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 6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:06:14pm
On 9th Jan, 2011 paul wiginton said:
It depends where the weight is though well i dont take it off the centre of the crank sonny,lol |
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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:10:53pm
Yes you did daddy, you drilled right through the tail, cant get more centre than that I seriously doubt it! |
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:14:19pm
On 9th Jan, 2011 Sprocket said:
On 9th Jan, 2011 apbellamy said:
My Force Racing crank which is a CAM6232 that has been wedged, back drilled, OD turned down to 125mm, cross-drilled big ends and hand clean up. No journal re-grind or hardening yet. Weighs in at 10.9KG. Thats the same as matey's crank and he recons his is 9.9kg. I think he is having us on!! Matey?? John? His is knife edged, mine isn't. On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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 10020 Posts Member #: 1456 Mongo Barnsley, South Flatcapshire |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:21:47pm
I make no promises for the accuracy of my scales. All I know is that there is almost a 2kg saving on the standard item. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of. |
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:22:53pm
On 9th Jan, 2011 apbellamy said:
On 9th Jan, 2011 Sprocket said:
On 9th Jan, 2011 apbellamy said:
My Force Racing crank which is a CAM6232 that has been wedged, back drilled, OD turned down to 125mm, cross-drilled big ends and hand clean up. No journal re-grind or hardening yet. Weighs in at 10.9KG. Thats the same as matey's crank and he recons his is 9.9kg. I think he is having us on!! Matey?? John? His is knife edged, mine isn't. my mistake :S modyfying a crank is like the Porsche 911 options brochure On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:23:21pm
On 9th Jan, 2011 paul wiginton said:
Yes you did daddy, you drilled right through the tail, cant get more centre than that got to admit it kidda, your right, |
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
9th Jan, 2011 at 08:31:43pm
On 9th Jan, 2011 John said:
I make no promises for the accuracy of my scales. All I know is that there is almost a 2kg saving on the standard item. Mine is done on the bathroom scales too. The same scales had a standard crank at 11.9KG On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
30th May, 2013 at 05:26:02pm
Thread revival, have you done any testing on this yet Carl? :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
30th May, 2013 at 06:07:57pm
Yes he has, hes found that it doesnt go rusty in his airing cupboard I seriously doubt it! |
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 4360 Posts Member #: 1459 En-suite user Braintree, Essex |
30th May, 2013 at 06:55:44pm
Saves ironing..........
On 30th May, 2013 paul wiginton said:
Yes he has, hes found that it doesnt go rusty in his airing cupboard On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish. On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood. Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series.............. |
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 1767 Posts Member #: 9165 Previously josh4444 Australia, brisbane |
31st May, 2013 at 08:27:01am
im interested in how this wicked little crank went/survived as im hopping ill be lucky enough for Carl to do me a 1098cc crank or two for the weekend/after work toy |
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 5417 Posts Member #: 6181 Double hard bastard brookwood woking |
16th Feb, 2016 at 03:26:49pm
Was there ever a conclusion to the question of lighter cranks are better?
Edited by madmk1 on 16th Feb, 2016. I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf
On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up. |
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10020 Posts Member #: 1456 Mongo Barnsley, South Flatcapshire |
16th Feb, 2016 at 03:58:04pm
It takes 2kg off your car Si look at it that way!
If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of. |
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5417 Posts Member #: 6181 Double hard bastard brookwood woking |
16th Feb, 2016 at 04:08:37pm
Well it's not not about pub numbers,
I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf
On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up. |
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11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
16th Feb, 2016 at 05:53:00pm
On 16th Feb, 2016 madmk1 said:
I just remember when I had a super light flywheel on there years ago I could not get the thing off the line, added a full fat one and the times started to drop. This is the nugget right there! The energy the flywheel absorbs spinning it up to speed is then returned to the system when you dump the clutch, making it easier to get the car going, a sort of crude kinetic energy recovery system 
If your not reving the nuts off it, the heavy flywheel makes more sense. On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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 1030 Posts Member #: 1291 Post Whore Suffolk / Birmingham |
16th Feb, 2016 at 06:13:45pm
True. It depends on where you want that energy tho. Yes you get that energy out when you dump the clutch but then you have to put it all back in again to get it spinning again as you accelerate furthe up the road.
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5417 Posts Member #: 6181 Double hard bastard brookwood woking |
16th Feb, 2016 at 06:18:12pm
Well at the min I happily Rev it to 8000rpm I will be fitting a lighter steel flywheel, as the alloy one was dog 💩. I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf
On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up. |
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940 Posts Member #: 1424 Post Whore Carnforth, Lancs |
16th Feb, 2016 at 06:29:17pm
In autotesting (think very light car with bags of low down torque needing to get off the line and up to speed quickly) the trick is to dump the clutch off the line and come of the throttle at the same time - letting the (full fat) flywheel initially get you moving with minimal loss of traction.
Edited by graemec on 16th Feb, 2016. |
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 2094 Posts Member #: 9894 Post Whore Dorking |
16th Feb, 2016 at 07:51:38pm
On 16th Feb, 2016 Sprocket said:
On 16th Feb, 2016 madmk1 said:
I just remember when I had a super light flywheel on there years ago I could not get the thing off the line, added a full fat one and the times started to drop. This is the nugget right there! The energy the flywheel absorbs spinning it up to speed is then returned to the system when you dump the clutch, making it easier to get the car going, a sort of crude kinetic energy recovery system
If your not reving the nuts off it, the heavy flywheel makes more sense. How heavy was your car then? With less weight to pull this time round it might not feel the same. Food for thought. Maybe i'm wrong though! |
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