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Old 11-17-2008 | 04:19 PM
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Hello people.
I decided to go for the Mcleod RST twin clutch for my car. I also got their billet steel Flywheel and have the new TILTON MC from TICK performance.
I cant wait to get on the car hard and be able to shift smooth.

is there any special break-in period for this type of clutch?
anything useful I need to know before I go ahead and istall it?

THANKS TO SPEED INC for hooking me up and answering all my qustions.

Anyone have a transmission jack that I can rent or borrow, I am in the middle of swapping cutches and I cannot for the life of me get the damn tranny linned up. I gave up tonight because I was too frustrated to continue.
Let me know if you know where I can get one for a day please.

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Old 11-17-2008 | 05:13 PM
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Thanks for your order, I'm sure you will like the clutch much as I do mine.

Break in street driving for 500 miles. stop / Go, then race it.

Fraser

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Old 11-20-2008 | 12:14 AM
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WOW, it took 2 days for my clutch to get to me from SPEED INC, thanks a lot for the fast shipping, I will replace the clutch this Friday and will update the thread with my opinion on it.
Old 11-22-2008 | 11:09 PM
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anyone with a tranny jack that I can rent or borrow? I need one to finish putting my tranny in to tr out the RST cluth I am installing.
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Old 11-23-2008 | 12:01 AM
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nice clutch, if you are comming froma single disc it is going to be night and day experience for you
Old 11-23-2008 | 09:51 AM
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yes I am comming from a LS7 clutch, I was having trouble with it because it was not able to disengage. the clutch does not even have 1000 miles. it looks brand new but it is not enough for the stroker I guess. I went over the hydraulics and swapped the MC for a tilton unit, and a new slave and still had problems once I reved it high.
I cant wait to get it runnning and see how this one holds up.
Old 11-23-2008 | 11:25 AM
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anyone know the part number for the transmission to block dowls? I am missing this 2 items.
Old 11-25-2008 | 01:05 AM
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I had a couple different spec clutches, went to the tex single unit, now I hav a dual disc in my ss and a triple in my ta, low that the pedal is so soft, withthe big cams I am running in my ta having a soft clutch makes it a breeze to drive
Old 11-25-2008 | 05:13 PM
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I recently had Speed Inc. install the a Mcleod RST, Tick Adj. M/C, and a GM slave and the setup is absolutely amazing. Good luck on the install, I guarantee you'll be happy with it.
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I will finish the install tomorrow because I had to go ook for the dowel pins that go in between the block and bellhousing.
I am also not able to run it until I receive the Fast 92 intake and Nick Williams TB so I can install it.
I will have it running by Thursday......hope is as good as you'll are saying
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hey hey hey,
I just drove the car today and the clutch pedal is very soft, but it seems to grab great.
I am driving it everyday until I can break it in and then do some WOT runs.
the car does buck a little on first and second.. anybody have any idea as to why this is happening?
I also installed a 92/92 fast intake and the throtle is very responsive, me like it.
Old 12-02-2008 | 09:47 PM
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The pedal pressure is soft but that clutch is stiill like an on/off switch while it's new, that's probably why it's bucking a bit. Also my RPM's drop faster with mine I gotta catch the gears a little quicker
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Man I am in love, I cant wait to break it in and beat on it like it is meant to.
Transam98, you are making very good power with your setup, can you tell me more about the engine, the intake, headers, and cam?
Old 12-03-2008 | 12:16 AM
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That clutch is awesome I've been beatin the absolute **** out of mine and it hasn't skipped a beat . The motor is a pretty simple setup, LME 408 with TFS 225's and a locally ported FAST 90. The cam is a custom grind 246/250 with a max lift of .615 so nothing too wild there and the compression is just under 12:1. Headers are still old 1 3/4 QTP's but were making some custom headers for it this winter and possibly gonna try a different intake setup.
Old 12-05-2008 | 05:03 PM
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98hc4mula - I think you will be very happy with this clutch. I have received allot of great feedback on this unit.




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