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Yep, another Aluminum vs. Steel Flywheel question - different kind of ? though...

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Yes, I know this has been beat to death and I have searched, but my question is a little different than the typical "aluminum or steel?" question.

I want to know which one would help even out a crazy amount of low end with the top end...

I am building a a 336 all forged stroker with crazy ported TFS heads (ran 9.3 on a NA 14:1 345ci 3200lb street car) topped with a Kenne Bell 2.2 and ported/welded GT40 lower and water/meth injection.

I know I will have a crazy amount of low end and am doing everything I can to compensate for it - custom grind cam, 3" exhaust, and am wondering if an aluminum flywheel over a steel one would help with this.

It's going to be mostly a street car that sees a little bit of drag strip time, but also some road race time here and there too.
 

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With that, I would go with an aluminum flywheel.

The larger the cubes and the steeper the gears the less you know it is there.
 
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If you are taking bottom end power out to hook up then you should go with a lighter flywheel.
 
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Yeah, lightweight is the way to go. Just make sure the one you get can handle the power.
 

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I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.
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Fidanza aluminum flywheel FTW
 
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