Thread: stage 3 clutch

ive found a couple deals with a spec stage 3, was wondering if this is a good clutch for a daily driver....

awesome, thanks for clearing it up for me....i might be able to pick up a stage 3 and a flywheel for 600...that would be awesome

cool man, ive been following the build, looks awesome man, monday is gonna be a glorious day im sure!!

so i talked to ron at vengeance today and he told me that hes seen alot of problems with the spec clutches, just wondering if anyone else has had problems with theres too??

he basically swore by textralia....said hes never seen an issue with his experience with them...

yea thats what ive learned, Ron said for the entire assembly it was 950...damn it i hate having expensive hobbies with empty pockets....he also told me that hes had nothing but problems with the PRC head/cam package, told me that they get milled too thin on the top side and when pressure is applied to the rocker, the heads pretty much implode....he recommended the trickflows....way too much for my budget tho....was gonna talk to him again about the ls6 heads... do you know if there is a big difference with hp gains between the ls6 and the trickflow? if its only a few hp then ill take the loss for the better price....

thats a good idea to go off of then, one other question i had, would it be worth it to do just a cam swap without the heads?? also you know off the top of your head how much the ls6 heads are??

ah that makes sense, looks like ill probly be going with the ls6 heads then, any recommendations for the cam with that head? also, is the swap a job that i could do myself?

what the hell is a pully puller? would i have to lift the engine any to get the cam out? and with the heads bein way back in the bay, does it make it a pain in the ass??

ah i see, is there an install guide thats pretty much step by step for an f-body?? im still tinkering with the thought of doing it myself but im still undecided

lol yea its my dd, thats the main worry i have with doing it myself, if i had experience with it, i wouldnt have a problem, but im a lil nervous about doing it my first time as well as not having another car if i mess something up...i might have vengeance just do it for me, maybe get some cool stickers too!!!

I HATE Spec clutches. I've had two and they both chattered, slipped and burnt up. I had one of thier Alu flywheels and when it came out of the car after less than 8000 miles the clutch had no material left and the ring gear was so loose that it probably would of eventually came off destroying whatever was in it way. JMHO.

Spec's are usually good. I have heard of a few instances where people have the same problems that you do, but twice in a row understandably leaves a sour taste in the mouth. I have a Spec twin now and have used the 3+ before. My 3+ had chatter for about 300 miles. Then as I was going to get new tires I gave it the lead foot treatment and never heard it again. A big problem is those aluminum flywheels. They get very hot in city driving and cause excess wear.

Textrailia has great clutches too. But I've heard of drivers complaining about them as well. One was a C5 owner who had one with very few miles on it let go on him and nearly cost him his legs/life.

Originally Posted by Ghost

Spec's are usually good. I have heard of a few instances where people have the same problems that you do, but twice in a row understandably leaves a sour taste in the mouth. I have a Spec twin now and have used the 3+ before. My 3+ had chatter for about 300 miles. Then as I was going to get new tires I gave it the lead foot treatment and never heard it again. A big problem is those aluminum flywheels. They get very hot in city driving and cause excess wear.

Textrailia has great clutches too. But I've heard of drivers complaining about them as well. One was a C5 owner who had one with very few miles on it let go on him and nearly cost him his legs/life.

Having almost lost my leg a few years ago to a clutch explosion. I am very leary of products that others and myself have had problems with. After looking at the flywheel and seeing that ring gear I will never go back to them. But thats just me I know a few people that swear by Spec and wouldn't use anything else. Also thier customer service didn't make things better. I have heard that the twin disk from Spec is a good piece but almost all twins hold better and are more livable than a single disk that will hold the same power.

I also recommend to anyone now getting a scattershield. Cheap insurance on life and limb. And yes Spec has some crappy CS, several phone calls to even get in touch with anyone, and forget them getting back to you on anything,

I never use aluminum flywheels and I know people that swear by not using them and even some of us have had similar problems. But I will say it occurs with much less frequency when using stock or billet flywheels.

If the clutch/flywheel are installed properly and driven well there is probably a less than 1% chance of that ever happening. I myself will not take the chance though. McLeod scattershield all the way.

Originally Posted by dixonk

I wonder if all the problems stem from the aluminum flywheels???

I didn't have the aluminum flywheel with my first Spec. Aluminum flywheels cause you to have to slip the clutch slightly more to get it off the line but I don't think the two are related. The clutch wear maybe but the ring gear loosening no. Just to clarify the clutch explosion was not in my LSX car. It was in a 77 Z28 I had and that I shifted at 7000 RPM and didn't invest in the proper safety equipment. I took a gamble and lost. I knew better then and I definatly know better now.