. cars booked in for sunday now too im looking more towards just seeing how it goes and do flywheel as and when i need to if i need to. but still all suggestions welcome "

Probably better to do it at the same time .. less faffing in the future then

"Standard flywheel will cope with more than enough mate. Unless you plan on dumping the clutch a lot or work the gears fast you won't really need a lightened flywheel (thats basically what an uprated flywheel is). The only time you would is around 400-500hp if that to cope with the power. Besides do you want a rattly flywheel when your car is stationary? Its bloody annoying! If you really want a new flywheel buy a stock one to replace the old 104000 mile one "

"ah in that case il leave it as cluch is only supposed to handle up to 250hp anyhow. ive asked my mate whos fitting it to look at the flywheel and check the springs and everything looks ok and working condition before he fits it any how and if i need a new one later il need a new one later and save me money lol"

"flywheel should last the life of the car if you get a lightend one make sure its from a reputable seller and not some old cowboy with a lathe. me & a m8 fitted a lightend flywheel to a Mg B he hadn't had it balanced ( we didnt know at the time) 3days and not many miles later shatter . hell of a mess."

"ive left the standard flywheel in as apparantly it all looked ok when they fitted the clutch. and i doubt the JTD getting to that much power to need it uprating to be fair if it can handle the sort of power dazzi's said lol "