Any opinions on clutch to handle 500WHP?

[go-stang5.0]

I been running a spec stage 2 for 4 yrs now. I just changed the clutch disc when I did the g-force tranny (but the tob and pressure plate are the same). Holding fine and the trannys good too. However the clutch pedal is heavy and stop and go can be annoying...but when moving most of my shifts are clutchless so it doesnt bother me. I dont really dragrace the car but it does get open tracked several times a year...as finances allow. So thats the extent of the stresses on the stuff.

 

[bimmertech]

i'll be the first to say it.

I HATE SPEC CLUTCHES.

they break alot, have outrageous pedal effort, way too grabby, cust service is ****. i know there are alot of guys on here that feel the same.

i do like my king cobra, but my next clutch will be a custom job through a place here in town.

 

[Therian]

Oh, I too took WHP, as meaning "wheel horsepower" as in the wheels on the car, I guess it really means flywheel.

I typically see FWHP as "front wheel horse power", as it is the logical parallel to RWHP.

flywheel horsepower should be referred to as BHP (brake horse power)

 

[Pokageek]

So "Centerforce Dual Friction " is the one to go with for my BHP (500) level and rives with ease of stock clutch?

 

[5spd GT]

The clutch pedal is soft for sure, as soft as stock to me...

Centerforce is a great product in the general clutch aftermarket.

You can 'ride' the clutch out too...

 

[go-stang5.0]

I have seen pressure plates with weights on the springs so that as rpms go up, clamping force increases. That was you have a light pedal at low rpms, but you still have goodholding power up high where you make the hp. Does anyone make such a pressure plate for our cars?

 

[Rock777]

I have seen pressure plates with weights on the springs so that as rpms go up, clamping force increases. That was you have a light pedal at low rpms, but you still have goodholding power up high where you make the hp. Does anyone make such a pressure plate for our cars?

This is how the Centerforce Dual Friction is designed, very nice clutch in my opinion.

 

[5spd GT]

That is how Centerforce in general is designed, whether it be gold class, stage II, Dual Friction or the DFX series...

That is where they get there name

 

[Rock777]

That is how Centerforce in general is designed, whether it be gold class, stage II, Dual Friction or the DFX series...

That is where they get there name

Correct, but given the original topic and go-stang5.0's comment of "but you still have goodholding power up high where you make the hp," I didn't want to mention anything less than the Dual Friction, might throw some people off.

 

[fiveohh94gt]

+1 for the centerforce dual-friction, i also had a zoom dual-friction before the centerforce and was pretty happy with it also

 

[5spd GT]

Correct, but given the original topic and go-stang5.0's comment of "but you still have goodholding power up high where you make the hp," I didn't want to mention anything less than the Dual Friction, might throw some people off.

but not Pokageek...

 

[Pokageek]

Thanks alot guys!! Looks like cdf it is!!

 

[go-stang5.0]

Yea centerforce....now its kinda obvious to me. On a side note, those weights add rotating mass to the pressure plate. Which can be looked at as a bad thing by people like me who dont care about hole shot. I wonder how much mass those weights actually add to the pp. And also what the CF pp weighs compared to other PP's.

 

[5spd GT]

I say a few ounces...they are 'loose' somewhat on the wire that holds them. They don't feel heavy at all...

 

[KBCobra95]

I have a pro motion custom clutch. It is supposed to handle around 550 whp. The man told me it is the hradest grapping clutch he would "trust" in front of the stock T-5