McLeod Street Twin

kck6894

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Jun 25, 2007

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• Jun 25, 2007

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I put a new McLeod Street Twin in my car about a month and a half ago. Took it to the track for the second time last weekend. After the first pass I could smell it getting hot and then it started slipping. I called McLeod this morning and the tech guy told me that the standard Street Twin wasn't going to hold up to my car. That was a great thing to hear after everyone told me there was no was I needed that type of clutch. I got repeatedly told there was no way I could hurt a single disc let alone a twin. I was also pretty disappointed to see a .05 drop off my 60ft times on the new clutch. Back to the drawing board!

 

BK_CAULEY

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• Jun 26, 2007

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its all in the application. there are plenty of single disk clutches out there that can handle insane amounts of power. just because its a twin disk setup doesnt mean its the best (obviously) i have ran a zoom clutch for a while now and it holds great.

 

kck6894

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Yeah I've tried a lot of different manufacturers and haven't found anything that works well in my application yet. I'm not bashing McLeod or anything just a little frustrated that a clutch that's advertised to hold 800hp didn't hold up to my 425hp car. I'll get it fixed and try it again. They told me I just needed to use different discs in it.

 

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Jun 26, 2007

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• Jun 26, 2007

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get a windowed kevlar or ceramic disc and you should be good. what is the Mcleod disc made of anyway. I would think rated at 800 it would already be kevlar or ceramic.

 

kck6894

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fastfox86 said:

get a windowed kevlar or ceramic disc and you should be good. what is the Mcleod disc made of anyway. I would think rated at 800 it would already be kevlar or ceramic.

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From what I gathered from the McLeod tech guys the discs are not made out of anything special. That's what my problem is. The heavy duty discs they make are made out of a copper metallic material that will tolerate the heat better.

 

Joe 5.0

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Jun 26, 2007

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My street twin held up to 55k of 450+rwtq from a KB on my 347, and it has ran 11.8 @ 120 on ET Streets. Dunno why it would slip for you. What was your launch rpm?

 

kck6894

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I launch at 5500 with a car that weights 3500lbs. My car ran a 7.28 @ 94.2 Mph in the 1/8th mile (11.40's in the 1/4). My local 1/8 mile track is usually a couple a tenths slower than the 1/4 mile tracks I run at.