McLeod or Spec?
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McLeod or Spec? Not sure what I should do, so hope you guys can help me out.
I picked up a used (2k miles) McLeod Street Twin off a member here for my conversion. My car is going to be a daily driver, but I want to be able to take it to the track a few times a year. I'm putting in a 402ci LS2 stroker, so I should have some pretty mean torque happening.
So anyway, the guy building my car though is suggesting I go with a Spec instead. The only McLeod he's had experience with was one on an LT1 car he did, and he hated it - said the pedal pushed too hard for a daily driver. He's done several 3rd gen swaps with LS1s and uses SPEC clutches. He's trying to talk me into selling the McLeod and letting him put a SPEC in.
From what I've read in the searches, it seems like there are a lot of problems with the SPECs right now. Who here has a McLeod Street Twin, especially on a bigger than stock-cubed engine, and how do you like it?
I picked up a used (2k miles) McLeod Street Twin off a member here for my conversion. My car is going to be a daily driver, but I want to be able to take it to the track a few times a year. I'm putting in a 402ci LS2 stroker, so I should have some pretty mean torque happening.
So anyway, the guy building my car though is suggesting I go with a Spec instead. The only McLeod he's had experience with was one on an LT1 car he did, and he hated it - said the pedal pushed too hard for a daily driver. He's done several 3rd gen swaps with LS1s and uses SPEC clutches. He's trying to talk me into selling the McLeod and letting him put a SPEC in.
From what I've read in the searches, it seems like there are a lot of problems with the SPECs right now. Who here has a McLeod Street Twin, especially on a bigger than stock-cubed engine, and how do you like it?
I have been runing a spec stgII for a year now with no problems, however now with more power I need to up grade as well. Going to a SPEC 5. Time will only tell. But the spec seemed to work great for daily driving.
There have been numerous Specs literally blow up in the car taking out the floor, bellhousings and ****. They seem to be junk anymore.
Ill never buy another Spec. My 3I lasted 5000 miles with no track time and on radials.
Ill never buy another Spec. My 3I lasted 5000 miles with no track time and on radials.
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From: ThirteenHundredPostsVille, CA
My spec III fell apart with 505rwhp on 18" DRs and no launching. My Mcleod has been going good for 5,000 or so miles now and still feels great with 531rwhp. The pedal is also a lot friendlier with the mcleod over the spec III.
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