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converting to a 5 speed trans need help picking a clutch

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Old 02-20-2011, 09:50 PM
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thanks guys i will let you know what i end up getting
 
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Old 02-22-2011, 06:12 PM
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hey get me one to while your at it
 
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Old 02-23-2011, 07:48 AM
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i have heard alot of bad things about the zoom button clutch but i think that it holds up great with the mods that i have to my truck... and believe me theres about 7 or eight of my friends that try to race me on a daily basis and they all get left in the smoke and they all have automatics!!
 
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:08 AM
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i just helped my buddy pick out a clutch, we decided on the valair 13" organic, its right around 600 bucks but it comes with the flywheel to upgrade to a 13" clutch. so you save a bit at the machine shop since you dont have to have your flywheel machined and resurfaced.

when my clutch goes im gonna end up just getting the valair organic for the stock flywheel because it is the absolute cheapest way to go and still holds more power then this turd will ever make. these trucks really aren't the hot rods everyone acts like they are, it doesn't take the worlds most expensive clutch to hold these things.
 
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Old 02-23-2011, 01:11 PM
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with the resurfacing the flywheel i was told when replacing my clutch that it isnt totally necessary to resurface the flywheel. the only suggestions that i may give you is just to take a sander and run it across it to scuff it up. when machining a flywheel they suggest shimming it up because that moves the flywheel away from the slave cylinder requiring the clutch to still drag slightly. My zoom is $700 new but with my brother working at the local napa i got the clutch for just around $350.
 
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Old 02-23-2011, 01:32 PM
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i got a valair 13'' k/c rated for 500hp. i pull heavy loads all the time and it works great even with all of my mods.
 




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