Flywheel question
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A bit off topic here, but my old 1915 Ford had a 90 pound flywheel/magneto/transmission assembly spinning on the back of it's spindly (but forged vanadium steel) crankshaft. A big reason why it could move out from a stop at 250-400 rpm without stalling, and operate in high gear from about 8 mph to 45 mph without chugging or lurching. With 20 horsepower, flywheel inertia is king. With a high winding Chevy engine with a stout rear gear, not as much need for it. All depends on the type of driving and the preference of the driver.
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A hit-and-miss engine is a type of flywheel engine. Aflywheel engine is an engine that has a large flywheel or set of flywheels connected to the crankshaft. The flywheelsmaintain engine speed during engine cycles that do not produce driving mechanical forces.
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What works for 1/4 mile cars, turns a street car into a pig. Unless you launch at 8K RPM with drag slicks at every stop light...
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a friend has a very big hit and miss engine with 6 foot flywheels that you walk up the spokes to get it started. it was used in a west va.. coal mine owned by his father in law to pump water out of the mine.
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