BlackBadGT said:Currently, I have a Ford Racing " Heavy Duty" clutch, or whatever they call it, installed. I bought the clutch kit for like $160, and dropped it and my car off at afriend's place while i went to work. A few hours later I got a cal at work: "dude, this new clutch is exactly the same as the stock one." The " heavy duty" kit had the EXACT SAME part numbers on the clutch disc and pressure plate as the ones that were being replaced (because they sucked!) I was pissed! The King cobra kit uses the same clutch disc, but a "more advanced" pressure plate. So, basically, you and I both upgraded to a stock clutch.
D.K said:I have nothing but good things to say about my King Cobra clutch. I beat on it leaving the shop after install, and I've been beating on it ever since. It's been through at least 75 passes at the strip, and occasional daily driver duty in the year that I've had it, and it still grips like new. Granted, I'm not pushing insane amounts of power, but the King Cobra handles what my car throws at it just fine.
Bad info??? Unless some clutch bandit crawled under my car and changed the stock clutch one night while I was sleeping, they're the same part. From my reading, the KC uses the same disc, but a different pressure plate designed to reduce pedel effort (personally, I like a little pressure). The box I purchased said "Heavy Duty" and "Ford Racing" on the box. The part numbers on the pressure plate and on the disc were the same. I bought the clutch kit from Jeg's, so it's not like i bought it off some guy 2nd hand that thought he might have a HD clutch. Bad info? This is first hand information not something I heard from a friend of a friend.JayC said:Someone sold you the wrong clutch......the HD and the KC are not the same and do not have the same part #'s as the OEM clutch. Please stop spreading bad information.
Craig Mack said:Pedal effort is SIGNIFICANTLY lighter on the King Cobra versus the spec. Keep in mind I didnt have the Steeda Adjustable Quad with the Spec though, don't know if that makes a difference.
The friend who got me my deal on my King Cobra has ran two of them, and has had no problems with them, and thinks its an adjustment issue.
I am going to call my shop first thing when I wake up tommorow and let you guys know how things go, and give everyone an update.
BlackBadGT said:Bad info??? Unless some clutch bandit crawled under my car and changed the stock clutch one night while I was sleeping, they're the same part. From my reading, the KC uses the same disc, but a different pressure plate designed to reduce pedel effort (personally, I like a little pressure). The box I purchased said "Heavy Duty" and "Ford Racing" on the box. The part numbers on the pressure plate and on the disc were the same. I bought the clutch kit from Jeg's, so it's not like i bought it off some guy 2nd hand that thought he might have a HD clutch. Bad info? This is first hand information not something I heard from a friend of a friend.
You're kidding , right? Ford Racing Performance Products -vs- OEM Ford parts. They're made by the same company with a different label on the box! The HD clutch may very be an upgraded clutch for a T-5 or previous generation mustang, but it is the exact same part number that came out of my car. What are you missing here? Where are you getting your information, because I got mine directly from the numbers that were printed on the clutch and pressure plate. In this case, it looks like the HD clutch is indeed a repackaged OEM product so why would they put a different part number on the same exact part? For THE LAST TIME, I saw the stock clutch and the "HD" clutch side by side and the stock pressure plate and "HD" pressure plate side by side. I read the part numbers, and they are the same. I Have this clutch in my car. I didn't have the time or patience to take it back to the store, so that is what went it, in the hopes that the stock clutch was just defective. I went about 750 miles before i had some fun with the car, and believe me, waiting that hard was tough, especially since L/T's went on at the same time.JayC said:As you said yourself the HD is a FRPP product as is the KC ........so please tell me how a FRPP product has the same part # as a OEM Ford part? Some FRPP parts are in fact OEM Fprd parts but they DO NOT have the same part #
Jay
BlackBadGT said:You're kidding , right? Ford Racing Performance Products -vs- OEM Ford parts. They're made by the same company with a different label on the box! The HD clutch may very be an upgraded clutch for a T-5 or previous generation mustang, but it is the exact same part number that came out of my car. What are you missing here? Where are you getting your information, because I got mine directly from the numbers that were printed on the clutch and pressure plate. In this case, it looks like the HD clutch is indeed a repackaged OEM product so why would they put a different part number on the same exact part? For THE LAST TIME, I saw the stock clutch and the "HD" clutch side by side and the stock pressure plate and "HD" pressure plate side by side. I read the part numbers, and they are the same. I Have this clutch in my car. I didn't have the time or patience to take it back to the store, so that is what went it, in the hopes that the stock clutch was just defective. I went about 750 miles before i had some fun with the car, and believe me, waiting that hard was tough, especially since L/T's went on at the same time.
My purpose with posting this (and arguing w/you!) is so that someone else who is considering a KC or HD clutch will reconsider and not make the same mistake I did. Bottom line, you're wrong. Please quit posting incorrect information before someone looking for reccomendations for an upgraded clutch see this and gets confused.
JayC said:If your clutch is exactly "like" a OEM Ford clutch.......then it is not a FRPP clutch.......someone sold you a OEM clutch. I had my OEM clutch and my KC on a bench side by side, they did not look "like" each other. I'm amazed that you have the ability to "look" at parts and tell they are exactly alike.......you must be "special" or something. Im done dealing with dumbasses
Jay
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