Lightened fast

After enjoying his cab for several years, one of our customers comes by and tells me,  "I don't think my car is not responsive enough, and I've been thinking about one of those light weight flywheels"

There are two schools of thought about that......why aren't I surprised...

This is an all stock engine,it has been maintained regularly and so far only the body have had some injuries, but have only needed cosmetic surgery.

As every cab in Los Angeles, it is enjoyed to the max, it has been driven long and hard.

Now,  it may seem unbelievable that by removing a few pounds from the flywheel we can obtain a great difference on acceleration on a car that is  3000+ pounds, but it is.  On cruising speed the car will maintain speed easily and requires very little throttle input, the road has very little effect on the car's velocity, primary due to the flywheel

Of course, there is the other school.  If it takes very little effort to accelerate, it will also take a great effort to decelerate, in a race situation a driver will request a faster change in engine speed.

Just remember that what's good for the track is often totally wrong for the street.  to get the best of both worlds, get a flywheel that is lighter by a few pounds.

If the shoe fits....

 I was lurking on another Porsche forum, and I saw a topic I know a little about:
A person asked if a turbo 993 deck lid would fit on a SC, and then he added, "I really Like it".....A resounding     NO !!  was the first answer, wow, seems a little bullish to me, the man just asked a question.
Of course, this is the kind of fight I'd like to get into, I had already been in the ring with this tail.

So, I answered, If you really like it, it can be done.....boy, that modem must have burned a circuit or two, because  response to my post was  fast and furious;  My intelligence was questioned, being that two objects of different sizes will not match. It s a good thing I don't use the metric system.....

When our client said, "You know, I really like that tail, make it happen"..

Well,   I took the ugliest lid I had (in case it didn't work) and then  cut and paste. it was kind of simple actually.  A little welding, a little body work, and perhaps, the most important thing...a little imagination.  I don't mind that some people get a little militant about certain things, sometimes it is even necessary, but what is the point of having a toy, if you can't have any fun with it...

Needless to say, I did posted an answer to the insult and tried to tell how it  can be done and how I have done it for my customer,...... this time I got sarcasm...... really ?? I guess  you win then. 

I know I can be a pigheaded guy every now and then, but I do believe that the journey to building you dream car should be fun, even on serious builds.

Keep that smile on, it looks good on you.