I have been looking into high performance clutch replacements for my 97 f-body. what is the opinion of centerforce df clutch for a high horse power lt4 stroker engine. thanks for any input.
TBG.

 

Do a search; Centerforce has screwed over a number of members here.

For high HP, your two popular choices are a McLeod Street Twin and the Star Stage III (Carbon and Ceramic) clutches.

 

Thank You for your reply. Is there a problem with there clutch that I should Know about.?
TBG

 

THEY SUCK....had one last less then 3 months with only one trip to the track. And it was at the track that it died. Dont do it, go with a Mcloed.....much better clutch and it lasts!

Q

 

thanks for your reply. I had thought they had a good reputation....is this an f-body problem?, or is it acoss the board.
TBG

 

My friend had his, he likes it, but he's going Spec on his next clutch...he likes my Spec MUCH better.

His gave out on him at the track as well. The clutch feels good, but it seems they have a short life span...at least in the F body.

DJ

 

My CF ripped in half in a year. Fo the money you could get a SPEC stage 3. I have one. Or you could go with the SLP light weight PP and Disk assembly, its a good one and alot cheaper.

Jeff

 

thank you all for the input. it most certainly does not seem to be the weapon of choice.
TBG

 

Seven clutch installs in a year and a half. Poor customer service. Centerforce ALWAYS blamed something else like the hydraulics, the clutch installer, my driving, the flywheel, or whatever...

I went to an automatic. Cost me a small fortune. I will not do business with them again. At one point I had a GM clutch installed and all the problems went away completely (except it wouldn't hold the power) and then put the Centerforce back into the car and the problem started again. Basically, the clutch would not go into reverse when the car was running. If I shut the car off it would go into reverse, but not when it was on. I had two different shops do the installation, change throwout bearings, changed flywheels, changed the hydraulics (twice), and went through a pile of Centerforce products. It never worked and Midway Industries refused to accept ANY responsibility.

Maybe something has changed sicne then (two years ago), and maybe their products have omproved, but I will not recommend them based on my experience.

 

DO it right the first time and go with a Mcleod Street Twin

 

tnthub,
did you ever find out why the transmission would not engage reverse while running. i have a friend in miami that has a similar problem with reverse issues with his df aswell but swears that the clutch is great at the track.
TBG

 

the guy at the local speed shop told me that c/f clutches need a special t/o bearing in order to work properly and he clamed to have a few hundred installs with no problems.

 

That's strange, considering that Centerforce sends a factory replacement TO bearing with their assemblys...

Anyways, I took my centerforce clutch assembly into my local clutch shop, and they told me all they do to the discs is remove the factory material from on side, cut up some pieces of the same material and put it back on.

One other thing they mentioned is that if you have a patent on something it dosen't have to actually work.

 

I've heard bad things about them but I havent had a problem with mine in over a year and it still feels good.Maybe I lucked out?

 

I have bought 4 df for different vehicles 2 of them for big blocks and I havent had a problem with any of them.