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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 10:42 PM
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Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

OK, so the transmission is out of my car being rebuilt.

The Centerforce clutch and pressure plate in it have about 30,000 miles on them.

The disc has some wear, and the pressure plate seems kinda janky. Several of the arms are kinda loose. I'm going to go ahead and replace the clutch.

Looking for a good street clutch. What's a good one?
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 11:21 PM
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Re: Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

Originally Posted by seanof30306
OK, so the transmission is out of my car being rebuilt.

The Centerforce clutch and pressure plate in it have about 30,000 miles on them.

The disc has some wear, and the pressure plate seems kinda janky. Several of the arms are kinda loose. I'm going to go ahead and replace the clutch.

Looking for a good street clutch. What's a good one?

I have been really happy with my spec stage 1 except for the throwout bearing which made some bad noises after a couple thousand miles. Replaced it with a good Hays bearing and life is good. About $300 for the set.
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Old Jun 18, 2016 | 12:47 AM
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Re: Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

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I have been really happy with my spec stage 1 except for the throwout bearing which made some bad noises after a couple thousand miles. Replaced it with a good Hays bearing and life is good. About $300 for the set.
Where did you get it?
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 07:50 AM
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Re: Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

I've got a McLeod street pro with a tilton master cylinder.works real nice. I'm running on the upper limit of its power level with no issues
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 11:09 AM
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Re: Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

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Where did you get it?
Ebay it was this clutch

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPEC-SC191-S...VWxgGb&vxp=mtr

Then the hays self aligning throwout bearing was from summit I think.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hay-70-201 if I remember correct
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 05:17 AM
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Re: Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

Ram clutch here. No issues with it. I'm putting down around 400 ft lbs at the crank too.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 01:20 PM
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Re: Need A Recommendation For A New Clutch

There are lots of good clutches out there,

Over the years though, I've had great experiences with SPEC. I had a Spec Stage 3 for YEARS in a 450hp setup in my car, and it probably had over 100 passes on it at the track, on slicks, before I changed it and went to a stage 3+. That clutch actually survived another few years of drag racing, including bumping up to a 900+ horsepower blown setup (where it is now), which was about double what that clutch should've been handling.

It finally came apart and it dropped out in 3 pieces (friction material, disc, friction materia ... rivets were disintegrated!).

I got a SPEC Twin disc to replace it and love it so far.

There was one time, I broke in a Stage 3 for 500+ miles, took it to the track and it welded itself to the flywheel on the first launch. I called SPEC and they replaced it, resurfaced my (non SPEC) flywheel, and shipped everything back and forth no questions, no problems. That's what sold me on them for the long haul. Good dudes.
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