Darn CLUTCH!!!!
 

Ok here we go again i hate posting on the same topic when someone already posted a simular question but.....I was driving home from a buddy of mines house when i was noticeing the clutch felt a lil unusually. It seamed not to be slipping but there was much more slack in the pedal. It is getting very hard to shift aswell. I know it is not the tranny because it is almost brand new and i was having this same problem before I blew the old tranny. Well I was going to just go with a cheap clutch but i guess the 1.7rr can hold off. What clutch do you use. I dont mind a heavy one either. I want one that can handle hard launches on slicks and i havent really looked into clutches that much because there are so many of them out there.

thanks guys
sorry about the length

i need to order it tommarow come on guys give me a hand! How are ram clutches? Or should i just go with a ford racing clutch?

i havent had ANY good experiances with the ford clutches, never heard anything about ram clutches though.
i had bad experiances with centerforce too.

the stock clutch was the only one that didnt f-up on me once

IMO-the king cobra clutch is junk

I've got the King Cobra Clutch on my 331 and Tremec 3550 and love it. Easy peddal pressure and great holding power. No problems here. :)

Previously, I used the stocker until my 331 went in. No problems with that one either, but it was getting close to replacement time and was easier to do the whole tranny, clutch, bell swap at once.

Good luck,
E

88workcar anyone else with low 60 foots have any input they want to share?


thanks
again

Check The Cable
 

I have a similar problem....sometimes the clutch cable gets chewed up and frayed where it connects to the clutch fork. This makes it stretch and it can get hard to shift. Its easy to check just by taking out a bolt and looking in under the cover. I would do this before u buy a new clutch.

yeah i dont even have the cover on there since i put on the tremec. but i am going to order a new one also i know it has stretched but the clutch is slippen too. hey where in chicago do u live i noticed there is a lot a people from around here we should hit up the track when it gets warm one of these days
raini

rt-66 is about a mile and a half from my house, the new nascar track is REALLY LOUD. i never go there to drag race though, their tech is a pain in the a&&, i go to us41 a lot though.

thats in indiana right??? i went there once at night my favorite track is greatlakes.
later

im from naperville, and i go to Great lakes and Byron. never been to US41 or Rt66 though.....

any of you locals wanna meet up sometime?

Re: Darn CLUTCH!!!!
 

Have you adjusted your clutch? Try pulling up on it....or do you have an adjustable quadrant? The cable could be stretching or frayed also, as PeTro mentioned.
As for the clutch I've run a Centerforce dual friction clutch for years now with no complaints what so ever. The thing still feels like brand new. I launching on slicks w/ nitrous & it grabs great. I can race the car all day long and the pedal never gets mushy like the stock one used to. My best 60ft. time is a 1.70. Centerforce has my vote.

center force dual friction is going to have the votes 88 is running that too. summit has it for 361 shipped to my door anywhere have it cheaper???
thanks