Well now I've driven my car a couple of times after installing the new clutch and lwfw I got from Kevin at Ultimate Motor Werks. This set up feels great the clutch action is much more precise than stock but not to abrupt for everyday use the pedal effort is not noticeably harder than stock.. The difference in fly wheel weight is amazing the stock fly wheel is super heavy.. Although I haven't really driven it hard yet the car does seem to rev faster..
There is some noise but it's about what I expected not to bad.. So far I am extremely happy with my decision to go this way....

George

 

How much does this clutch kit hold in hp

 

......+1..........should be good for up to 650hp

 

I was told it's good to 700hp.. I think it's the same clutch Scott(Divexxtreme) was using in his 700 hp Protomotive ste up..

 

Does he have wilder one, that holds more

 

I think he had the same one with his 700hp set up but now he is adding much more HP so he will need a heavier duty set up..

 

Kevin,
Sorry I was trying to edit my post and accidentally screwed up your message. I edited the wrong post. I couldn't find what the original post was. Please accept my apologies. I am a fumble fingers today.

What I was trying to edit on mine was....

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Originally Posted by KPG

LWFW are not as uncivilized as some would lead you to believe...

Hmm, that is a little general. What you consider acceptable is not the same as someone else. I just sent a car back that had the clutch changed three times until the owner was happy. So what I thought was perfect, he did not. Again, like exhaust notes and levels of noise. Tolerance is always different person to person.

 

I agree 100%. I find it hard to believe you are fumbling with your fingers... I was complaining to Kevin while I was putting in my 5Bar that this was harder than turbos, and he said you do it 1 handed with no air pump removal.... those are well trained fingers Kevin

 

Glad you are enjoying the clutch.


I also have a general question out there. Since we know that certain cars run faster even though they have less peak HP and torque, are these clutches rated for peak HP/Torque? Anyone know how clutches are rated? Is it a scientific process or one of those where they just essentially interpolate/extrapolate that it works for a certain application?

I was reading some old threads from 2004 that I found while trying to do some research on the various tuner stages where there seem to be little difference in real world performance even though some cars had higher HP numbers on the dyno. The thread just ended with no conclusion on how it was eventually resolved. I was wondering if the clutch HP ratings had similar dyno vs real world implications.

 

Did he tell you that is also with couple of fingers I cut off? Took some time before I could use them like that again. I get crabby and never give up. He will tell you that. It was some very good times for me the two of us under Sharky's car making, fixing and modifying!

 

I can almost understand getting your arm in there, but as for pulling that clip.... nothing short of amazing. Kevin

 

I read about your fingers from Modified Luxury/Exotic article.

 

Vincent, that is why he makes money with Porsches... and Porsches just cost us money! Kevin

 

Sheez, I wish. Getting bigger means more overhead, more employees and less money for the boss. Thank gawd I do it because I love it.

Yep, that was a crazy night. I was more pissed that I couldn't bowl that season since my average was like 193 Oh well. Adds character. Or so they say. Now you know why I have so many typos! The best part about it is I told my two boys that I was picking my nose and the bugger monster ate them. That curtailed their picking for a while until they figured out dad was full of it!
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Hahaha

Yeah I hear you the overhead cost with business expansion. I thinks marketing cost is the biggest burden. That's why a lot of small businesses like to stay small and focus.