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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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I am in the process of putting a new eingine in my car and am looking for a clutch that will hold around 600FWHP. I had a SPEC stage III clutch that lasted pretty good, I never had any problems with it, but the flywheel just looks a little worn to use for the new engine.

I would like to have another aluminum flywheel if I can. Has anyone had any experiences with McLeoud (sp?) Street-twin clutch systems? Also, where would be a good place to get one for a decent price? Thanks in advance!!

Jay

EDIT: forgot to mention, this is an LT4 based engine
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Jay

I have a street twin if your interested was installed and ended up to be overkill so I went to a cf dual friction and flywheel

street twin has billet flywheel and new discs and hydraulic to bearing

I am missing some hydraulic lines and mc misplaced when I moved..

"For some reason it doesnt look like the ones I see that go in our vettes normally it has 3 fingers and looks super heavy duty maybe cause of to bearing? have pics somewhere if interested make offer its just taking up shelf space."

Alan
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Originally Posted by Zix
I am in the process of putting a new eingine in my car and am looking for a clutch that will hold around 600FWHP. I had a SPEC stage III clutch that lasted pretty good, I never had any problems with it, but the flywheel just looks a little worn to use for the new engine.

I would like to have another aluminum flywheel if I can. Has anyone had any experiences with McLeoud (sp?) Street-twin clutch systems? Also, where would be a good place to get one for a decent price? Thanks in advance!!

Jay

EDIT: forgot to mention, this is an LT4 based engine
Interesting, 600FWHP! Are we talking about a Vette?
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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Jay

I have a street twin if your interested was installed and ended up to be overkill so I went to a cf dual friction and flywheel

street twin has billet flywheel and new discs and hydraulic to bearing

I am missing some hydraulic lines and mc misplaced when I moved..

"For some reason it doesnt look like the ones I see that go in our vettes normally it has 3 fingers and looks super heavy duty maybe cause of to bearing? have pics somewhere if interested make offer its just taking up shelf space."

Alan
Thanks for the offer, it sounds like you have the heavy-duty racing version of the clutch, that's the only one that I am aware of that has a hydraulic TO bearing. Did you ever get the chance to feel the pedal? was it a very heavy push? If it was, then it is certainly the racing clutch. I need something more for street use. How much power is your 396 putting out? How well do you like the CF clutch?
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Interesting, 600FWHP! Are we talking about a Vette?
Yep!
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