What is a good not over the top twin disk clutch for the car I have seen act and monster and Hendricks street slayer was curious if anybody has any opinions

 

I have a Mcleod rst real nice smooth clutch . 99 frc it's stock but if I decide to build more h.p. the clutch will hold it.

 

Ok yeh I have a z06 heads cam full exhaust about to rebuild the tranny and want to upgrade the clutch while it is out for future plans

 

I run an act t2s-g01 twin disc and haven't had any issues with it... mcleod rxt and mantic are popular choices... I would suggest getting more clutch than you need that way if you decide to add more power later on you don't have to do the clutch again

 

The McLeod RST would be an excellent choice for your needs. I have been using one for a couple years now, with zero issues and the street driveability is excellent as well.

 

Yeh that's the plan cause I'm probably going to be doing 150- 175 shot at the end of the year

 

and you know it will happen... that's why I suggest overdoing it the first time... I recently added about another 100rwhp to my setup and the clutch didn't bat an eye at the extra power

 

I went with a McLeod RST , a price influenced decision. I figured clutch building is well understood , so didn't worry much about quality from a name brand, rather my concern was to stay away from a quick release on off racing design. Everything worked out well for my street use on a stock convertible.

AS an aside, I was watching Hot rod TV , broadcasting from a sema show , introducing some new MCLoed product. Although dead now, they had Mr. McLoed featured since he was an old hot rodder. Turns out he felt he had a knack for power transfer and spent his career onmly in that area. HE said his parts were nothing fancy, just designed to work. He said the Red Street Twin was identified that way for simplicity, and the red color on his clutch parts were so other racers could easily see what parts were still unbroken and identify his company. I liked that deep experience in application and customer results. I am sure a hot shot ,hired out of company, engineer could design a good clutch today, or maybe it just takes a design program, but I went with the old guy and his part. With my budget, I didn't want any new paths, just successful results.

 

One more for RST. Always grabs, but feels lighter than factory or close to same. Love it. Pair it with a light flywheel and a shifter.... Your car will feel awesome on the road and the Rev matching gets a lot easier. I'm currently only 400hp, but adding blower and other goodies this month.

 

thanks

 

thanks man that was a good read appreciate the insight looks like rst for me

 

If you go with a RST I bought mine in march from Colorado speed I believe it was about $ 680.00 ! You could also try jegs or summit racing.

 

I found a McLeod rst on jegs does the stock flywheel fit the McLeod rst

 

Look's like Colorado speed still has the RST for $ 676.00 best price I have seen anywhere and they are a vendor here on corvette forum . Yes I used a stock LS1/LS6 flywheel bought a new one from jegs it was $ 106.00 . I never had it balanced , no vibration all good. Hope this helps.

 

I had to return to clean up my statement. After all of that yammering I forgot to mention that I paired the RST with a matching McLeod steel flywheel .

Kind of an important detail, since the stock flywheel does not mate without an overhang of the clutch material, some of the RST friction material will not contact the chevy flywheel because of the shape of the GM part. I was advised in a couple of different phone calls to different venders that this is not a problem. Even McLeod said it was a functional combination. I wasn't that crazy about that kind of interface for my power transfer, so went with a flat flywheel from the clutch builder. I was also concerned if the match was not perfect , or lacked in some way, I would be paying for another instal down the road. Sometimes guys who work around cars don't mind taking them apart often, and I knew I had other priorities with the car. So, while I listened to the advice, I didn't take it, always a questionable decision at my skill level. I thought the slight comparative added cost of a flat flywheel worth it, since I had no experience with corvettes, and my budget said failure was not an option. So I made a conservative buying decision, with a new master and slave from a C6 thrown in.

My regret is that I was unaware of the reverse gear solenoid , My car has enough mileage on it that I want to trust that part. I would have thought such a critical part would be designed into the gearbox for safety, but no such luck… I point this out because the perfect time to replace tis part is when the driveline is apart, so I am told. Otherwise you have to find a guy with long thin fingers and arms to reach in and plug in a new one.

 

RST here as well with a McLeod steel flywheel. Currently holds 650 RWHP without issue, very smooth..almost stock like, initially I experienced a little more noise than I was expecting for the first 500 miles or so then it quieted down. Excellent street manners.

The cool thing is that twins are now more common so there is a good selection of them and you can get some good deals even with clutch +flywheel combos if need be. Good luck to you.