Quartermaster: Really That Hard To Drive Daily?
This is what to expect from a QM (or Tilton) 7.25" dual disc metallic unit as compared to the clutch you have presently:
Reduced Off-Idle Torque - the light mass and small diameter make getting away from a stop more challenging and demanding of your attention. If you come to a stop sign with the car pointed uphill, you will find it very easy to stall.
Grabby - the clutch does not allow any engagement slippage, and becomes very grabby when hot. It feels like it is either in or out, and nothing in between.
Noisy - When the car sits at idle, you will hear the discs rattling quite clearly from both inside and outside the car. When decelerating in gear, you will hear a loud buzzing that sounds like an exhaust pipe rattling outside the car.
Life - this depends upon driving habits and forcing the clutch to slip in everyday driving will contribute the greatest wear in the shortest time. A good friend of mine had the QM and I had the Tilton. They were virtually the same clutch in all aspects (we've driven and are familiar with each others cars). We both got out of these clutches (<5k miles) before we could determine overall clutch life.
In short, I found the clutch to detract from the driving experience, and IMO, the noise was bad enough to devalue the car. In return, I didn't observe any real street advantage. If you're not bothered by a noisy, rattling clutch that makes the car somewhat more difficult to drive cleanly, then YMMV.
Reduced Off-Idle Torque - the light mass and small diameter make getting away from a stop more challenging and demanding of your attention. If you come to a stop sign with the car pointed uphill, you will find it very easy to stall.
Grabby - the clutch does not allow any engagement slippage, and becomes very grabby when hot. It feels like it is either in or out, and nothing in between.
Noisy - When the car sits at idle, you will hear the discs rattling quite clearly from both inside and outside the car. When decelerating in gear, you will hear a loud buzzing that sounds like an exhaust pipe rattling outside the car.
Life - this depends upon driving habits and forcing the clutch to slip in everyday driving will contribute the greatest wear in the shortest time. A good friend of mine had the QM and I had the Tilton. They were virtually the same clutch in all aspects (we've driven and are familiar with each others cars). We both got out of these clutches (<5k miles) before we could determine overall clutch life.
In short, I found the clutch to detract from the driving experience, and IMO, the noise was bad enough to devalue the car. In return, I didn't observe any real street advantage. If you're not bothered by a noisy, rattling clutch that makes the car somewhat more difficult to drive cleanly, then YMMV.

But overall, I love this clutch but everyday street manners can be an issue to people who daily drive it. Either Exedy twin HD or QM of course...
This is what to expect from a QM (or Tilton) 7.25" dual disc metallic unit as compared to the clutch you have presently:
Reduced Off-Idle Torque - the light mass and small diameter make getting away from a stop more challenging and demanding of your attention. If you come to a stop sign with the car pointed uphill, you will find it very easy to stall.
Grabby - the clutch does not allow any engagement slippage, and becomes very grabby when hot. It feels like it is either in or out, and nothing in between.
Noisy - When the car sits at idle, you will hear the discs rattling quite clearly from both inside and outside the car. When decelerating in gear, you will hear a loud buzzing that sounds like an exhaust pipe rattling outside the car.
Life - this depends upon driving habits and forcing the clutch to slip in everyday driving will contribute the greatest wear in the shortest time. A good friend of mine had the QM and I had the Tilton. They were virtually the same clutch in all aspects (we've driven and are familiar with each others cars). We both got out of these clutches (<5k miles) before we could determine overall clutch life.
In short, I found the clutch to detract from the driving experience, and IMO, the noise was bad enough to devalue the car. In return, I didn't observe any real street advantage. If you're not bothered by a noisy, rattling clutch that makes the car somewhat more difficult to drive cleanly, then YMMV.
Reduced Off-Idle Torque - the light mass and small diameter make getting away from a stop more challenging and demanding of your attention. If you come to a stop sign with the car pointed uphill, you will find it very easy to stall.
Grabby - the clutch does not allow any engagement slippage, and becomes very grabby when hot. It feels like it is either in or out, and nothing in between.
Noisy - When the car sits at idle, you will hear the discs rattling quite clearly from both inside and outside the car. When decelerating in gear, you will hear a loud buzzing that sounds like an exhaust pipe rattling outside the car.
Life - this depends upon driving habits and forcing the clutch to slip in everyday driving will contribute the greatest wear in the shortest time. A good friend of mine had the QM and I had the Tilton. They were virtually the same clutch in all aspects (we've driven and are familiar with each others cars). We both got out of these clutches (<5k miles) before we could determine overall clutch life.
In short, I found the clutch to detract from the driving experience, and IMO, the noise was bad enough to devalue the car. In return, I didn't observe any real street advantage. If you're not bothered by a noisy, rattling clutch that makes the car somewhat more difficult to drive cleanly, then YMMV.

Here's 1 of my vids from a while back about the sound :
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/E...ter_197081.htm
Dan was being a little too nice and gave it to me with the purchase. Speaking of purchase, the price he sold it for was unbelievable. I remember when he had it up on craigs, i asked him if it was sold yet, he said it is about to be sold the next day; he already had some people with cash in hand ready to purchase it. Then a couple of week later, i sent him an email saying if he sold it, he told me he still have it, so i went down to his house, checked it out. A week later, its sitting in my garage, cant be any more happy.
Very nice! Dan is a nice guy...I would like to see him go farther with his drag car but he has priorities that are more pressing. Yeah the is TOLERABLE once you figure out the best way to drive it.
They do have the 6 speed conversion I run the Quarter Master Twin on my 6 speed call MaPerformance up and talk to Adam he helped me out to get the right parts to get my QM working properly the main difference between the 6 and 5 speed Hydraulic TOB is that it's different in size and the 6 speed one has a 3 bolt pattern and the 5 speed has a 4 bolt pattern adaptor. BTW it's feels great in my 6 speed the best clutch hands down for racing.
They do have the 6 speed conversion I run the Quarter Master Twin on my 6 speed call MaPerformance up and talk to Adam he helped me out to get the right parts to get my QM working properly the main difference between the 6 and 5 speed Hydraulic TOB is that it's different in size and the 6 speed one has a 3 bolt pattern and the 5 speed has a 4 bolt pattern adaptor. BTW it's feels great in my 6 speed the best clutch hands down for racing.
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Thanks for all the shared experiences. I started this because everyone says to use the search and I came out even more confused when you get opinions from the peoples who's brothers, cousin's, half sister's, boyfriend has it. Thanks again to all
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