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Who sells a good clutch?
I need to replace the clutch in my Superbee and I was wondering what brand name carries the most respect in the market. I don't want a clutch pedal that will have excess spring pressure but I want something better than stock as I plan to ruin many a rear tire. Who has a clutch that is truly a balance between street use and strip use? Thanks, Rob
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I wanted the same for my RR. Everone suggested Centerforce so I'm going w/the dual friction settup. Pretty spendy so I have high expectations. CxCx
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Center forces mid level unit will do the trick. The dual friction, top-of-da-line, holds 90% more than stock. Easy pedal to deal with. Works very well behind my Cuda's 360. (See sig.) & 255/60/15'S to turn.
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my son has a dual-friction unit in his mustang and it works pretty good.
a little pricey, but you get what you pay for. |
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Just make sure you use a Borg and Beck type pressure plate and not a diaphram type. They give trouble with the pedal returning on older Mopars due to the pedal return spring. Zoom makes a good clutch as well as RAM. That's what we use in our street and race cars.
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hello, look into mcleod clutches. they have a B&B hat with long fingers. it works very well. or try a long clutch, it is better than a B&B by far. also, try the series 300 disc. mcloed knows clutches.
both have light pedal pressure and have slight C/W in the fingers for lock up as RPM goes up. I've used both types of mcleod clutches and the 300 series disc in my 340 duster. a softer engagement is easier on drive train parts. |
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centerforce
I miss driving my old five speed, I just sold my old wrangler and I use to burn the tires on and off road, the centerforce dual friction was excellent! I really abused it and never had a problem with it. 35" inch tires smokin all 4 on the rocks down south where I witnessed many stock clutches smokin
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i use a centerforce dual friction settup and i'm pleased with it. it's a little "grabby", meaning it takes hold real fast. if you use the centerforce system, you will most likely need to remove the big overcenter sping under the dash. the only other brand i heard good things about was mccleod.
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I liked my centerforce dual friction smoked all 4 35in tires on my 4x4 with no problems
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Another vote for Centerforce dual friction.
If you have trouble because of the overcenter spring, remove it; the Centerforce directions advise so. |
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WOW! sounds like a unanimous vote for the CF dual friction. Sometimes the biggest name in the market isn't always the best so i'm glad to hear all your testimonials. Thanks, Rob
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The GF has one in here cough cough 500hp Corvette and has performed flawless
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This place had the best price when I bought mine a few mo. ago. - http://www.performanceintl.com/centerforcedual.html |
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hello, one thing about the centerforce, don't dead hook the car. the tires have to spin, to keep from breaking driveline parts. I've seen more broken parts on cars using the centerforce clutch when the tires hooked up on the launch. with a softer clutch, that is not a problem. good luck, you'll need it. and, yes mcleod is the best clutch around. I haven't seen any centerforce clutches in stockers or superstockers. they use ,mcloed, ram,hayes.
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I have to agree with perfmachst on this one. CF's are not the best thing out there to use. We use RAM's in our race cars and the others mentioned are better than CF'z too. Besides the CF is not a Borg and Beck unit and that is all that Mopar recomends for use in there cars.
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I'm running a Ram Powergrip (kevlar reinforced) clutch set behind my 340, and I love it. Pedal pressure is actually a tad lighter than my old Auto Zone reman, but grip is great. They don't recommend it for use with slicks, though, just FYI. Also, they stand behind their parts. I had one of the release fingers hang up a month ago with about 1000 miles on the unit, so I contacted them, and they said send it in. I pulled it, and had it back in about a week, no cost to me other than shipping it out to SC. They were great to work with, and I'd recommend them to anyone, even with the problem.
Clair |
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I am going to order a Hays comp clutch kit. I assume this is one of the recommended clutches everyone mentioned. The clutch I have now gets harder to push in the higher my rpm's get. I also lose all freeplay in the clutch pedal as my rpm's increase. What would cause this. Cheap clutch? It did come from NAPA.
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I had a McLeod setup in my last 4-speed car. I got a one of the heavier units. It broke within a month use. McLeod replaced it for free. My speed shop shipped them the broken pressure plate. McLeod actually followed up about a month later to ensure that I was happy with the new pressure plate. They also told me that they had determined the cause of failure with the original unit. They were already taking steps to ensure that the problem wouldn't happen again.
So, all in all, I was very impressed with McLeod. |
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love the dual friction clutch. i'm really rough on clutches, burned through 3 before put in a cf.
it seems to have much more pedal pressure, though..even a respected mp mechanic out here commented..maybe it's just my car... |
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If the CF is tough on the drivetrain during a hard launch that does not spin the tires then it doesn't seem ideal for a street car? You're saying that the McCleod is better then for street driving? This car will rarely see the track but I will often take launches that don't spin the tires. Snappin' necks is just as fun as smoking the tires. Thanks, Rob
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I think the deal is this: if you have a clutch that doesn't hold as well, the clutch plates will slip, rather than the tires spinning or the drivetrain breaking. I haven't broken my drivetrain, 360/380 crate - 4 speed 833 - 30 year old driveshaft - axles....although the and tranny diff are rebuilds.
That's why I've gone through clutches..but the Cf DF has not burned out in 4 years, a record for me. I usually get about 20k miles on my daily drivers(honda prelude/subaru impreza outback sport). An Impreza will not do 4 wheel burnouts, though... |
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