Clutch recommendations?

Brutal04

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My car is slippin like a fat man on roller skates. What do you recommend? Heres my car..

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STOCK CLUTCH!!

Cobra Intake Split Ported by Anderson Ford Motorsports
BBK 70mm Throttle Body
24 lbs Injectors
Kirban Fuel Pressure Regulator
C&L 73mm Mass Air Meter
Vortech FMU
BBK 255lph Fuel Pump
Power Heads E7TE CNC Machined
Trick Flow Stage I Cam
Vortech V1 Supercharger
Aluminum Radiator
Pro-form Electric Fan
BBK Equal Length Shorty Headers
BBK Off-road X-pipe
Flowmaster American Thunder Exhaust
Pro-5.0 Shifter
Laurel Mountain Mustangs Platinum Series Lowering Springs
Mac Caster/Camber Plates
Subframe Connectors
Baer Tracker Bump Steer Adjustable Tie-Rod Set
Baer Track-Plus 4 Wheel Disk, 5 lug conversion.
Brake Proportioning Valve
Ford 17” Bullitt Wheels
Trick Flow Differential Cover
100% Complete ’93 Mustang LX 5.0L Interior & Exterior Upgrade.



Sooooooooooo. What do you suggest? I also see NOS in my future.

Thanks
Carl

 

TrophyHead

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Very nice!!!

Are you doing the clutch job yourself?

Do you have a stock T5?

 

Brutal04

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TrophyHead said:

Very nice!!!

Are you doing the clutch job yourself?

Do you have a stock T5?

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Thanks...

Yep.. Just a T5.. I'm not sure if I'll do the work or not.. (never done a clutch before) If it warms up a bit (above freezing) , I guess I will.

 

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Mark89coupe

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I installed a King Cobra Clutch a few months back. I like it. Soft pedal feel. I have stock heads and cam. You might need something a little better.

 

TrophyHead

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I'll tell you what I think. I say if your upping the boost and spraying the car Spec stage 2 or 3. But....the stock T5 is gonna get torn to shreds behind that kind of power and a killer clutch set-up. Granted your car has 47,000 miles so the T5 should last quite a while for ya....granny shifting and taking care of it.

I've had it happen to me and heard it happen to other members. We go out and buy some badass clutch set-up and in a few months sometimes weeks depending on your driving style we lose our transmissions. It was 3 days for me and my motor is friggen stock. I can laugh about it now.

Eventually your gonna need to upgrade the transmission with your horsepower goals. The transmissions in these cars are not the best. Motors and rear's are great though.

I say you find the cheapest shop to install a clutch and throw a King cobra clutch or something a little bit better than the stocker. Then save up for a Tremec TKO500 26 spline, spec stage 3, alum. flywheel the works and be done with the transmission. Just my 2 cents.

 

HISSIN50

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Do you mind an on/off clutch like a Spec Stg 2?

 

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bmnova

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I like the centerforce dual friction, My 1999 cobra make 500 to the tires and the clutch holds up great.

 

TrophyHead

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Oh and please keep those amber side markers on that car. Friggen awesome.

 

04sleeper

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I have always liked the feel of the King Cobra but if you want more grip and still want a light pedal then I would go with a Zoom Kevlar.


Nice car BTW!

 

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86bluecobra

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centerforce dual friction would be my choice. i have a king cobra right now. i liked the centerforce i had before.

 

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Brutal04 said:

My car is slippin like a fat man on roller skates. What do you recommend? Heres my car..

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1987 LX with 47,000 miles. STOCK CLUTCH!!

Baer 5 lug conversion. The rotors are cross drilled, slotted and zinc-coated. The front rotors are 13” and 12” in the rear. These are a two-part rotor design. There is a brake proportioning valve for front and rear bias pressure.

Baer Tracker Bump Steer adjustable tie-rod set

Laurel Mountain Mustangs progressive rate drop springs.

Pro50

3.73 Gears

Trick Flow griddle

Mac caster/camber plates
Gauges in the vent for boost and oil pressure

Fuel pressure gauge on the cowl vent.
New water pump, aluminum radiator with a new electric fan.

Power heads with Pro-form roller rockers and Comp Cams valve springs.

Comp Cams valves

Trick Flow stage one cam

Cobra intake that has been split ported by Anderson Ford Motorsports

BBK 70mm throttle body and a 73mm C&L mass air meter.

24 lbs injectors and a Kirban fuel pressure regulator.

BBK 255 lph fuel pump in tank.

BBK equal length shorty headers with a BBK X-pipe (no cats) and flowmaster exhaust.

Subframe connectors.

Vortech 6psi V1 supercharger. I will be changing the pullies to 9psi.

Sooooooooooo. What do you suggest? I also see NOS in my future.

Thanks
Carl

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RAM power grip HD.......

 

5spd GT

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I think Centerforce Dual Friction would be a great choice. Soft pedal (softer than a King Cobra) but it does "hit" the transmission harder but I don't think it is as hard as the Spec 2's and 3's. Not to on/offish either.

That is my recommendation if your going with boost and nitrous. Get a good tune...

Good Luck!

 

Thomas302

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I love my spec stage 2. It holds the power awesome, and I think the pedel feels good.

 

5.02GO

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Centerforce dual friction.

Expensive, but worth it in my opinion.

Very soft pedal and grabs like a champ.

 

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With your mods and plans, a stocker will not quite do the job, but the slipping clutch is probally the only thing protecting the T5. Even when it wasn't "slipping" it actuall is some. Get a real hard hitting clutch and you'll know what I mean. My stock T5 lasted over 145K miles, me having it for 55K of that and I beat the crap out of it, powershifing, track almost every weekend, you name it. No issues, made a little noise but nothing really. Put a Spec III in there, less than a month and a half later, shaved the teeth right off the intput and counter shafts gears.

 

gaslight

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I have and like the King Cobra. Its still low mileage and holding up to the turbo I added almost 2 years ago. I don't put alot of mileage on my car but that clutch is still holding up after about 8-10dyno pulls and 6 times down a track at 126mph with street tires.

 

Brutal04

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Thanks for the info everyone..

Whats the part# for the Centerforce dual friction? I was going to get it from Summit.

http://store.summitracing.com/egnse...2+4294924761+4294925134+4294865886+4294860743

 

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rflow50

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i have a king cobra on my T5 at this time holding 473rwhp with no slipping problems. I am upgrading to a TKO 600 in a couple of weeks from now. I thinking of getting the Spec 3 clutch or a Centerforce dual friction, don't know yet.

 

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yelladawg351

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My engine builder put a Centerforce D/F pressure plate with a Spec III disc, and a Fidanza Alum. flywheel behind my 396 motor. Excellent pedal feel, with great grabbing characteristics(slight chatter). My understanding Centerforce now offers seperate components so you do not have to buy a kit. If I am not mistaking Centerforce also offers a 6 puck disc. Correct me if I am wrong. Yelladawg

 

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rflow50

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man i spend two hours already checking out some old threads on Spec and CF clutches. I will be above 500rwhp with my next mods, the route i am going with so far is Spec 3, because i don't drive my car everyday and it's going to see highway most of the time. Lets see if i can stand the chattering for the first hundred miles before it breaks in.