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...acceleration to the layman is "car moving forward - fast!" and to everyone that has had the basic physics required to calculate the effects of rotational inertia on vehicular acceleration it is the change in the change of position, or more succinctly, the change in the speed of a given component. More to the point, when discussing vehicle dynamics it serves you poorly to differentiate between concepts that are essentially the same thing. That sort of conceptualization would mistakenly lead you to conclude that total mass reduction would not necessarily improve handling, while improving forward-acceleration. It improves both because they operate using the same rules. Long story short, your answer lies in simply figuring out what formulas you need to calculate the respective inertias of each piece of the driveline (or a decent approximation, which could save you some time), then modeling the different components you would like to compare. If the word "kinematics" is new to you, you'll probably need to spend some time with the basics first though =). Again, this is entirely doable with some time, and decent calculator and a lot of patience. Or you could pay Technomancer.
Recursively Yours,
Kenny...
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