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Old 01-01-2016, 05:46 PM
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Well my slave finally went out on my h/c ws6. Car makes a little over 400rwhp now, stock 15year old oem clutch and hydraulics.
Looking at Monster level 2 or 3 also looking at a few other brands.
Car will eventually get a turbo or pc but it's just a street car, no track use.
Being said, whats a solid clutch that will work with new oem master/slave?
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i put a ls7 clutch in 250 miles ago and what a world of differance my stock oem lasted 110k miles and wasnt down to the rivets yet.

but ls7 is doing well for me
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The monster stage 3 works flawlessly. Very nice driving clutch for high tq single disk
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This was 15000 miles on a daily driven monster S3. I pulled for a light weight twin. Otherwise this would have lasted far longer. A few have told me I could resell it, it looks so good.
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Here is the disc also
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Just placed order for L3 Monster from Md Speed
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I absolutely love my Monster 3 but just a heads up, make sure you measure it. Monster says no shims needed but it did. Added a couple days downtime but it was so worth it.
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Just placed order for L3 Monster from Md Speed
Very good choice, mines got about 30,000 miles on it with stock master cylinder. Buy a speed bleeder from Tick if you haven't yet, really makes getting the air out of the system a breeze.
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Originally Posted by CGCBandit
Well my slave finally went out on my h/c ws6. Car makes a little over 400rwhp now, stock 15year old oem clutch and hydraulics.
Looking at Monster level 2 or 3 also looking at a few other brands.
Car will eventually get a turbo or pc but it's just a street car, no track use.
Being said, whats a solid clutch that will work with new oem master/slave?
The level 3 is a little overkill for what you have. However if you have serious plans on going turbo soon, the level 2 will not last with that.

The best of both worlds is the LT1-S street twin, its rated for 700WHP/TQ and it drives like a stock clutch. The LT1-S will also outlast any aftermarket clutch.

Feel free to give us a shout if you want to go over details. (817-750-2000)
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Originally Posted by Darth_V8r
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This was 15000 miles on a daily driven monster S3. I pulled for a light weight twin. Otherwise this would have lasted far longer. A few have told me I could resell it, it looks so good.
A bit like my old Textralia OZ700 at similar mileage.

When I pulled it the friction disc wasnt even fully bedded in ! And I'd run multiple 10s flat runs at near 150mph at 3600lbs on it

It's amazing how well some single discs can work. I still keep mine as a spare.

Their ExoSkel triple didnt even fair as well FFS !
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Originally Posted by SNLPerformance
The level 3 is a little overkill for what you have. However if you have serious plans on going turbo soon, the level 2 will not last with that.

The best of both worlds is the LT1-S street twin, its rated for 700WHP/TQ and it drives like a stock clutch. The LT1-S will also outlast any aftermarket clutch.

Feel free to give us a shout if you want to go over details. (817-750-2000)
It's already ordered, car will have a blower or turbo eventually. It does not see any track use I have another car for that. This car only gets driven on nice days and to shows etc.
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Originally Posted by Sargen
I absolutely love my Monster 3 but just a heads up, make sure you measure it. Monster says no shims needed but it did. Added a couple days downtime but it was so worth it.
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