Thats because he doesnt know how to drive it yet, its a high performance on/off clutch. You cant slip it like a normal clutch or else it will make all that vibration because the clutch it self is bouncing off the flywheel trying to stick to it. Kind of like wheel hop on some IRS cars.

Have him start in 2nd instead of 1st and see if it still does the same, if it does then its a bad install, if it doesnt then he just needs to get used to it.

All I care is for when I shift at 7100rpms my clutch wont spin and my spec doesnt.

 

Im at 430Hp and have had the clutch in for around 3,000miles. I drive the car very hard, and have had zero proplems with my TEXTRILLIA clutch. If i were to do it again i would buy the same. I do nothing but drag racing, so, so far so good.

HOLLA

 

I agree, people buy a racing clutches and exspect them to drive like a stocker. He should have got a Spec 2 or 3 instead of the 3+.

 

There are a couple of stories about the Spec coming apart and tearing the firewall off the car. So far no limbs.....

Go witih the Ausie clutch.

 

You should get the full story on those two cars.

 

We're both aware of the high performance aspects of these clutches hence the reason for needing one of them in the first place but the fact remains my car launches like a rocket without any slippage as his does but drives ten times better while doing it, I shift anywhere from 6700 to 7000 RPM.
I'm not giving some bias facts to make my clutch sound better it just is.
I could have just as easily bought the SPEC and him the buy the TEX at which point I would be the one dealing with all the issues he's dealing with.
Bottom line is SPEC touts the Stage 3+ as a driver friendly hybrid clutch and its far from it.
And I'm not a anti SPEC person, I've had them before thats why it was one of two of my choices.
The Aussie's simply did a better job building a clutch, end of story.

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Jamie

 

I had a textralia clutch in my 98 ls1 camaro, and it was really good through the break in period, but after about 10k it developed a really bad chatter and would not fully disenguage, My dad (I sold him the car) is trying to figure out those issues right now.... I am going with the spec 3+ and I will let you guys know what I think about it when it is done

 

We won't shoot the messanger so go ahead and tell us Specs side

 

Seems that one of them was a flood car from Katrina that sat under water for a while. Tech at spec said they offered to bring the cars there and dissasible them and niether owner would agree. I forget what he said about the other car, something about the rear locking up. There's always two sides to every story, which one is true I don't know.

 

The fact is that people like me have the spec 3+ and dont have those issues and they work just fine and then people like your friend have them, therein the point that I made that it was either a bad install or a bad break in.

Either way, I'm sure he can sell it to someone else who will enjoy it.

 

To get my TSP MS4/Stage 2.5 headed motor moving I need to slip my Textralia a little, it holds up well. From a dig racing it's like a f)ing rocket

 

First thing to check is the pressure plate bolts. They need to be torqued to 55 ft.-lb. and you also should have used red loctite. Another good idea is to remove the paint on the pressure plate where it bolts up to the flywheel.

I dont have a Spec so I cant comment first hand, but I have heard mixed results. It seems that about 95% of Tex owners are extremely happy with there clutch. That is saying something.

Ive just installed a Tex and have about 150 miles on it so far. There is very minor chatter, but as its breaking in its going away nicely. Behaves very nicely on the street and you can slip it off the line. Not an on/off switch like the Specs I have heard about. Also I have the z grip disc which is more aggressive than there standard x grip. Id imagine the x grip is even more tame than mine.

Pretty sure Ive heard that the Tex's are good for about 700rwhp.

Oh, if you want the stories about the exploding Spec cars head on over to LS1Tech and do a search for "Spec" in the manual trans section. There is lots of good info on clutches over there.


Jeff