im looking at getting a tex (oz700) in the next few months. do you find your tex suitable for a daily driver? can it be slipped from a stop light with chatter and minimal gas? any input would be great. thanks in advance

 

Mine works perfectly fine racing or daily driving. Since getting the Tick Master Cyl, it has allowed even powershifts.

If your going to get this clutch, get the slave cyl too. If you dont, you will MOST LIKELY notice high rpm shifting issues when you get over 400 rwhp.

 

best clutch ive ever owned hands down. pedal feel is great and it holds some power (700rwhp+ and 700rwtq+ is what im workin with). im on my second one and only reason its my second is because i blew my Ls1 up and didnt want to put the old clutch with 22k miles on it back in there.

 

nice, thats all i needed to hear.

 

well....you need to hear more.

mine self destructed in less than a year on daily driving; and i didn't abuse it at all.

check around and you're going to find a lot of people have had miserable luck with the 0Z 700.

mine was professionally installed and broken in properly. the chatter was unbearable. i was embarrassed to put anyone in the car with me.

save yourself the $$.

my .02

 

I like mine no doubt about it, but.....I dont think I would like it for a daily driver.

Troy

 

my spec 3 did the same thing and promptly welded itself to the flywheel upon its first burnout. this was after 7k miles of fairly easy driving (5k on the power tour in 04).
its the luck of the draw really with clutches....you either get lucky or you dont.

 

there is always going to be a flaw in any product when there are thousands of them built. stuff like what happened to your clutch could happen to any clutch, everything is going to have a flaw in production sooner or later.
ive got a 0z 700 z grip in my car and it is a great clutch. i am very happy with it, i wish the pedal was a little stiffer. i will take some getting used to but i wouldn't hesitate using it in a dd.

 

AWESOME is all I have to say, Plus its rebuildable as well. There have been a few people who have had problems, but its always bound to happen. I've had mine behind 650fwhp for over 10K miles. Never skipped a beat.

Lastly, ITS NEARLY INDISTINGUISHABLE from stock. Its just a tad grabbier from a stop light, otherwise, its SMOOOOOOOTH sailing.

 

how soft is the pedal with this clutch compared to stock? the clutch i have is "supossed" to grip 10-15% better than stock, i have no clue what brand it is, but the pedal is pretty soft, almost feels like theres none there....how would this one compare?

 

do you got the x or the z?

 

X-grip

Troy

 

I have the Z-Grip with a Stock Master, just did the Drill Mod to it. I have had no issues with my 6500 RPM shifts, I've got them every time.

As far as daily driving, it's snappy..but it's not that bad once you get the hang of it.

Yea it chatters when I'm sitting in Neutral, that's about it. To the person that was bitching about it up there.. these things aren't cadillacs, you want performance parts in them then expect some things that won't normally happen.

If you don't like the chattering then get you a bigger Engine, and throw a Cam in it to drown out that chattering noise..

 

how much miles does everyone have on their setups?

 

Like the Z grip so far, about 2k miles, holds anything Ive thrown at it. Not to mention the stock pedal pressure.

 

guess there were a few that didnt have good luck but mine has been awesome. I have about 15k on it with at least 20 track passes...countless highway/street runs some with spray some not but Ive put a good amount of abuse on it...mods in sig.

 

Mine should be around 5-6k, I had a Issue of cancer and didnt get as much time as I like driving it but loving it ever since putting her in.

 

i have the priviledge of owning 2 cars...my Formula is completely stock with a stock clutch (38k miles). the Text in my Ws.6 feels like butter compared to my Formula. ill come home from driving the Ws.6 all day and jump in the Formula to move it and it feels like im pushing the clutch down on a Mack truck.

 

I have an x grip and love it. I don't daily drive it. Have took it on a trip or two in city driving. The hotter it gets the more it won'ts to grab. So it will take a little getting used to. Stock pedal feel though.

 

The Tex OZ-700 is a good clutch, pedal pressure and driveability is awesome for it. However disengaging problems have plagued many including myself and at least one other local here, and this wasn't caught in time...so the trans were in need of rebuilds. If your gonna get this clutch, factor in the cost of the Tick Adj. master. Overall i think its a good clutch, but when all said and done with adj master and clutch i coulda had a Mcleod street twin... and not a damaged transmission.