My choices are centerforce, star, and mcleod. My car is a 97 SS six speed with slp lm exhaust, and 6.5 psi powerdyne supercharger. I need to have a better clutch than my stocker because it has started slipping. I only race on occassion and I want it to be a streetable clutch. Thanks for the help!

 

mcloed makes a disk and pp other then the twin street. not to expensive either. check out there web site, sorry couldnt get into it more, i have to get back to work. im goin to go with that package, ill let ya know how it turns out.

 

I would say McLeod...I have their single disk clutch and I haven't had any problems yet. If you can afford it, I would say to get the street twin. That was my first choice!!

 

yeah, i was leaing towards the dual performance clutch, and that set-up is around 400$ Is this the single clutch that you said you have? If so how is the feel of the clutch?

 

The clutch feels like stock, BUT the only drawback that I will note is that it chatters a LOT when it is first being broken in. After it gets broke in, it isn't so bad, but still noticeable. Make SURE you do the drill out modification of your master cylinder line (I didn't do this, I had someone do it for me, but the owner of McLeod can fax you instructions). I talked to the owner and he thought that the new master/slave cylinder and the lines were included with a new setup, but you might want to check on it. If they aren't included, you will need to do that drill mod.

Hope this helps.

 

All of my personal friends that run a SPEC love them. I have a stage1 and I have two friends with stage IIIs

 

If you only want to do it one time.... I'd say go with the StreetTwin, IMO it is the best clutch hands down ! like a friend said.. "smooth as butter and grabs like mad. He was right
If you go with the ST you will be very pleased.

 

how long does it take for it to be broken in, and how hard are they to install?

 

when you guys say that it chatters after being broken in (street twin and the single disk) is it like having major hot spots on the flywheel, or just a little chatter like if you dont give it enough gas when the clutch , flywheel is kinda beat after launching for a while

 

When you are at low RPM's and you let the clutch out it will chatter a bit.

I was told by a friend that the clutch doesn't even need to be broken in because it has ceramic busts on the clutch disc....I still gave it about 500 miles before doing anything extremely stupid with it.

 

DubbyZ28Camaro: when i talked to a tech at mcleod they couldnt seem to give me a power limit to use with this clutch. right now we have about the same set up as you except for a few things. when i leave from a stop light at 3500rpm the clutch slips bad as hell. im running the nittos. i plan on putting down a decent amount of power once i do some work to the car, 450 to the wheels. would you still recommend it or is it like the lt4 only good for about 450 crank HP. i think the Street twin is overkill and i dont have a 1000 for a clutch package. do you guys think the single disk will be sufficent. thanks for the help becuase lord knows the mcleod tech wasnt.

 

If you are aiming for 450 rwhp and are leaving at 3500 rpm on drag radials, the Street Twin isn't overkill. And you can get it for more like $900 from Thunder Racing. I've got one and am very happy with it. Once it broke in there is no chatter at all and it engages as nicely as stock. Sometimes it drives so nicely on the street that I start to wonder if it's wearing out, but it still grabs like hell at the strip with ET Streets are high RPM launches. Clutch problems are a such headache that it's worth the expense if you plan to run your car hard. Buy two regular clutches and you've paid for it. Don't forget that the Street Twin also includes a new flywheel and master cylinder in that $900 price. You also don't _have_ to get the aluminum version. I've got the steel one and have no problems. Just my $.02.

 

rich so you dont think that its worth the extra couple hundred for the aluminum flywheel. if its as good as everyone says then im sure i will bite the bullet and purchase it. thanks for the input. DO YOU have any worries about destroying the input shaft or tranny with this clutch.

 

I'm not saying that the aluminum isn't worth the difference. But if you are comparing a "regular" clutch to a Street Twin and money is an issue (which was my situation), then the steel flywheel is still worth owning. As far as worrying about breaking the tranny, I do worry about that but not because of my clutch.

 

They are saying that the single disc clutch is rated at 450 rwhp. Did you do the drill out mod with the clutch??? If not that could be your problem right there. I just recently went to the track and threw on a buddies slicks and dumped the clutch from about 3200 RPMS and the clutch didn't even slip a bit. Like I said, I haven't had a single problem with it (other than the fact that they never told me about the drill out mod until I complained of a slip).

I would suggest against an aluminum flywheel if you are planning on keeping your car streetable. I haven't had any experience with it, but I have heard about people that have driven the car on the street and had the flywheel warp because it gets too hot and aluminum will warp easily. I was also wondering about this and if it is true or if someone is just full of it??

Hope this helps....