lol, at least you don't have a 500whp car and can't ever get it together enough to break out of the 12's

oh well, at least my trap speeds are decent

 

what'd you end up trapping?

 

I thought you were in the 11's

 

If I would have stayed in it when I beat that 240 at IFO I would have dipped rather deep in the 11's, but I knew I had him beat, so I let my clutch rest. The next run it gave me the finger.

my best trap that day was 90 in the 1/8th and 119 in the 1/4, which is kinda down from what it should, considering I trap 96 @ bama.

 

thats not too far off what mine trapped back at the beginning of october. think I was running 91-92 in the 1/8th and around 120-121 in the 1/4. and then my clutch ate **** too. its a 'slip on command' style now.

 

bah. clutch is completely ****ed at 7,700 miles. Slips at low rpms now (almost like the TOB is hanging up). *******it. I must have some sort of serious latent S&M streak to own not only a mitsubishi byproduct thats modified, but also a 'race' volvo.

**** me. and the weather is so GREAT right now for the boosto.

 

Kenny--if we have the same clutch; my first one went out at about that mileage, turned out to be an issue I can discuss with you. lemme know and maybe it can get fixed from the source. If you know what I mean. PM me

 

indeed. Its been brought to their attention already, I just have to get enough time to get another car lined up for the down time.

 

uhhh... you can pm me if you want, but ... what clutch are we talking about here? I need to know before I decide to rebuild the one I have now or just get a new one.

 

Twin disc spec. But q Kenny has the 5 speed not the 6

 

similar stuff, slightly different spline count I would imagine. the technology and idea behind it is the same though. There's only so many ways to make a clutch :-P

 

I have heard nothing but good things about the exedy triple plate.

 

except for the price of it!!!

the thing you have to realize tho guys is a twin is going to wear out way faster then a single disc clutch!!! the more clamping force something has the faster it is going to wear out!!!

just like a tire... the more it grips the faster it wears out!!

 

not exactly... Clutches wear when they slip, tires wear any time they're in motion.

a twin disc is essentially just a re-packaging of a larger clutch. the more surface area you have (friction coefficient), the less clamping pressure is required to prevent it from slipping.

With tires, you can either go wider with the same compound (increased contact patch, although this really isn't the best way to do things), or you go with the same profile and a stickier compound, which wears out faster.

Besides, if multiples of clutches were a bad idea, you wouldn't see whole stacks of them in auto boxes now would you :-P

 

A bunch of folks are going to MMP tonight, me included. Just FYI... Would be nice to see some evos.