I'm currently doing the t56 swap, and I just pulled the unit out of the donor car, and it has the stock style LT1 PP etc. After some searching it seems for best results I need the LT4 PP - which its seems it available at a local parts stores in a clutch kit with 'disc/PP/align tool/realase & pilot bearing' is this correct? Where are people getting it, autozone here shoes a DURALAST kit 'NU31265' with thoose parts for $200 and then a LUK '04-134' for $360....

Also it seems the stock GM part# clutch thats in it is made by valeo as well as the PP, does this exact disc come in the aftermarket kits as well? is the stock style disc good enough for my mod's it'll only see the track like once per month, and some street action, but 90% daily driver....

Thanks in advance for the help

 

any opinions on the aftermarket stock replacement clutches? trash?

 

Can anyone help me out plz, I don't know what to go with - the search function is useless because there numerous horror stories with EVERY clutch. Anyone bought a clutch kit recently from autozone/oreilys/pep can tell me anything about if it had the sqaure TO bearing, lt4 PP? which clutch??

 

might not help but i just ordered a ram hdx clutch kit off of summit racing. little better then a stock replacment and let you know how it works out for me.

 

Well I was short on funds, so I just bought the Autozone DURALAST kit 'NU31265' it had the lt4 PP and what looks to be the exact same valeo disc as what was in it from GM, but did not have the square TOB - but it should be O.K. for a cheap stock level setup.

One thing, the kit came with a pilot bushing, and not an actual bearing, the car had a bearing from GM, so aperantly GM thought it was necessary, but aftermarket does not???

 

That kit should work fine....ran it in my car for quite a while. Didn't hold up very well to burnouts, aggressive launches or hard shifting but was fine for daily driving. A better setup however, is the Mcleod single disc with the Autozone PP....just put it in my car and am very, very happy with this setup. Engages like stock but holds like gorilla glue

A word of caution though - spend the extra $4 to get a pilot bearing. Don't run that bronze POS bushing they include in the kit. If you have much play in your input shaft (caused by worn main bearings in the tranny), the bushing will wear down very quickly and allow your clutch disc to contact the pressure plate bolts at higher rpm, destroying the clutch disc. I destroyed two clutches this way until I figured it out what was going on (just rebuilt the tranny and put in new clutch setup w/ a bearing). A bearing won't allow this to happen - the worn tranny bearings will make noise but won't blow clutches every few months.