Cam94Z28

No problem. I will get some pics for you tomorrow

Cam94Z28

Sorry about the delay. Was a busy weekend. I will get those pics for you tomorrow.

white97T/A

Cool, I will watch for it.

I ordered a dual friction clutch, pressure plate and a flywheel from the tranny shop that I had working on my T56. The guy was vague about the brand but the price was right so it will be interesting to see what I get. I will keep you posted.

Cam94Z28

There are a lot of generic (eBay) dual friction type clutches. I would find out the brand and check some reviews before you commit.

As promised, here are the pics.

Box


Valeo Branded Disc


Ground edges on flange


Another Angle


One of the other flanges. You can see that it's ground differently


Outer edge of friction surface. Zoom Clutch did not have these ground


Another one, also ground differently

FirebirdGT

Just curious - what about Centerforce?

https://www.centerforce.com/

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Cam94Z28

What are you asking? Centerforce is one of the largest and better respected performance clutch brands.

FirebirdGT

With all the brands being mentioned - just wondering why Centerforce was not mentioned. Cost?

I have a Centerforce pressure plate, disc and HD throwout bearing. Picked them up at the manufacturing plant. Really great guys there.

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95_LT1Z

Check out LUK clutches. They are the ones who make the factory clutches. Mine had one in it and when I replaced it, it had the correct valeo stamping on the disk and was balanced like factory.

Cam94Z28

If you look at the pics I posted for White97T/A, Luk is the set I ended up with. Mine appears to be using a generic PP without drilled balance holes, but the edge of the plate are ground down in a wierd way, which may be used for balancing. It did come with the same Valeo disc that GM wants $300+ for separately.

Yes, cost was the biggest reason. I am not going for insane power levels, so something equal to OEM for a decent price was the goal. The crap brands you find in most local auto parts stores are complete garbage. Unbalanced PP's, defective disc material that literally falls apart the first time it overheats, etc... Luk was a great compromise.