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[Evan]

heya guys , just putting in the supra 5 speed into my 308. and was wondering what clutch plate i should use??

i would like a heavy duty one, and dont know much about all this.
whats the deal with ceramic, button and puc clutches?, can these all fit? ., how do they range on price and relyability and drivability.

Thanks guys

Evan...

[355LX]

Evan, you want to use a cushioned ceramic, that will be the best combo for what you are doing. Find out the diametre pressure plate you want to use and how many splines are on the input shaft and it's diametre, and go to coventries in morley and ask for a guy called colin i think, he is one of the few knowledgeable guys at the place, and was very helpful to me in the past in regards to clutches.

Dave

Edited by 355LX, 05 June 2006 - 12:23 AM.

[Evan]

Heya dave
thanks for that, ill have to go and see colin at coventries.


i have got 3 pressure plates at my house, how do i tell what ones are heavy duty and what ones are standard??

i can take photo's.


Regards
evan...

[dattoman]

If you have used pressure plates don't use them
Take them to the clutch factory in DOwd St Welshpool and get Graham to test them to pick the best
Then get him to rebuild it to the specs you think you want

[355LX]

If your going to the trouble of fitting a new friction plate, spend the extra $$$'s and get a pressure plate to suite as well.....worth it in the long run.

Dave

[Evan]

heya gius
when i put the aussie 4 speed in a few monts back i put brand new clutch kit, althoe it was just a stand one, not heavy duty, and i found that it would not chirp when i changed gears hard. If i tried to smoke it up with my 235's on, the clutch would just slip. found i had to have it fully enguaged and rolling and then swing it into a nut.
so i was thinking that it was not heavy enough.

ill poste some pics of the 3 i have,
the bloke i got the 4 speed off told me it was new heavy duty one. it looks in alwrite nick.

was having a look at the new clutch and pressure plate that i got for the aussie box when i put it in , and its conciderably larger than the so called heavy duty one i have here that came with the aussie.

they all have 18 prongs.


ill get some pics for ya.

[Evan]

heya guys, got some pics here.

there are all the 3 setups i have.
why do 2 of them havve springs and round tube things in the centre, and the other has just springs.

what do you guys think??

Evan...

[355LX]

If you really want to try and use what you've already got, take it to the clutch specialist Neil mentioned, or one you already know of. That way there is no second guessing, which is something you do not want to do with a clutch. Nothing worse than unnecessarily pulling gearboxes in and out!!

Dave

[Evan]

thanks dave, yer i know , i hate doing it too cos ya have to take the whole car apart ,just to get the fkn thing out..

ill take ti to that baloke that datto said, n get it all checked out , just atm , i cant really spare heaps of extra cash atm as this conversion is costing me heaps, and many headaches.

ill go hard on it tomorows, ( sat ) n let ya know how it goes.


Evan ...