I found a flywheel for my Lincoln 368.  The flywheel is from a Ford large truck and is pretty beefy.  It weighs 44.8 pounds.  This thing just seems like lifting an anvil when I picked it up.  The 368 will be going in a 1946 Mercury coupe that weighs about 3200 lbs, with a Mustang 5 speed  behind it.  First gear ratio is 3.35 and rear ratio is 3.70 with 28" tires.  The engine is stock. As I stated before the flywheel is really thick.  Is the flywheel too heavy, or should I have some metal removed to lighten it somewhat?  This will be a street driven car and I would like good manners, but would also like decent acceleration. I used the FE flywheel weight for reference and found weights were 28-36 lbs.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.


 

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN