FndmntlsOfPimpn

After i get done with my car im goin to be doing alot of cruising and ill be goin to woodward is there anyway to set up a guage to moniter the temp of your clutch i know it got hot last year and i htink it may have help the clutch self destruct itself 60 miles away from home lol

Thanks guys
Kevin

BIGJON

I dought it... could be wrong though...

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iTrader: (9)

I am sure you could but how bad do you really want to? I am sure you could rig up a lazer temp reader to aim inside the bell housing. I would check to see if there are any build it your self kits or plans and adapt those to work down there on the bellhousing.

406TPI

iTrader: (1)

You could rig up a non-contact unit I suppose. I know a guy who lost his fairly new CF clutch in the woodward cruise a couple years ago. He went back to an automatic...I now have his T56 Sucks for him

FndmntlsOfPimpn

yea id really like to find soemhting im adapting my whole car to be able to deal with woodward ectra coolin and ect its hard on em 20 miles of parking lot they tend to get a little hot any other ideas guys? would an exhaust temp guage work that i could just put in the bellhousing? maybe just moniter the air temp around it, if the clutch is hot the air is gonn get hott right? i would just like some type of a warning if it starts to get up there a ways

88 350 tpi formula

iTrader: (9)

I really think the lazer temp would work the best. the ones you get from snap on and such places is very good. I would bet there are kits you can build


http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2...OVMTC=standard

here is one of many cheap ones

brutalform

If you really want to get technical, and you are doing some serious weekend racing, Ive heard of guys using a leaf blower between rounds. Overheating it can cause slippage, or it will grab hard, depending on the materials its made of. If you feel
you need it cooled on a hot day, on long cruises, then by all means do it. Your clutch will definatley benifit from it....Tom

FndmntlsOfPimpn

weekend racing will be a minium but im more concerd when driving throught town i do alot of crusin round the stomping grounds on the weekend and in cruises liek woodward id jus like to keep an eye on it i figured if i put some type of air temp moniter i could know at least when its gettin to a near critical temp how do you guys think and exhaust temp gauge would work?

flowmasterchevy

why not go with a lower rear gear so you dont have to ride the clutch as much?

TexasLT1

that wouldn't really matter in stop-and-go traffic

I could see that helping if you were in slowly-rolling traffic, as you wouldn't have to ride the clutch.

FndmntlsOfPimpn

Yea wooward is alot of stop and go traffic 10 miles straight 3 lanes bumer to bumper EACH WAY! no matter what its hard on your car but its alot of fun i plan on havin full automter guages to moniter everything and id like to be able to keep and eye on my clucth so i dont destroy another clutch so far away from home

flowmasterchevy

o ok, i thought it was like a big cruise/parade type thing... i figured you might be riding your clutch alot since it was high geared... so what all is at this Woodward thing?