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In Progress: Mcleod Street Twin Clutch 11/12/00

History:

1st Clutch - Stock motor with bolt on's. At 18K the stock clutch started slipping. I was really dissapointed as the car had not really been raced much and at the time I was babying it still for the most part. Of course this is considered a "consumable wear item" and not covered under warranty.

2nd Clutch - Centerforce Dual Friction. This clutch seemed to hold fine with the bolt on mods but had a strange engagement, pulling off in 1st was really strange and semi difficult. After adding heads and cam to the engine this clutch no longer held and started slipping, 35k Miles. Perhaps the strange engagement was due to this being Centerforce's 1st revision of the clutch design.

3rd Clutch - LT4 Pressure Plate, Mcleod Kevlar/Organic disk. Great setup. Engagement was 100% improved over the Centerforce DF, it definatly held on motor which I figure was around 400 - 425 at the flywheel. Very streetable, light pedal pressure, great release point. Really liked this setup but with the addition of a Nitrous Express kit on first test runs using 70hp jets once again came that dissapointing clutch slip that I have grown used to. : ( 42K miles.

4th Clutch - Mcleod Street Twin. This clutch is expensive. for the setup with billet steel flywheel. Initially I was just going to buy an AMS Kevlar disk but found that the wear was estimated at only 10k - 15K miles and at a disk this was not an option. I have heard good things on the street twin from other f-body owners and am hoping that this will be the end all of my clutch ordeals. Hopefully it will hold a 150hp N20 shot and have decent longevity. Currently the car is in the garage on jackstands and the trannie on the floor... Will keep you posted on the results!

Rob