Best street clutch set-up?????

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Bad Animal

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I have an 85 GT with the basic bolt ons, this is probably a mid 13 second car. I am going to be replacing my clutch and clutch cable, What is the best set up for a healthy street car??? I'm leaning towards the King cobra clutch but i am not 100% sure yet. And I don't know what cable or quadrant to use. Keep in mind I am not going to put another 10 inch clutch in it, I want to use the 10.5 inch setup that came on the later 5.0's.

 

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spec stage 3 is the way to go that king cobra stuff is ok but spec makes tough clutches thqat wil handle whatever you throw at them.. Id get a SPEC clutch i did..........

 

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Get a King Cobra if you plan on driving it on the street every day. Spec Stage 3 is a race clutch. (Harder Pedal Effort and clutch chatter). King Cobra will give you the feel of a stock clutch but with better holding power. (Easy Pedal Effort). As far as the cable goes there is no better quality than a factory Ford cable. Summit sells a "Stock Factory Cable" with a new clutch fork for $62.95 part #FMS-M7553A302. The adjustable cables are not as good and don't seem to last as long. As far as quadrants go, get any one with a firewall adjuster and you will be able to adjust your cable from right under your hood instad of under your car.

 

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Dunno about King Cobra..... I wanted to get a King Cobra myself, but the reviews on Stangnet are really bad for it. Anyone have good things to say about them?

 

04sleeper

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I run a King Cobra and 2 of my friends have them as well and none of us have had any problems. One of my friends car is a 2000 GT with an intercooled Procharger making 410 RWHP that weighs 3550 lbs. We got them from D&D.

 

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King Cobra has been go to me so far too.

 

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89sleeper said:

Get a King Cobra if you plan on driving it on the street every day. Spec Stage 3 is a race clutch. (Harder Pedal Effort and clutch chatter). King Cobra will give you the feel of a stock clutch but with better holding power. (Easy Pedal Effort). As far as the cable goes there is no better quality than a factory Ford cable. Summit sells a "Stock Factory Cable" with a new clutch fork for $62.95 part #FMS-M7553A302. The adjustable cables are not as good and don't seem to last as long. As far as quadrants go, get any one with a firewall adjuster and you will be able to adjust your cable from right under your hood instad of under your car.

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spec 3 is not a race clutch and the pedal feel is not that much harder than stock for the 700lbs of tourque it takes. but for his set up a regular spec clutch. everthing else is just junk...................but ok for stock set-ups.

 

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I vote SPEC all the way. Maybe a stage 2. That will allow room to grow, and still have a stock feel. Only it won't slip.
Too many people say the King Cobra is stiff.

 

04sleeper

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Ask Mustang92 about his Spec Stage 3 clutch. He has more posts on here than anyone I know. I know him personally and he has been racing for years and he will tell you different.

 

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My clutch is going out and I'm leaning towards a Spec 2 b/c I plan on building up the motor hopefully by the end of the year. Haven't heard anything bad about Spec clutches.

J.R.