The clutch in my car has died at 59,000 miles and i am going to have it replaced soon with a aftermarket one, possibly Centerforce. Recently i have heard bad things about this clutch including a rumor that it will begin to slip in something like 5,000 miles. Is this true? is so what clucth should i get?

 

Mines still badass after about 7000 miles on it.

 

No offense Rob and Stefan, but you both have 3.4L engines. I know 1000 rpm's is still 1000 rpm's no matter what, but we are talking clamping force on the flywheel of a V6 not a V8. My personal opinion would be that money would be well spent elsewhere on the car than a performance clutch. When I clutch shopped for mine, I remember reading someone say that the stock clutch is not a bad clutch up to a certain amount of HP and torque. Provided the fact that nothing is leaking of course, i.e. - rear main seal, input shaft seal, or slave/master cylinder. Unfortunately for me all 3 went bad this summer, taking my stock clutch the first time, a new stage 3 carbon the second, and now the damn rear main is leaking again. But I am going to catch it before my clutch gets damage this time. By the way, who ever stated that you should change your rear main seal when doing the clutch? Dont! I put 2 Felpro Teflon rear main seals in this summer and they are junk. I think they are the only felpro gasket I will not stand by. I went to get one at the GM dealer and noticed the GM gasket had a tension spring to hold the seal against the hub. Hmmmn? Felpro dont have that?

Just my $.02 though.
-Israel

 

Oh I understand the weakness of my motor, but you also have to understand that I blew my last two stcok clutches within about a year. I used to drive my car way too hard. So I thought that since I had the money I might as well put something in there that is going to last. So far so good. I like my dual friction.

 

CF DF


haven't seen any slip in ~10k miles

I drive that bitch hard too...and I got power.

 

I may agree with above, my motor is stock internally, and I jsut installed my 4th, yes no typo 4th clutch. Last one lasted 15k, and was installed by the dealer.

I really considered a CF DF, and woudl have gotten one if the money was in my account.

 

sadly enough i can't afford the dual friction. The one i plan on purchasing is the centerforce II i think? It says it holds 30% better than stock, has anyone had any experiences with tihs clutch??