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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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Ok, in a dilemma about what clutch to put behind a 416, in a 2002 Camaro. Guessing 500-550 rwhp

Monster is out, so dont bother suggesting them.

I am really looking at the twin setups out there, they seem to offer the best all around for street and track use. Act like a stock clutch hold like a race clutch.

Any input on any of them?

What are all you big power guys running?
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Mccleod is a great dual disk set up mine took alot of abuse and lasted 30k plus miles
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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Why is monster out?
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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One of the Spec twin discs would work very well for you.
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Spec- sucks
Monster- Sucks......

Get either an RPS, Zr1 clutch or a Mcleod
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 04:20 AM
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I like the Mcleod RXT setup.
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 05:04 AM
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Smile street or track??????????? or both......

Originally Posted by Slowhawk
I like the Mcleod RXT setup.
an why is that?????
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 06:25 AM
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Textraila.
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Devilish34
Why is monster out?
Setup was a Monster 3.5 (which I find it interesting its discontinued now) with a Tick Master, new slave and all.

Clutch 1 was one of the small batch of mis-machined clutch setups and where my tranny took a lot of high rpm grinding trying all the bs they had me going through before they realized the issue I guess.

Clutch 2 Vibration, sent me a new pressure plate

Clutch 2.3 Maybe has 2500 miles on it and has abnormal wear pattern and still never could shift at high rpm.

So I am out by time on the warranty, I called them, described the wear, said it was probably caused by forcing the trans and pulling it in with the bolts.

They asked for pictures, but I decided not to go any further with it, I am done pulling my trans for all these issues with them.
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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Textralia OZ700. Slightly more track use: get the Z-grip. Slightly more street use: get the X-grip. I loved every second of mine until I sold the car.

Also, no break-in period. Install, pull out onto the street, rev it up and dump the clutch, followed by a full blast through the gears. Ready to go.
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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http://www.diamondclutch.com/
a lot of guys in dallas area are running Diamond Stage 3. its basically a textralia clone for a lot less money. he buys the components from the same source as textralia.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 04:53 PM
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Well I ordered the RXT Mcleod setup. Hopefully no issues with this one.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra R
Well I ordered the RXT Mcleod setup. Hopefully no issues with this one.
Spec twin big guy... Cant go wrong there they are just beautiful clutches.. Hope your purchase works out for you...
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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It was a toss up between the two. I will have to blame it on everyone that suggested using it if it goes wrong
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love my Spec Stage IIIf..
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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Textralia OZ700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Textralia OZ700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Textralia OZ700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I had a monster 3.5 too. I loved it, held great and drivability was great. I ended up pulling the ls2 out of my car before selling the car, and noticed there was an unusual wear on the disk material for only having 10k miles on it. I dont do much high rpm shifts either. I too thought it weird that it is now discontinued after such a short production run. I don't know if I will go back to monster again, plus I don't prefer puck style disks
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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get a zr1 clutch if its a street car. nothing like the stock feel, skip on the bs on chadder and all that other crap.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra R
Well I ordered the RXT Mcleod setup. Hopefully no issues with this one.
You made a good choice. We mostly put these in Corvette's from 400hp to 900rwhp.Everybody loves them and all the vette owners are picky.
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
get a zr1 clutch if its a street car. nothing like the stock feel, skip on the bs on chadder and all that other crap.
Anywhere i can find info on a zr1 clutch for our cars? Searched and couldn't find anything.
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