CLUTCH, Hydraulic vs Linkage

Maverick · 10-23-2012, 10:30 AM

I met a older guy this year that had a NHRA Mustang stocker, and he was the first stocker to run in the eights. He had a hydraulic activated clutch in his car. It depends on you transmission and how much of a challenge you are willing to go though to run a hydraulic unit. If the mechanical linkage in not workable, sometimes a hydraulic unit can make things easier. My street Cobalt has a hydraulic activated clutch, and I believe the Corvette has a hydraulic clutch. I have one in my Super Gas car, which has a Lenco and it works just fine. I have had a couple of knee surgeries and the mechanical linkage with the bell housing, I had at the time, was not the best. So I went with a McLeod throw out bearing assembly. I have had some issues with what I was trying to do at the time, but at the present I am very content. A lot of it depends on whether you have to use the clutch to shift or not. You need to talk to people who run them and find out the good points, and the not so good points. I like mine, and that is the bottom line. I love the sound of a stick car going through the gears.
Steve Williams Super Gas 351N.

10-23-2012, 10:30 AM	#9
Maverick Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 299 Likes: 3 Liked 36 Times in 26 Posts	Re: CLUTCH, Hydraulic vs Linkage I met a older guy this year that had a NHRA Mustang stocker, and he was the first stocker to run in the eights. He had a hydraulic activated clutch in his car. It depends on you transmission and how much of a challenge you are willing to go though to run a hydraulic unit. If the mechanical linkage in not workable, sometimes a hydraulic unit can make things easier. My street Cobalt has a hydraulic activated clutch, and I believe the Corvette has a hydraulic clutch. I have one in my Super Gas car, which has a Lenco and it works just fine. I have had a couple of knee surgeries and the mechanical linkage with the bell housing, I had at the time, was not the best. So I went with a McLeod throw out bearing assembly. I have had some issues with what I was trying to do at the time, but at the present I am very content. A lot of it depends on whether you have to use the clutch to shift or not. You need to talk to people who run them and find out the good points, and the not so good points. I like mine, and that is the bottom line. I love the sound of a stick car going through the gears. Steve Williams Super Gas 351N.