Clutch Repalcement

How is it going guys. I am up here in CANADA "EH" and up here I can't get no help with information on clutches. I have heard horror stories about people putting clutches in their 6speeds and shortly after the clutch went bad. I have a 1995 Z28 and the only mods I have done are I built my own cold/ram air intake,complete high flow exhaust and had installed a set of 373 gears. I would appreciate some feed back on a good clutch plus I am a regular at my local drag track. On bald tires and a slipping clutch I managed to pull off a 14.2. Hope to hear from you guys.

AULPHIELT1:D

I had the street twin installed about 6 months ago. It grips great and so far so good as far as wear. I'd recommend it highly, I am using the steel flywheel.

Brian

Thank you hawk for the information. I would be much apreciative if you could refer me to a parts store that I could obtain this clutch or a web site from which I could look into this product. As I get better with the computer I will post pics of my car and my project which is a 1975 Chevy Camero from which I have converted a stroked 427 into this car. It was nice to hear from you and I hope to be swapping information in the future.

aulphielt1:D

well, this clutch assembly is not cheap, if you want the best of the best though it's the one to get.(buy this clutch once, then you don't have to worry about clutches again, you can just buy the rebuild kit if you ever wear it down). My car has plenty or torque, and trust me I'll break the rear end before the clutch even thinks about slipping.(rated by the manufacturer to hold 900hp)

http://www.thunderracing.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=subcategory&subcategoryid=1100

Scroll down to mcleod clutches, PN 37-64022-7

For more information on this clutch, I'd do a search you'll see a button on the top of this webpage, type in "street twin" you'll get threads of ppl talking about them.

If your not willing to spend the $950 for the clutch, I'd probably go with a SPEC clutch but they aren't as grabby AND as streetable, due to the fact that the street twin is a dual disk clutch.

Brian

If you're a bolt on car or anything short of about 400 at the wheels, a McLeod Street Twin is overkill on the extreme end. Trust me. I got one while I was still bolt on because I knew the motor work was coming. My short times took a 2/10 nose dive because there is NO slipping this clutch. I'd highly recommend a McLeod single disc setup as it's good for up to 400 HP at the wheels, and it's proven to be very reliable. Pretty much any F-Body parts vendor will sell this setup, simply use with a stock flywheel. Much more streetable/driver friendly.

Don't get me wrong, I love my street twin, it's just a bit harsh.

Originally posted by Fastbird93
If you're a bolt on car or anything short of about 400 at the wheels, a McLeod Street Twin is overkill on the extreme end. Trust me. I got one while I was still bolt on because I knew the motor work was coming. My short times took a 2/10 nose dive because there is NO slipping this clutch. I'd highly recommend a McLeod single disc setup as it's good for up to 400 HP at the wheels, and it's proven to be very reliable. Pretty much any F-Body parts vendor will sell this setup, simply use with a stock flywheel. Much more streetable/driver friendly.

Don't get me wrong, I love my street twin, it's just a bit harsh.


Get a good nitrous hit on a bolton lt1 and that single disk will fry on a pair of slicks, :p
And I can slip the clutch, are we talking about the same clutch here?? It has a narrow range of slip but once the clutch is fully engaged it will hold(it's not an on/off switch). It drives almost stock.

But it all depends on what he wants to do with the car, right? :)
I'd still say it's better to go overboard then to get something you'll have to redo later..........................

Originally posted by Hawk
Get a good nitrous hit on a bolton lt1 and that single disk will fry on a pair of slicks, :p
And I can slip the clutch, are we talking about the same clutch here?? It has a narrow range of slip but once the clutch is fully engaged it will hold(it's not an on/off switch). It drives almost stock.

But it all depends on what he wants to do with the car, right? :)
I'd still say it's better to go overboard then to get something you'll have to redo later..........................

If you can slip a Street Twin to anything better than a 2.0 short time, then you sir are a better driver than me!! :D

I consider myself a pretty decent driver, but when I got the Street Twin to the track, there was no slipping it. On the street, if you are like a feather on the throttle, you can slip it, but if you're trying to cut a short time at the track, good luck.

About the single disc, yeah, if you're on slicks and a big shot of laughing gas, then yeah, it's not going to hold up. Mind you, I did say 400 at the wheels. It will hold for a while, but not as long as it should. Heck, my single disc setup stood up to 3 years, 24K miles, and over 100 dragstrip passes before it gave up the ghost on me.

If all you have done are the basic mods which is air intake and exhaust, I'd suggest an SLP setup. It's about 30-40% stronger than stock and for about the same price. Basically it's the same setup they put in a Firehawk or Camaro SS. check it out at www.slponline.com

I am not expected to run big horse or nitrous.The clutch I have in my car now is the origional as far as I know. I was thinking about running a SLP setup. I want the clutch to grab better but I am doing chassis work to run slicks.Unless you guys can tell me a better alternative to get the car to hook up better.In my area there are a lot of mustangs and I am kinda alone against them so I just want to give them a run for their money. I have beaten a few of them considering my clutch situation but I need to hook up better and then its on.;)