I have 342whp and 319lbtq. And Im about to buy a new clutch. And I was wondering. Would the exedy stage 1 hold up to those power levels? Or should I go with a com clutch stage 2 or 3? with oem exedy tob?

Thanks

 

Do you plan on modding more?


Its never to bad to have a clutch that will hold more power than your at now

 

i made 325hp and 317tq on my stock clutch on a mustang dyno and a day after it went so i replaced it with an exedy organic and its held up perfectly. the shop said that there mustang is about 13% under rated so im making around 360hp and 355tq give or take either way according to exedy the organic is good for 420tq i believe so it will work but if u have the money always go with the best clutch its alot of work and money to replace i woulda bought a higher rated clutch if i had the money but the organic works

 

I chose the ACT 2600 and had no issues with it for ~10k+ miles.

 

Im pretty sure I have landed on the ACT XTSS with the performance street disc and competition clutch flywheel. Reviews?

 

If you plan on modding more in the future you might as well just do it all while your there. If so id recommend some type of twin disk like exedy, tilton, etc. alot of great clutches. It may seem like alot now, but will save you money in the long run. If you get the twin disk exedy pick up the clutch fork stop too.

 

if you plan on adding more power, I would go with an exedy twin..!

 

An exedy twin is so expensive, just get a stage 2 and you should be fine.

 

I just got an Exedy Cerametallic (non-HD). Still breaking it in. It's be fine so far though. I make 331/319 whp and torque on a mustang dyno. The organic should work just fine as well. I just heard that it can "smell" if slipped at all on a hill or whatever.

From what I've heard, the OEM clutch can actually hold a decent amount of power. It's abuse that kills it. So not everybody needs a quadruple disc clutch.

 

For as much as you paying for labor may as well get something a little bit nicer so it last longer and held up betters incase u want to add on some more powers later on

 

It will not last longer just because it can hold more torque, from what I have seen stock clutches last longer than twin disc. Personally I will be replacing mine with a stock clutch even with 400/400 as I have given this clutch a beating of a life time without any issue even at my power level.

 

I agree with this school of thought.

Perhaps I'm off base here, but I think its worth mentioning that if you simply strengthen one aspect of your driveline the clutch in this case, all of that force that would normally be destroying the clutch (which btw, is a wear item) just gets moved on down the driveline.

Now ideally, it gets shifted to the tires... but the next thing is trying to get a ton of traction and such and you see where I'm going here.

So many people on this forum are upgrading their clutches just to "handle the future power" and there's nothing inherently wrong with that, but the clutch is only one small component of the drivetrain. Most of the people with their stock clutches have (seemingly) very few problems and excellent wear rates. Considering the rate at which driveline components are failing on our cars, I'm surprised so many people are looking at these clutches.

Its one thing if you NEED a clutch that can hold more power, and its another to be buying too much clutch for your car.

In an ideal world, you'd mod your entire motor and select a clutch for that power level all at once. Along with building your drivetrain... but thats not really feasible unless you're a factory sponsored racing team.

 

The competition clutch forged flywheel. It can work withe ACT XTSS? Right?

 

If you are going to beat it hard go unsprung act disc these don't have lock out issues. Good cheap clutch.