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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MustangChris" data-source="post: 558862" data-attributes="member: 10830">that totally makes sence... to a point...when the clutch is disengaged and the flywheel is free-spinning. such as at the staging light the kinetic energy created by the motor is translated into potencial energy stored in the flywheel. when the clutch is engaged the potencial energy stored in the flywheel is transfered at kinetic energy into the drivetrain...the amount of potencial energy stored in the stock flywheel is much higher due to the heavier weight and the larger amount of rotating mass.Its like spinning a water wheel with fast flowing squirt gun (aluminum flywheel) vs. a slow moving garder hose (stock flyhweel.)the heavier flywheel will rob power on the top end due to the rotating mass, but it will be minimul due to the fact that it's already spinning. much like the horsepower that is lost at the 300 foot mark when driving an all-wheel-drive car. The motor still has to spin the mass, but since its already spinning its not a terrible waste.seems to me a stock flywheel is the way to go.</blockquote>