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Originally Posted by 1QWIKBIRD
There was a real good article in one of the recent Car Craft or Hot Rod or Popular Hot Rodding mags that explained the physics of and it and then they backed it by using a 5.0 mustang that was running consistent high 10's and the results were pretty stout. I forget them exactly so I don't want to mislead, but the physics of it were very convincing and the proof was on the dragstrip. I tried searchin the web for the article, but no luck. If I can dig it up I'll forward a copy if you are interested....
Chris
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It was in PHR. The argument for a heavier flywheel is that it retains energy, but I believe they proved that some other attributes make up for the loss of knetic energy, so they believed the lightweight was the way to go.