Ls7 clutch beatdown !
Ls7 clutch beatdown ! I just wanted to say thanks again for the service from Amber and jason at t56rebuilds 
(and the military discount )
I told them i was going to beat the hell out of this clutch and give everyone here some feedback on it. Well here is my first bit of feedback....
Thanks to Meents02SS for helping me finish my H/C build up....basically everything you see in my sig got finished being put in this weekend thanks to his help
We got everything in and rolling in my car this last weekend and hooked up hp tuners to make a couple little minor adjustments....
then we were off for the first test run.
With 18.6 miles on the H/C setup and Clutch i went WOT with 3 people in the car from a first gear roll..... I did it four times in a row to see how everything help up.
The clutch didnt slip up one time...held strong every single run......it didnt stick to the floor or anything....!!!!!
I my first impression is this thing is featherlite....grabs alittle off the floor like everyone else says....and drives like a dream!!
So far i am very happy with the results!
...i will keep beating on it....here, and in the next week i will strap on my draglites with ET streets and do some crazy launches to see how things hold.....then i will spray the 150 shot with alittle more miles on it
I think thats about it for now...stay tuned 
(and the military discount )I told them i was going to beat the hell out of this clutch and give everyone here some feedback on it. Well here is my first bit of feedback....
Thanks to Meents02SS for helping me finish my H/C build up....basically everything you see in my sig got finished being put in this weekend thanks to his help
We got everything in and rolling in my car this last weekend and hooked up hp tuners to make a couple little minor adjustments....
then we were off for the first test run.
With 18.6 miles on the H/C setup and Clutch i went WOT with 3 people in the car from a first gear roll..... I did it four times in a row to see how everything help up.
The clutch didnt slip up one time...held strong every single run......it didnt stick to the floor or anything....!!!!!
I my first impression is this thing is featherlite....grabs alittle off the floor like everyone else says....and drives like a dream!!
So far i am very happy with the results!
...i will keep beating on it....here, and in the next week i will strap on my draglites with ET streets and do some crazy launches to see how things hold.....then i will spray the 150 shot with alittle more miles on it
I think thats about it for now...stay tuned
Good to see.We found the limit around 480rwhp on FI cars that run the track.So we use them sometimes in NA H/C cars but stay away from them in Nitrous/Blower cars that hit the track.
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Originally Posted by HartAttack
With 18.6 miles on the H/C setup and Clutch i went WOT with 3 people in the car from a first gear roll..... I did it four times in a row to see how everything help up.
The clutch didnt slip up one time...held strong every single run......it didnt stick to the floor or anything....!!!!!
The clutch didnt slip up one time...held strong every single run......it didnt stick to the floor or anything....!!!!!
You are braver than I as far as "break-in" period goes - I know some folks don't break them in much but I've been reading to drive them 500 miles or so before beating on them. Heck, I felt "guilty" for doing one WOT run with 275 clutch miles on my bolt on car...well maybe "guilty" is too strong a word. You should notice the pedal come up an inch or two within a couple/few hundred miles...mine feels much better already. Update us after running with slicks!
Originally Posted by Slowhawk
Good to see.We found the limit around 480rwhp on FI cars that run the track.So we use them sometimes in NA H/C cars but stay away from them in Nitrous/Blower cars that hit the track.
The way i see it is....sure 500 miles on the clutch is good, but you want to get it every kind of break in wether it be stop and go, freeway, and the occassional wot pull.
Think about the guys that get these z06's new.....most people when they test drive one , they rip the **** out of it with barely any miles, and the clutches hold....so why cant i do it and make it last? its a performance clutch...so i am gonna give it some performance
When you say hit the "track"....how often are you talking about? just once and a while or most of the time?
I expect this to hold a couple back to back nitrous runs on bottle at the track.. and probably more with cool down times.
I have talked to a couple guys with the new z06's that are cammed and headered and they havent had any problems with the clutch so far....
one guy with the spray is saying his is holding.
I guess we will see 
Thanks for the input.
-Chris
Think about the guys that get these z06's new.....most people when they test drive one , they rip the **** out of it with barely any miles, and the clutches hold....so why cant i do it and make it last? its a performance clutch...so i am gonna give it some performance
Originally Posted by Slowhawk
Good to see.We found the limit around 480rwhp on FI cars that run the track.So we use them sometimes in NA H/C cars but stay away from them in Nitrous/Blower cars that hit the track.
I expect this to hold a couple back to back nitrous runs on bottle at the track.. and probably more with cool down times.
I have talked to a couple guys with the new z06's that are cammed and headered and they havent had any problems with the clutch so far....
one guy with the spray is saying his is holding.
I guess we will see
Thanks for the input.-Chris
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Originally Posted by KGSloan
i'm real curious to see if it will take abuse on an actual sticky tire, that's where clutches will give up first.
keep us updated!
keep us updated!
will do!...
nice color and wheels by the way
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Originally Posted by HartAttack
will do!...
nice color and wheels by the way
nice color and wheels by the way
thanks
SOM is the BEST color on the f-bod's. i see your formula is SOM as well, nice choice
i'm subscribing to this thread, want to see if the ls7 can take 6k dumps or not
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From: Tulsa, Ok
Originally Posted by brad8266
**** the LS7 clutch better hold a lot of power. My stock LS1 clutch with 95k on it still holds strong with a 150 shot, so I would think the LS7 can handle much more.
Originally Posted by KGSloan
i can garuntee that it won't hold that off of the line with slicks. it's not that impressive for a clutch to hold power while moving down the road IMO, the real test is during the launch and then the 1-2 shift (i'm not talking about launching on street tires, may as well be launching in the rain at that point).
Originally Posted by Lethal_Ws6
Didnt your SOM formula used to have a procharger on it ? .. i remember Seeing this car rolling down Sunrise blvd here in sacramento. If its the same car, Nice car !!
mod bug owns me. 
update..alittle over 550 miles on it now...still holding strong. Bottle will on it next week. should be hitting the track on friday. Its holding lauches on the street so far...as well as a couple back to back runs.
-Chris
Well I just installed the LS7 kit from T56rebuilds also and it works great so far in a customers car. I took the T/A home for the weekend to make sure evrything was OK with the install I just finished up: heads/cam, longtubes etcc.. I am very impressed with the driveabiltiy and holding up very well when getting on it. The car should have 420rwhp or so and it burns the tires in 4th@90+mph. Later Clint