no thanks man. Nothing beats rowing thru the gears and hearing that wg venting during shifts. It's euphoric and nothing beats it. I thought my psd was fun and had good sound, but this 12v takes euphoria to a whole other level.

 

Come to IL Dan has the timing kit and you can ask him about when he slipped his clutch at the pull. Stock clutches are fine until you try to pull once. Then I can stomp your 12v and make ya miss the 7.3! Then when you get her all beefed up you can come stomp me back

 

Ya that's what I'm hearing hehe. You just trying to get me to IL son?
Are you saying my stock clutch will hold up for a bit if I go easy on it?

 

if you baby it your stock clutch it will do fine, but once you start beating on it and it slips once it will slip easier and easier everytime.

 

Oh interesting. So as long as I don't slip it shifting or launching there won't be issue any time soon? Its ok to hammer it once its fully in gear right?

 

yeah i can slip my brand new 550hp valair clutch in 3rd and od .
less than 1000 miles on it. and yeah me and my bro are just trying to get ya here in illinois . we could do your timing and everything. and ill send ya the video of my 32ft pull. just smoked my clutch. good time

 

i have a single 13"valair clutch in my 96 it works great for towing and everyday use. i have over 3000 miles of it of hard use has not slip yet, it cost me $742 for it. only time will tell.

 

If you don't slip shift speed shift the stocker should hold for a while.

As for the hammering on it, the clutch was made to handel the stock power for the cummins, when you doubble the stock output you can't expect it to hold for long. It's not so much the HP that slips the stock clutch ( or any for that matter) its all about the torque

 

You guys gonna jump me when I get there or sumfin? hehe. If you guys [I]really[I] want me to come, maybe i can figure something out for this summer. But no funny business! I know how you kleins roll!

Ya that was my issue when I went out for my first test drive post-fuel plate, I was slipping during shifts. The reason I did that was because my psd's 6spd was so rough on shifts, I had to slip it so the people inside wouldn't break their necks. This cummins shifts way smooth, I just forget I dont need to slip shift it.
But I was always to the understand that trucks w/ weak clutches will hold up fine IF you hammer it when in gear, and not on take off or when shifting. Just like my old 5.0's trans; was a very weak trans, but when shifted when fully into gear, they would still last a good bit.

 

wanna tell that to my old stock clutch?

it may dissagree with you