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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 11:41 PM
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What do you guys reccomend?
Car makes 460+rwhp.
I dont want to have to do this again.
Thinking about the McLeod RXT..

Suggestions??
Thanks
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by skeeters65
What do you guys reccomend?
Car makes 460+rwhp.
I dont want to have to do this again.
Thinking about the McLeod RXT..

Suggestions??
Thanks
I had the same issue before I finally replaced my stock clutch. With so much info out there and so many options available I was unsure of which clutch to go with.
After asking several local guys with modded cars I replaced my stock clutch with an RPS twin disk carbon unit. It works much better than stock and not a heavy pedal either...much smoother engagement and no issues to date.... .it handles my 521 rwhp (for now ) with no problems.
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Here's my vote for Diamond Clutch. I've got their level 2 w/ lw flywheel and it's holding my 460ish just fine. So far I've got about 5k miles on it and I've got no issues.
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 05:32 PM
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How do you use your car? That'ss going to make a difference on what clutch to run. My 346 build made 460+ and I ran an LS7 clutch with an aluminum flywheel. I don't track my car and it worked great. Felt just like a stock clutch - because it is.

I run an RPS CC Street Lite Dual now with the 577/530 427. A great clutch but a lot more than you need.
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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I will probably never race the car. But with the amount of labor involved I don't want to have to do it again.
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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+1 on the McLeod rxt, great feel can't go wrong with it.
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 04:39 AM
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Check out the mantic clutch sold by ecs. I hear it holds high hp and has stock like feel.
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