George Lendich wrote:

Paul,
I'm out of my depth here mate - as usual but my flexplate has a counter 
weight it's bolted to and weighs 3879 grams all up
or 8.5 lbs.

However having seen the BMW type dampers they do seem heavy but very robust.

I'm wondering  what the all up weight of Tracy's Flexplate and damper is, 
perhaps there isn't much between Tracy's and Ken's 16
lbs.

I'm now wondering what an ideal all up flex-plate and damper might be !!?
George (down under)

Here is something Power Sport came up with.
Sorry about the out of focus pic. Don Dunbar is using a rubber coupling that looks
real interesting. I would wait and see how it idles however :) Might be a bit 
too stiff. One can always drill holes in the rubber to soften it up a bit.
Freeze it first.

The real advantage of a rubber coupling is there is no spline hence there is
no slop to wear out the spline.

Paul Lamar
 
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