Smoked my clutch
 

Today on the way home from picking up my son sitting at a red light I started to smell clutch. When the light turned green it was real soft. I just had this clutch put in. It is a ram HD clutch. It is not slipping but real soft and does not feel right at all. I prob. have 5000 miles on the clutch. I am wondering if I have too much HP for this clutch. I am so mad. I paid 200 for the clutch and 425 for installation. I wonder if my mechanic is at fault of if it is a defective clutch or too much HP. Has anyone had this problem with Ram clutches? Hate to have to spend more $$$$$ after putting 10 grand into it.

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95 gt:347 stroker balanced,edelbrock 150 shot, edelbrock intake and heads ported and matched, 70mm throttle body, 75mm mass air meter, 2040 cam, 1.7 cobra rockers,cold air induction, bbk equal lengths,high flow h-pipe, super chip, 24lb injectors,190lph fuel pump(bbk), under drive pulleys, 4;30 gears,Hurst shifter Has other mods but not too sure what my mechanic did. To see all mods look at my spec page.
R/T .641
60FT 1.57
1/8 6.98
1/4 10.81 @ 127MPH

$425 man that sounds Like alot of $$$$

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Engine: steel mounts, Under drive pulleys, K&N, Home ported Lower Intake, No power steering, No A/C
Drive Train: 3.55, T-5z,

Real power STUFF I Have and will put some time: Mac cold intake, 70MM TB, Valve covers (COOL ONES)255 Fuel pump NOS Dry 75HP, AFR 165 58cc, GT-40 Intake.
Next to get: Rocker Arms,Cam,Injectors 24, What might I need???See It at www.computerconquest.com

Your running 10's man, good luck on clutches. It's a good problem to have though. If it's just the Ram like out of Jeg's(I really doubt that it is) it has like 30% more holding power than stock, if so it is way too weak for your set-up, Centerforce Dual Friction or maybe even a stronger clutch? How come you don't know all your mod's done to your car? If it's not slipping, then....what's the deal?

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-1989 GT, not stock.
-2000 Camaro SS-A4,
-1989 Chevy S-10, EX. Cab-383, RPM air-gap intake, demon carb., tubbed, trick flow TW heads, trick flow pistons, 6" rod's, etc... autometer phantom gauges, "built" 700R4, roll cage, lexan back window, corbeau seats, R.H.S. 5 harnesses, Fuel cell, convo pro wheels, 15x14's with 29x18.5 M/T'S on back, 15x4's on front, nitrous, 4 inch cowl hood, Ford 9", auburn Pro-series Posi, Pro-billet distributor, Sanderson Jet-hot coated headers, Custom radiator,

[This message has been edited by 1BAD89 (edited 11-01-2001).]