Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi Guys,

destroyed my clutch on the weekend!!! nothing worse then gettin flat towed home!!! that was the second trip i did with that clutch and its already shit itself... so obviously not heavy duty enough for my application...

i just want to know what clutch combo all you V8 guys are running???

ive got a 5lt turning 37"'s... theres heaps of guys with 350 chevs and bigger on here so just curious to get some feedback...

its been suggested i go for the 10 1/2 INCH chev clutch kit by RPM apparently its and off the shelf kit made for the 40's thats pretty good????


thanks
joe

What clutch were you running that failed....

im not sure about the clutch assembly because that came with the car when i brought it but i replaced the clutch plate with a "heavy duty" excedy for a holden 308...

The Exody should have lasted for ages.

I run an Exody Sports Tuff 308 clutch and it has so far handled 4 years of abuse, when the motor was out recently it looked hardly even worn.

really??? thats bloody good!!!

what sort of flywheel cover/ scatter shield are you running???

maybe water getting in killed it???

Just a nasty tin one supplied by Marks, and it wasn't on there for at least half the time,

This is my clutch when I pulled it out recently,

Exedy is working a treat in mine too, I had the pressure plate modified to clamp a lot more and the clutch plate I'm now running is an Exedy Dyna truck (it has bigger/stronger springs)
The peddle is heavy but it locks up grouse and has no slip at all.
It's been in for 2 years now.

well there you go... thats looks fine and you didnt have a cover on for half the time...

HG - are you running a flywheel cover???

the reason i brought up water damage is because before is shit itself i was in a really deep boghole and thats when is started to slip... then it dried out a bit, i got friction/drive back in about 5-mins of having the motor running trying to dry it out... then the next boghole destroyed it

with this new clutch assembly im getting, i can get it mirror balanced to my old clutch assembly cant i????


thanks for the info guys....

Doesn't really matter what brand or style of clutch you are running, changing gears in deep water (assuming this is what you did) will fark most of them. A decent inspection cover will help somewhat but will not seal completely.

yeah i guess so...

ill just have to seal it up as best as i can...

thanks

i run an Exedy behind my blown 5.7 and never had a drama with it.

Yep I have made a flywheel cover that is silicon-ed, the clutch fork has a rubber boot that is sealed with silicone too.
I took the gearbox out a couple of weeks ago to check the clutch (yearly service time) and it was clean as in there and the clutch/pressure plate are in grouse condition.

yeah i think thats the way to go.... ill fab 1 up and seal it

thanks for the info guyz...