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LS1 (Stock)
341
21.05%
LS6
152
9.38%
LS7
182
11.23%
Textralia OZ700
115
7.10%
Textralia Exo-Skel
36
2.22%
SPEC 1
18
1.11%
SPEC 2
45
2.78%
SPEC 2+
33
2.04%
SPEC 3
192
11.85%
SPEC 3+
108
6.67%
SPEC 4
23
1.42%
SPEC 5
26
1.60%
McLeod Single Disc
41
2.53%
McLeod Twin Disc
78
4.81%
Ram VDS 300
4
0.25%
Ram VDS 900
4
0.25%
Ram VDS 980
6
0.37%
Ram VDS 910 "Race"
10
0.62%
Ram HDX
6
0.37%
Ram Powergrip
21
1.30%
Ram Powergrip HD
87
5.37%
Exedy Hyper Single Disc
5
0.31%
Exedy Twin Disc
14
0.86%
Centerforce Dual Friction
132
8.15%
Hays
4
0.25%
SLP/LS6
17
1.05%
ZOOM
12
0.74%
Luk Pro Gold
20
1.23%
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What Clutch is Everyone Using?

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Old 02-01-2007 | 12:26 PM
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Got the OZ700 in yesterdasy I think this is a bad boy!
Old 02-01-2007 | 04:18 PM
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Centerforce DF only slipped bad once so far, almost 20k on it.
next will be a TEX.
Old 02-02-2007 | 07:59 AM
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McLeod Rev Lok II Sintered Iron Disc.Hundreds of passes and still looks new!! NEVER has slipped with slicks!!!

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Old 02-02-2007 | 02:35 PM
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Spec III+ 792RWHP 850 Torque-No problems
Old 02-13-2007 | 07:55 PM
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i roll with the LS7, need 3 jobs to afford a textralia
Old 02-25-2007 | 08:35 PM
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At 70k miles I replaced my clutch with a stock clutch due to the deal I got on it and my car is basically stock performance wise. My next clutch will have to be better because of my next mods.
Old 02-26-2007 | 06:21 AM
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Spec stage III +, and I love it. Over 100 passes and 2 years old, and still as good as it was on day one.
Old 03-03-2007 | 08:34 PM
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Textralia OZ700, bad mamma jamma. I've heard good things about the Exo-Skel also, just couldn't afford it.
Old 03-13-2007 | 08:07 PM
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UPDATE ON BORG AND BECK 3 ROLLER WITH RAM IRON DISK

I tried the hays 10.5 inch Borg and Beck plate with the sintered disk. I only had it in for a short time and took it right back out. The 55 Chevy clutch linkage doesnt have the ratio required to move the bearing enough to disengage the clutch.

I switched back to my 11" Centerforce Dual Friction pressure plate with the 10.5 Ram 900 series disk. Pure Gold! Easy pedel, clean release and the clutch will tolorate the increased slippage off the line from using a muncie. Its been used a few months at the drags and still works well. Does not swell and stick from heat, and has the cleanest shift I ever had in that car. Nothing like a propper working clutch with a supremely smooth shifting trans like an old Muncie! You can't miss! However, the car could really use a lighter pressure plate even than this, but the last time I tried to talk with a tech at CF, they were uncooperative and would not tell me the static pressure of the D/F pressure plate. Just fed me some bull about that not meaning anything and all that matters is holding power. Aparently they do not understand the art of "tuning" a clutch...
Old 03-18-2007 | 03:26 AM
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Mcleod twins here.no problem.holds like a ****.
Old 03-20-2007 | 11:17 AM
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Well... up until saturday, I would have been a stong advocate for Centerforce's Dual Friction, but I exploded a Pressure plate on a WOT 2-3 shift. Only ~8000 on the clutch.

Had just got off the dyno, 370 to the wheels.
Old 03-21-2007 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jdaniel
You guys that are complaining about the Spec stage ? clutches wearing out prematurly... how did you break the clutch in? I personally put 500 miles on mine before I launch it and dont even roll into WOT till about 350. Iv never had a problem out of them and I had a 700wrhp car with just a Stage III in it. Im putting a Spec Stage IV in my Corvette.
I have a spec stage3, as far as break in, I babied it for 900 miles. The transmission went out and I changed a few other things. I also put the cam and some other bolt ons. So the car had been down for about 8 months during all this. I finally got my car running and have been driving it for 3 months 70 miles a day. I got on it twice afer 4500 miles of easy driving, 2 roll on races and it is now slipping. Not very good in my opinion. I only have 410 hp. It has also chattered from day one and the pedal has not been to my liking. It is coming out this Friday.
Old 04-01-2007 | 12:39 PM
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I have a spec 3 and put about 20,000 on it. I loved it and had no problems at all with it. Now its slipping. Im going with the spec 3+ or the spec 4.
Old 04-03-2007 | 12:58 AM
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I am very happy with my spec 3 clutch. I guess I'll see how it will handle the power that will soon be added
Old 04-06-2007 | 02:39 PM
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got the new spec twin in today will be installing soon ... anyone else have this clutch yet????????????
Old 04-12-2007 | 03:24 PM
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I had a Centerforce Dual Friction that didn't last very long at all..wouldn't recommend it. I currently have an old Spec 3 that had to be rebalanced after a new motor was installed...is okay for daily driving but won't hold at the track after getting some heat in it. I think I will either try the Spec 5 or the OZ700SB with Xgrip disk or Exo-Skel dual disk. I voted Spec3 for now.
Old 04-14-2007 | 04:46 PM
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Stock clutch here at 128,xxx miles... *old man owned the car before me* than I broke into the 12's and the clutch slips now at WOT in third.

Probably going to an LS7/LS2 setup for my FM13/4.10/315 BFG's buildup this summer. I'd like it to hold a HSW N20 setup as well.. wel'll see.
Old 04-16-2007 | 12:29 AM
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my stocker on my 98 had 121k miles on it and well over 30 track passes when i sold the car, still held fine.

and i just ordered a textralia x-grip this morning for my 99 SS
Old 04-16-2007 | 03:57 PM
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I have had 2 centerforces...they r great...but i blow the last 1 about 3 months ago...now i have a zoom it is very grippy u mite say but it feels nice off the line...The guy at Jegs said the Dual Friction is not set up 2 be a drag clutch...
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LS2 flywheel and LS7 disk and PP


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