Driving tips - light flywheel

[andyb123]

Ok, don\'t laugh, but I\'ve never driven a car with a light flywheel before.

My car has an exedy chromoly  flywheel and did have the hyper single clutch - it\'s shredded and I\'m sticking in a 6 puck that says it\'s  good for 480hp/420lbft

thing is, I\'ve never really driven a light flywheel car before and I  know I must be doing something wrong the way I\'ve been pulling away in  the Rex thus far

has anyone got any tips on driving a car with a light flywheel on normal roads

I\'ve been trying to slip the clutch like you would on a normal car but this ends up with having to put the throttle to about 3K to pull away "smoothly"

should I give up on trying to pull away smooth, blip the throttle to 2K, dump the clutch and just put up with lurching away all the time?

once I\'m going I don\'t have any problem performing fast changes to keep the revs up, but pulling away in 1st I can\'t help but think I\'m doing it wrong

[amber-performance.co.uk]

To be honest you are not doing anything wrong, being a paddle clutch you will have this juddering / jerking when pulling away. There is no real explaination to pulling away with in a car with a paddle clutch fitted to get a smooth pull off you kinda need to pick it up yourself to get the perfect pull away. I would suggest give it a few revs then slowly release the pedal, this will probably take a few times to master but you will eventually find a happy medium between a slow jerky pull off and a full bodied launch. This is exactly what puts some people off of having paddle clutch kits, especially if they are often caught in traffic.

[m1tch]

I have a twin plate ORC 709 with lighted flywheel, I don\'t know what other twin plate clutches are like but I don\'t have to dump the clutch, I do know that it will eat about 1500rpm when it engages though, so I usually squeeze the throttle to about 2-2.5k and pull in the clutch, no judders, smooth pull away

[SiH]

Pin it, dump the clutch

Seriously - Paddle clutches do not like to be slipepd - it drastically reduces their life - if you want a clutch that\'s easy todrive and happy to slip, and want it to last a while, you need an organic/multi plate.

With a lighter fly you just need higher revs and a steady clutch foot.
Or 4k, and a sidestep.

[FEED Addict]

Pin it, dump the clutch

With a lighter fly you just need higher revs and a steady clutch foot.
Or 4k, and a sidestep.

I don\'t want the misses to read this please!

[andyb123]

thanks guys, I figured trying to slip it was the wrong thing to be doing - plus it was only rated to 400 and the dyno sheet I have for the car says 470

higher rated 6 puck going in as we speak, along with a new clutch fork that had locked up knocking off the slave cylinder

new exhaust at the same time and then it\'s off to the paint shop to get the half a paint job finished and a reamemiya rear wing put back on just in time for needing an MOT and a whole new list of things to get done lol

if I shred this clutch too quickly I\'ll have a look at a twin plate next time around

[clive]

Hi Andy,

I have known this situation be improved by lowering the clutch pedal, obviously making sure the clutch still disengages properly.

The reason this may give an improvement is because you leg will operate at a different angle possibly offering more feel and control,

I knew one guy who suddenly was able to drive his Hyper singled FD after doing just this for him.

Also check that the "judder" is not being caused by a dead engine mounting as these do die especially with some decent power abusing them  

Hope this helps

[PGiljevic]

Ok, don\'t laugh, but I\'ve never driven a car with a light flywheel before.

My car has an exedy chromoly  flywheel and did have the hyper single clutch - it\'s shredded and I\'m sticking in a 6 puck that says it\'s  good for 480hp/420lbft

thing is, I\'ve never really driven a light flywheel car before and I  know I must be doing something wrong the way I\'ve been pulling away in  the Rex thus far

has anyone got any tips on driving a car with a light flywheel on normal roads

I\'ve been trying to slip the clutch like you would on a normal car but this ends up with having to put the throttle to about 3K to pull away "smoothly"

should I give up on trying to pull away smooth, blip the throttle to 2K, dump the clutch and just put up with lurching away all the time?

once I\'m going I don\'t have any problem performing fast changes to keep the revs up, but pulling away in 1st I can\'t help but think I\'m doing it wrong

I don\'t want to come across as a fan of Elton John and George Michael but the best bit of advice I can pass on is spend the money on a good clutch.

A clutch is like a woman, once you marry it you have a life sentence and need to live with the .... bag every day of your life!

The only type of clutch to put in these things is a carbon unit, they can be driven like stock AND take more power than you can ever make, a good analogy is its like marrying a bukkake slut that is faithful and can cook and clean the house....................... < amazing I know but they do exist.