Which Clutch?

[bhpjon]

And another thing..... Does anyone know which clutch i need for my 5 litre, the 'standard one' was a borg and beck which i am having trouble sourcing, but i've also looked at the Mcleod Street and strip clutch which needs the standard flywheel re-drilling to fit( don't imagine this is cheap!)I am looking at continual upgrades for the engine so one that can take 300bhp would be useful, all contributions gratefully recieved!!

[don1]

A gentleman from here running a supercharged 4.0 lump has a standard 5.0 clutch with that kind of horsepower, and isn't having any trouble with it. Don't know if that helps...

[Fire99]

Standard 500 Clutch should be fine.
I thought the original was an AP not Borg n Beck.. am i wrong?

On the clutch front.. anyone know a good place to source, or have fitted.. Im in the Essex area and mine needs replacing in the next couple of weeks.

(sorry for the kinda hijack)

regards,

Nik

[Jay Ayegees]

You're both right - it's a AP Borg & Beck clutch - TVR carparts supplied my last one.

Jay

[uncle fester]

TVR Power do a heavy duty clutch. Nice feel, weight and power handling. Mine copes fine and its a 500 Taraka.

[Fire99]

Jay Ayegees said:

You're both right - it's a AP Borg & Beck clutch - TVR carparts supplied my last one.

Jay

Well that answers that one..

[schmokin1]

anyone had experience of an EBC clutch for a chim 400? seems good value...
cheers
schmo

[bhpjon]

Starting this one off again, I am looking at the 'Mcleod racing clutch' does anyone have any experiences?

[s5tuart]

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TVR-CHIMAERA-GRIFFITH-5-0-V8...

Any good?

[bhpjon]

s5tuart said:

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TVR-CHIMAERA-GRIFFITH-5-0-V8...

Any good?

Yes i'd seen these and was quite interested (very good price), but i would like to hear from anyone who has fitted one, as i don't trust just any clutch for my 5 litre

[rev-erend]

bhpjon said:

Starting this one off again, I am looking at the 'Mcleod racing clutch' does anyone have any experiences?

John - I've just fitted one of these to mine and it's not straight forward.

Firstly the clutch is about £260- from someone like :
http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/category.php?id=20

Then you need a good machine shop to skim the flywheel and centre and redrill the bolt holes (10.5 inch) original clutch in 9.5 inch.

Next - the release bearing has to be shortened my approx 10 mm as the new clutch is deeper by 10mm than the original .. so that has to be lathed too..

I should add you probably don't need this clutch unless you have a lot more than 300 bhp..

Mines all in and I'm hoping to start-up the engine this weekend.

Give v8 tuner or others (real steel, V8 dev etc) a call and discuss.

[bhpjon]

rev-erend said:

bhpjon said:

Starting this one off again, I am looking at the 'Mcleod racing clutch' does anyone have any experiences?

John - I've just fitted one of these to mine and it's not straight forward.

Firstly the clutch is about £260- from someone like :
http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/category.php?id=20

Then you need a good machine shop to skim the flywheel and centre and redrill the bolt holes (10.5 inch) original clutch in 9.5 inch.

Next - the release bearing has to be shortened my approx 10 mm as the new clutch is deeper by 10mm than the original .. so that has to be lathed too..

I should add you probably don't need this clutch unless you have a lot more than 300 bhp..

Mines all in and I'm hoping to start-up the engine this weekend.

Give v8 tuner or others (real steel, V8 dev etc) a call and discuss.

Thanks very much for that, Paul @ v8 tuner told me of the other mods needed for this clutch but as i am likely to carry on tweaking it could be a good investment, Incidentally did you change your clutch fork and release bearing when you did yours? Would you mind if i asked how much you were charged for the mods?

[rev-erend]

bhpjon said:

rev-erend said:

bhpjon said:

Starting this one off again, I am looking at the 'Mcleod racing clutch' does anyone have any experiences?

John - I've just fitted one of these to mine and it's not straight forward.

Firstly the clutch is about £260- from someone like :
http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/category.php?id=20

Then you need a good machine shop to skim the flywheel and centre and redrill the bolt holes (10.5 inch) original clutch in 9.5 inch.

Next - the release bearing has to be shortened my approx 10 mm as the new clutch is deeper by 10mm than the original .. so that has to be lathed too..

I should add you probably don't need this clutch unless you have a lot more than 300 bhp..

Mines all in and I'm hoping to start-up the engine this weekend.

Give v8 tuner or others (real steel, V8 dev etc) a call and discuss.

Thanks very much for that, Paul @ v8 tuner told me of the other mods needed for this clutch but as i am likely to carry on tweaking it could be a good investment, Incidentally did you change your clutch fork and release bearing when you did yours? Would you mind if i asked how much you were charged for the mods?

No problem.

My gearbox is a Leyland LT77.. retained the release arm as it looked OK (it's steel) and I replaced the bearing with the older non selfcentering bearing as the carrier is steel and I thing stronger that the plastic of the newer design.

I pay some one £35 to lathe off 10mm from the steel carrier (bearing end)..