I have A Ram Flywheel and A Center force clutch, The Ram is a Steel FLywheel I either have to replace it or have it cut, I was thinking of just replacing it.

Tell me the Pros and Cons of Aluminum and steel FLy wheels and which I should use.
WHo Makes a good one?
Car and Specs are in Sig. Thanks

 

Steel

Aluminum lacks the needed rotational weight for a street car. It would work well in a road race application where there is no stop and go.

 

That is what I thought, figured I d ask and see if you guys have ever tried them out on the street.

 

It has a lot to do with what rear end gear ratio and what the ratio is of first gear of the transmission. It needs to be apx. 10.5 to 1 or more for the aluminum flywheel to work fairly successful on the street. If you are using a larger duration camshaft, then still a higher ratio will be needed for it to work.

 

What ever the Stock WC T5 gear is and 3.45 rear gears.

 

Running 4.11 26 in tall tires, stick and use a heavy Billet steel fw. Love it. Ease it into gear, launches hard without bogging the motor down. Can hide some low speed "chug" issues with big cams.

 

Any Brand you guys Recommend?

 

Hayes

 

I have a Ram right now, It started to chatter with very little use. It is SFI certified and all, Figured Id try something else.

 

I ran a Fidanza aluminum flywheel in my 92 Formula. The lower mass makes it chatter more than a steel flywheel, but if you can get over that the lighter flywheel revs up quicker. Around town and in traffic it can be a little aggravating, but I always felt like it was worth it. On the other end of the spectrum, a friend of mine put an LS7 clutch/flywheel in his 02 Trans Am. He absolutely hated it. I don't remember how it affected his quarter mile time, but he ended up pulling it out and going with a stock LS1 flywheel and some other clutch.