clutch time...
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Melting Slicks
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clutch time...
current OEM clutch has about 55k on it to include a few track days of nitrous runs. The clutch does not slip, but when I push the pedal in, I feel a slight vibration. I think its the throw out bearing. In any case, how does this sound?
C6Z Clutch setup + new slave cylinder + bearing. Will this work on my 02Z?
C6Z Clutch setup + new slave cylinder + bearing. Will this work on my 02Z?
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '11-'25
Cartek?
The LS7 clutch will fit. You will need the flywheel,disk, and PP.
Cartek has a beefy clutch and I noticed that you had a Cartek package in a past C5. How was it?
Bob K.
Cartek has a beefy clutch and I noticed that you had a Cartek package in a past C5. How was it?
Bob K.
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Melting Slicks
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Is the C6Z flywheel heavier? I had a stock clutch in my last car. Sold it at 12,000 miles. I never really abuse the clutch, so it lasted.
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Melting Slicks
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Gene at GMPartshouse.com sells a complete LS7 package for a great price. Go ahead and get the hydraulics replaced, get a remote bleeder and a new pilot bearring also. Do it all at once. Money well spent.
Good Luck
Brad
Good Luck
Brad
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sort of a running thread here on various clutch weights...(feel free to add input)
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1698276
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1698276
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Melting Slicks
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someone pm'd me and said the c6z clutch won't work. one more time:
Can I install:
C6Z Flywheel
C6Z Pressure Plate and Disc
Throw Out Bearing
New Hydraulic cylinder from C6Z?
Can I install:
C6Z Flywheel
C6Z Pressure Plate and Disc
Throw Out Bearing
New Hydraulic cylinder from C6Z?
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I went with the Textralia x-grip, but when I was also researching the LS7 I was under the impression you need the LS2 flywheel to go with it. Contact Gene Culley or look in his thread, I believe he has this setup on sale for the month of May.
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Drifting
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LS7 flywheel is the same thing as a LS2 flywheel.
All you need to make the newer setup work in your C5 is the flywheel, Disc, and PP.
Our new Level 7 clutch uses the LS2/LS7 flywheel, uses your stock hydraulics, and is rated for 700 rwhp and 700 rwtq.
Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
Max
All you need to make the newer setup work in your C5 is the flywheel, Disc, and PP.
Our new Level 7 clutch uses the LS2/LS7 flywheel, uses your stock hydraulics, and is rated for 700 rwhp and 700 rwtq.
Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
Max
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Melting Slicks
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LS7 flywheel is the same thing as a LS2 flywheel.
All you need to make the newer setup work in your C5 is the flywheel, Disc, and PP.
Our new Level 7 clutch uses the LS2/LS7 flywheel, uses your stock hydraulics, and is rated for 700 rwhp and 700 rwtq.
Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
Max
All you need to make the newer setup work in your C5 is the flywheel, Disc, and PP.
Our new Level 7 clutch uses the LS2/LS7 flywheel, uses your stock hydraulics, and is rated for 700 rwhp and 700 rwtq.
Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
Max
LS7:
GM flywheel: 25.5 lbs
GM pressure plate & disk: 30.5 lbs
LS2
Flywheel 25.6lbs
PP & disc 30.6lbs
Total 56.2lbs
Why do the flwheels have diff weights if they are the same?
Wonder what a LS6 flywheel weighs. Seems the flywheel lost 0.1lbs
for the LS7. How is the pedal pressure or 'feel' any diff for the 700rwhp clutch setup?
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From: S. FLA :: Professional Devil's Advocate
I tried to have an C6 Z06 clutch installed at a chevy dealer in a 2000 FRC m6 and they said it didn't bolt up. 
They had the flywheel, PP and clutch from a C6 Z06 too. Ended up with an 03' Z06 clutch instead that this 500+rwhp car will probably kill soon. 
They had the flywheel, PP and clutch from a C6 Z06 too. Ended up with an 03' Z06 clutch instead that this 500+rwhp car will probably kill soon.
Melting Slicks
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And here is your evidence -----------------> http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1670576
The only issue is how to deal with the three pins that protrude from the FW, either loosen the bell housing like I did, kinda difficult or pound the pins into the FW as others have done.
Brad
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According to this poster, (above link)
LS7:
GM flywheel: 25.5 lbs
GM pressure plate & disk: 30.5 lbs
LS2
Flywheel 25.6lbs
PP & disc 30.6lbs
Total 56.2lbs
Why do the flwheels have diff weights if they are the same?
Wonder what a LS6 flywheel weighs. Seems the flywheel lost 0.1lbs
for the LS7. How is the pedal pressure or 'feel' any diff for the 700rwhp clutch setup?
LS7:
GM flywheel: 25.5 lbs
GM pressure plate & disk: 30.5 lbs
LS2
Flywheel 25.6lbs
PP & disc 30.6lbs
Total 56.2lbs
Why do the flwheels have diff weights if they are the same?
Wonder what a LS6 flywheel weighs. Seems the flywheel lost 0.1lbs
for the LS7. How is the pedal pressure or 'feel' any diff for the 700rwhp clutch setup?
Shoot me a PM tomorrow and I'll let you know what I find(in case I forget to post back to this thread).
I also know that they can be used on the LS1 and LS6 engines. We have put a few in for our F-Body customers with our Level 7 clutch.
Most of the guys with our new clutch setup tend to say that the pedal feels pretty close to stock.
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They dont know what they are doing.
And here is your evidence -----------------> http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1670576
The only issue is how to deal with the three pins that protrude from the FW, either loosen the bell housing like I did, kinda difficult or pound the pins into the FW as others have done.
Brad
And here is your evidence -----------------> http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1670576
The only issue is how to deal with the three pins that protrude from the FW, either loosen the bell housing like I did, kinda difficult or pound the pins into the FW as others have done.
Brad
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Melting Slicks
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Ok, whatever a 07 700 is, I just ordered a kit from ECS. Thanks for the help on the LS7 thing, but I decided against more rotating mass. Its hard to know with GM where its located, evenly, inside, outside, etc. If too much wt is on the outer part of the flywheel, then too much power robbed to spin it and I'm not "that" much of a drag racer.
Anyway, new clutch is called a Textralia or something liek that.
NOW, is the 10rwhp worth an Alum flywheel? How bad is it really to drive in traffic??
Anyway, new clutch is called a Textralia or something liek that.
NOW, is the 10rwhp worth an Alum flywheel? How bad is it really to drive in traffic??
Drifting
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According to this poster, (above link)
LS7:
GM flywheel: 25.5 lbs
GM pressure plate & disk: 30.5 lbs
LS2
Flywheel 25.6lbs
PP & disc 30.6lbs
Total 56.2lbs
Why do the flwheels have diff weights if they are the same?
Wonder what a LS6 flywheel weighs. Seems the flywheel lost 0.1lbs
for the LS7. How is the pedal pressure or 'feel' any diff for the 700rwhp clutch setup?
LS7:
GM flywheel: 25.5 lbs
GM pressure plate & disk: 30.5 lbs
LS2
Flywheel 25.6lbs
PP & disc 30.6lbs
Total 56.2lbs
Why do the flwheels have diff weights if they are the same?
Wonder what a LS6 flywheel weighs. Seems the flywheel lost 0.1lbs
for the LS7. How is the pedal pressure or 'feel' any diff for the 700rwhp clutch setup?
GM lists the Flywheel for 05 to 07 vettes in both the LS2 and the LS7 to be the same. The part number is the same, #12571611. So I have no clue why they have 2 different weights listed for the flywheels from where you got the info.
