Clutch guys

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Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

The idea of using a solenoid to release the clutch pedal and regulate the engagement of the clutch was pretty much exactly what I proposed to Jerry Valentine several years ago, he cut me off before I even finished explaining my idea and said that absolutely there was to be nothing electronically connecting the clutch pedal to the clutch. Jerry was pretty high up the NHRA food chain so I took him at his word and didn't do it.

That's the thing with my original 'tamer, nothing electronic gets connected to either the clutch pedal or clutch. Clutch pedal is still released with your foot.

There is nothing proprietary about my original 'tamer. The first iteration was a simple hydraulic screen door closer that I bought at a hardware store and attached to the clutch pedal, also a simple sliding stop arrangement. No electronics. The version I make now is basically the same thing except with a much shorter cylinder. You can make your own for about $30 if you can fit the hardware store cylinder under your dash.

If someone had come up with it 40 years ago, I doubt you guys would be using softlok style clutches today.