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Old 11-12-2014, 09:59 AM   #1
buzzinhalfdozen
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Default Re: Entry Level SS(MOD) rules proposed

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Originally Posted by randy wilson View Post
This is directed to Pvr Parts. I may have just had a bad experience with trick clutches, but after spending $3,800 for a small diameter dual disc to replace our McCleod softloc, we had big expectations. The car went from running 5.90's at 119 mph to running 6.20's at 117 mph. We turned every nob on the thing, and if it slipped, it ran 6.20's, if it locked up, it ran 6.20's. Nothing changed. We could have bracket raced it, but it wouldn't get out of it's own way. Went back to single disc, 5.85, 120 MPH. Go figure. I just hated buying things guaranteed to help, that do nothing but kill your momentum. And no we never tried a different brand. If a mule kicks you twice it's your own damn fault. And I will not bad mouth the clutch company. Many are successful with it.
I noticed one of the rules is no data loggers, When I was running my AX combo and went from a softloc to a really nice fully adjustable single disc i saw a lot of improvements of course without the data logger to assist in tuning I too may have seen no or little gain. This is in no way trying to say a softloc is not a good clutch, it is just like a powerglide is a good trans but compared to a proflite or a turbo XLT they're merely stone age technology (for going fast).
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