Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) 0 plate and stock clutch?

[MCummings]

I have a friend with a '97 5-speed.



I'm going to be utting gauges, and a #0 plate in. How do you think the stock clutch will hold up ?



Truck has 94K on it. It's a 2wd 2500 Ext. Cab.



Thanks,

learningabout12V'sMerrick

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

My clutch couldn't even handle a #11. I'd hate to think what a #0 would do to one.



Jim

 

[Forrest]

Won't handle it.



My stock clutch was right @ the limit with the HX35-12, 300 injectors, no cat & 4" resonator & #11 3/4 of the way forward.



One of the dual discs, McLeod or SBC, might be in order.

 

[MCummings]

Is it possible be real soft on the pedal for the timing being while he gets enough scratch to pay for a clutch?



Merrick Cummings Jr

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

Probably not. The first time I test drove it after I put the #11 in, it slipped in 4th and 5th. I could already tell it ran a LOT better. Drove it a couple more times, and went home and told the wife I need a new clutch. It only takes one BOMB, and you're addicted. I'm trying to convince her I need a new turbo, now.



Jim

 

[SRadke]

I put a #11 in my 96 and the clutch would hold it pretty well. It was a new stock clutch however. It did slip a couple times doing third gear holeshots but I shouldn't have been doing that anyway. I would say you're looking at a new clutch. You'll never know what it will do without it. Good luck!

 

[JohnE]

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How do you think the stock clutch will hold up ?

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Surrender at first chance.

If you're going for a no fuel limit (#0) plate, then expect total carnage.



I toasted my TC by installing a #4 plate fully back on a stock truck. The trany survived, but the TC surrendered.



Do you really expect any different answer?

 

[MCummings]

Just not a 12V guy.



Would it be all right to put the #0 plate,, and leave everything else stock ?



Thanks.



Merrick Cummings Jr

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Merrick, get out your favorite barbeque sauce for the clutch



Sure, you can keep off the pedal, but what fun is that



However, if you are looking for power, I designed the #0 to do it. It's the best there is.

Meanwhile, Sickly has 2. 5 years on his Sachs, still holding. Meaning, a good clutch will work with the #0, a bad clutch will be a bad tasting (and foul smelling) dinner, cooked well done.



If you don't have enough airflow, other engine parts might be added to the dinner. EGT's can get high. . .

 

[kentdiesel]

Joe,

If a truck that was originally a 215hp already had a DD camshaft, ported head, ATS ex manifold, 4" exhaust , 370 injectors, what turbo would you recommend to go with the above components and a #0 plate to keep EGT's between 1300 to 1400 degrees?

If the above is a sensible combination what hp could one expect to have?

Thank you,

Kent