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Originally Posted by RZNT4R

What's a flex disc flywheel?

I've seen reverse flywheels where the flywheel is on the trans side and it's the pressure plate that's bolted to the crank (old VWs), I've seen "modular" clutches where the flywheel, pressure plate and clutch are riveted together as an assembly and bolted to a flexplate like you'd bolt on a torque converter (Chrysler) and I've seen dual mass flywheels.

Never a "flex disc flywheel"

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She may be thinking of

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...ta-gr86-drive/


But that is, as you've no doubt observed yourself, referencing the automatic.

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Think he meant dual mass.


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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

I forget what it was called in the earlier Japanese videos, maybe flexible flywheel? it basically sounded like a flywheel that had a flex plate as its center section, or it was a really bad translation of a dual mass sprung flywheel.

Originally Posted by RZNT4R

Ah so dual mass but without internal springs and weights or centre bearings, but dual mass in the loosest sense of the word, there isn't much spring or flexibility in a steel plate in that axis, but I guess it's enough to nudge the resonant frequency.

Originally Posted by Jianlun

I really hope it's not a dual mass flywheel. They generally are heavier no? I wonder if a current gen excedy TF02 will fit....

Originally Posted by timurrrr

Has anyone ever record a 0–60 acceleration with a lighter flywheel vs heavier?
Pretty sure a car with a heavier flywheel will be faster off the line.

Maybe she just misspoke and was really referring to a flux capacitor....