Clutch plate or full new kit
Discussion
My John Eales AP organic plate finally gave up on Saturday when I tried putting 2 stage nitrous.
This set up used to work fine but its had a few years and hundreds of drag races so wasn't going to last forever.
JE has none in stock at the moment.
Do we think a new friction plate would be fine with the old pressure plate?
A new plate alone will cost me over £200 from Powers
A full kit closer to £450
This set up used to work fine but its had a few years and hundreds of drag races so wasn't going to last forever.
JE has none in stock at the moment.
Do we think a new friction plate would be fine with the old pressure plate?
A new plate alone will cost me over £200 from Powers
A full kit closer to £450
When mine started slipping on my 500 the friction plate had quite a bit left, but the pressure plate had weakened - while you are in there change the lot and have a good hard look at the fork.
Its a lot of work to get the box out once in a year, so why put yourself through that twice.
Andy
Its a lot of work to get the box out once in a year, so why put yourself through that twice.
Andy
I pulled my box out about 5 times one year with various clutch issues.
The last set up I had worked perfectly for a number of years.
I am sure the box will be out in 2 hours on Friday, new clutch fitted and back running in the afternoon.
I have a second hand Mcleod single plate that I will try for now. Not wanting to spend too much at the moment, just need to get back on track to see me to the season end. Then the cars coming apart for an LS twin turbo.
The last set up I had worked perfectly for a number of years.
I am sure the box will be out in 2 hours on Friday, new clutch fitted and back running in the afternoon.
I have a second hand Mcleod single plate that I will try for now. Not wanting to spend too much at the moment, just need to get back on track to see me to the season end. Then the cars coming apart for an LS twin turbo.
Without wanting to be inflammatory, and certainly not being critical of performances achieved, which are remarkable by any measure, do you really think the RV8's limits have been reached if those performances have been through a single plate organic?
I'd love to see what you can do on an LS with FI, but suspect there's still headroom enough for more with a twin plate. There, I've said it...
Can't help it and really admire the LS stuff occurring but still *like* a Rover in a fast Tiv
Good luck, whichever route dude and maybe worth trying Mardis Gras Motorsport in Silverstone for an AP friction plate if you go that way (have you measured yours - prolly fine if there's obvious wear affecting function)?
I'd love to see what you can do on an LS with FI, but suspect there's still headroom enough for more with a twin plate. There, I've said it...
Can't help it and really admire the LS stuff occurring but still *like* a Rover in a fast Tiv
Good luck, whichever route dude and maybe worth trying Mardis Gras Motorsport in Silverstone for an AP friction plate if you go that way (have you measured yours - prolly fine if there's obvious wear affecting function)?
Pupp said:
Without wanting to be inflammatory, and certainly not being critical of performances achieved, which are remarkable by any measure, do you really think the RV8's limits have been reached if those performances have been through a single plate organic?
I'd love to see what you can do on an LS with FI, but suspect there's still headroom enough for more with a twin plate. There, I've said it...
Can't help it and really admire the LS stuff occurring but still *like* a Rover in a fast Tiv
Good luck, whichever route dude and maybe worth trying Mardis Gras Motorsport in Silverstone for an AP friction plate if you go that way (have you measured yours - prolly fine if there's obvious wear affecting function)?
Obviously we can spend a fortune making a rover capable of 700 bhp maybe but that wont get me where I want to be and it will certainly cost a lot more in cash and heartache than the LS route.I'd love to see what you can do on an LS with FI, but suspect there's still headroom enough for more with a twin plate. There, I've said it...
Can't help it and really admire the LS stuff occurring but still *like* a Rover in a fast Tiv
Good luck, whichever route dude and maybe worth trying Mardis Gras Motorsport in Silverstone for an AP friction plate if you go that way (have you measured yours - prolly fine if there's obvious wear affecting function)?
As for the single organic, I have raced for 3-4 years with an AP organic plate and AP racing pressure plate putting well over 500 bhp at times through that plate and a slightly modified T5 box to extremely sticky Mickey Thompson tyres getting 0-60mph in under 3 seconds so the clutch took a beating but lasted well.
I want to go faster... a LOT faster, ive spent a lot of money on Rover V8s and its now time to move on.
I will still use Rover V8s but in other projects that don't require reliable power to run regular 9's and be capable of much more.
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