gt40
01-21-2004, 09:52 PM
I had a rps "max" clutch put in at 6800 miles. It was rated to "500 LBS" torque.
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It is slipping. I have 14200 miles. So let's see, 7k- no drag racing, a handful of track days on my overbuilt evo and the clutch is done. Considering i am maybe tapping on 400 lbs of torque I am well within the target limits here.
This company came very highly recomended. They have been around for a while and been associated with some really serious cars. I even went out to their headquarters in chatsworth to see the operation.
4 months and 7k miles later the clutch is gone. It held fine and then in one day it started slipping. I went with this product because of their reputation and I thought I was getting a really hard core clutch to handle the 500 hp motor I am building. IT DID NOT.
I talked to JT at rpm and he said 8k is "satisfactory performance" for a "high performance" clutch like theirs and said I would get maybe another 3k out of it if I had retained my stock flywheel instead of going with a clutch master(fidanza) aluminum.
I AM SORRY BUT 7k IS TOO SOON FOR HOW THE CAR WAS DRIVEN, 400 + HP not withstanding...
JP spent a considerable amount of time explaining that aluminum flywheels are not going to work with that clutch. Neither will a chrome moly flywheel, according to him. I WISH somebody at RPS had told me this before i spent 1600 to put it in...
At least he did call me back.
Anyway he said "we will take care of you" so I will wait and see what exactly that means... I will still be out the serious labor in any case to take this thing out and replace it.
On a final note, I asked about their carbon/ carbon twin plates which were supposed to be out months ago and he said well, we are really busy so unless someone puts a deposit down... we will not be doing this right now. I said I would be willing to pay for a clutch that could handle it if they would build one but got a luke warm response, saying even if i gave him a check tomorrow it would be a month or so.
Anyway, not expecting them to do anything at this point as rps is "so busy" but thought I should at least warn you guys.
If you want a clutch you don't have to replace every 7k... you might want to look elsewhere.
http://www.socalevo.net/forums/modules.php?set_albumName=gt40&id=Picture_008&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php
It is slipping. I have 14200 miles. So let's see, 7k- no drag racing, a handful of track days on my overbuilt evo and the clutch is done. Considering i am maybe tapping on 400 lbs of torque I am well within the target limits here.
This company came very highly recomended. They have been around for a while and been associated with some really serious cars. I even went out to their headquarters in chatsworth to see the operation.
4 months and 7k miles later the clutch is gone. It held fine and then in one day it started slipping. I went with this product because of their reputation and I thought I was getting a really hard core clutch to handle the 500 hp motor I am building. IT DID NOT.
I talked to JT at rpm and he said 8k is "satisfactory performance" for a "high performance" clutch like theirs and said I would get maybe another 3k out of it if I had retained my stock flywheel instead of going with a clutch master(fidanza) aluminum.
I AM SORRY BUT 7k IS TOO SOON FOR HOW THE CAR WAS DRIVEN, 400 + HP not withstanding...
JP spent a considerable amount of time explaining that aluminum flywheels are not going to work with that clutch. Neither will a chrome moly flywheel, according to him. I WISH somebody at RPS had told me this before i spent 1600 to put it in...
At least he did call me back.
Anyway he said "we will take care of you" so I will wait and see what exactly that means... I will still be out the serious labor in any case to take this thing out and replace it.
On a final note, I asked about their carbon/ carbon twin plates which were supposed to be out months ago and he said well, we are really busy so unless someone puts a deposit down... we will not be doing this right now. I said I would be willing to pay for a clutch that could handle it if they would build one but got a luke warm response, saying even if i gave him a check tomorrow it would be a month or so.
Anyway, not expecting them to do anything at this point as rps is "so busy" but thought I should at least warn you guys.
If you want a clutch you don't have to replace every 7k... you might want to look elsewhere.