RE: 7 or 8 inches sir? (Or madam) :-)

> From: [email protected]
> 
> The tables arrived nicely formatted here, very informative indeed.

Spendidski.
 
> It is indeed interesting. Most interesting is that the basic
difference is
> in the 2nd gear. Yours provides an extra bit of oomph in the 50 - 80
> range, which is of course useful :-)

Useful for a torqueless cheese you mean? ;-)

All it does in reality is level the playing field between your larger
gear spacing and your excessive torque.

> They do look good don't they :-) And with the extra torqueyness of the
VX
> probably covering up for the lack of the extra gear (when compared
with
> yours) should provide an interesting on the road experience. But then
you
> and Alex have been here before :-))

Indeed. At the end of the day I think Alex's car was not running well
that day at Santa Pod. Mine always had a more responsive throttle. His
seemed to lag and didn't really pick-up well until he'd achieved
mid/higher revs. Although he got the jump on me at each start, my car
pulled me clear of him twice out of the 3 attempts. It was obvious that
my car was faster as I'd started from so far behind.

Note: This is nothing to do with driver skill which was the essence of
the exercise.

> http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Gearbox/Flywheels_covers_20xe/FLY-W2.gif

Arf. The ring gear loaded first and I wondered how your clutch would
work with all that fresh air. :-))
 
> It's 3.8kg including the ring gear, which actually all feels very
light in
> your hands. IMHE flywheels have tended to be a "two handed" lift, this
is
> certainly a one handed affair :-)))

I agree. The difference in Hoopy's new R500 (or SLR - can't remember)
flywheel and his original K series one is like night and day.

Nice looking item. I've seen an original Vx flywheel. The word
"industrial" springs to mind.
 
> > Have you resolved what clutch to fit?

> Almost. The issue seems to be that I am restricted to a single plate
and
> need to choose the release bearing with care, but it all seems
feasible
> with a Quartermaster single plate clutch. It has been done before so
at
> least I know that much. Trying to track down part numbers at the
moment...

Try to remain with an organic plate. I noted Rob G is selling his paddle
type on BlatChat and moving back to an organic. They're easier to live
with on the road and much cheaper come replacement time.

I'm very happy with standard SLR AP jobbie. Haven't even seen it since
installing it 4 years ago.
 
> Plan for the coming days is to try the box with the current flywheel
and
> clutch, I'll mod them over the winter...

It's nice to try upgrades one at a time. You get a longer honeymoon
period where your car seems to be faster and faster each time you drive
it.
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