clutch choice

[TrqMonster]

I just got this truck last monday after two days of driving back and forth from Indiana to Missouri where I picked it up. Drove up Sunday to look at and back again Monday to buy it. It is an awesome truck and clutch feels fine. But I dont like to leave things alone, so Im thinking about buying a new one since I have some extra money to play with. I was wondering if I could get some input on some experiences you guys have had with different brands as I am new to the manual diesel as my first was an automatic. I plan on only towing a small trailer and the all around diesel hotrodding fun .





So which one should I go with?

 

[Got Smoke?]

I'm gonna get flamed for this, but I really don't care. :-laf



If you want the best clutch designed for a CTD then call Peter @ South Bend Clutch. There are other companies that make clutches for our trucks, but if you hang around here long enough the BOMBing bug is going to bite (look at me I wasn't gonna BOMB mine when I first got it :-laf ) and when it does most other companies won't work with you on a clutch. Peter stands behind his products and won't sell you more clutch than you need. Just call and talk with him he will ask you specific things that you want and use your truck for then he will sell you the best clutch for your needs.



I'm hopefully getting a SBC Street Dual Disk in Feburary!Oo.

 

[csevers]

www.enterpriseengine.com

www.haisleymachine.com

www.southbendclutch.com



Call them all get prices and compare,they all have clutches to fit anyones needs. Look at clutches that will work for now and then buy some thing better so you don't have to do it twice, down the road. They all have good customer service too.



Craig

 

[Hammer]

I'm gonna get flamed for this, but I really don't care.

No...

We all will just consider the source .

I,myself,have to wonder how you could even make any comment like that,especially knowing you don't even OWN any clutch from a HP manufacturer,let alone have driven one.



TrqMonster. .

All the manufacturers that Craig has listed for you make fine pieces and are about the toughest clutches made. YOU will need to decide what your plans are for this truck,THEN make a decision based on them.



I have Enterprise Engine Performance's double disc pulling clutch. I am not a puller,but,I wanted to buy a clutch that when I wanted to drop the hammer on I did not have to wonder if it was going to hook and hold. They product is not cheap,but,I did not expect quality to be cheap and quality is what I purchased. 4. 5 hours it took them to install it at their shop from the time they lined the truck up for the rack till it was being test driven. I was asked my long term intentions for my ride when I first chatted with Doug there and then given recommendation's to which I made the decision on the unit installed. This clutch is a top notch unit coming from a top notch shop. Hope this helps... ... ..... Andy

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by Hammer

No...

We all will just consider the source .

I,myself,have to wonder how you could even make any comment like that,especially knowing you don't even OWN any clutch from a HP manufacturer,let alone have driven one.

First your statement "you don't even OWN any clutch from a HP manufacturer"... . hey bubba look in my sig see the part that says "Pre-Fried TST"..... uh huh... . I had TST's 13" button clutch... . which I fried earlier this year at a sled pull in Cynthiana KY.



Hammer, YES you are correct I DO NOT OWN A SBC CLUTCH! big shock :-laf



BUT I did intend to at first, however I'm still on the young and impatient side so when I purchased my #10 from a friend I couldn't wait that extra week from being able to afford a SBC Con O from the TST Button Clutch I got. :-laf



Anyhow I have spoken with Peter on many occasions, and each one being at great lenghts 30mins-1hr each anytime I call to ask him questions. He has always taken the time to make sure every question I have is answered, and he even gave me some pointers on the install of my TST clutch that he knew I was getting cause I swapped out flywheels with him cause I did my clutch swap on a Saturday with no-where to get my flywheel resurfaced.



Also I know SEVERAL people relatively closely that have SBC's and they are EXTREMELY happy with them. Some of them have had problems which Peter immediately corrects at little or no cost to the customer.



Also I am currently and have been researching dual disk clutches because like yourself I want a clutch that will HOLD and I would like to sled pull a couple of times a year.



The SBC DD's got off to a rocky start but that's the way it goes with R&D. I keep hearing better and better things from people who have these clutches which leads me to believe that Peter is getting the bugs worked out.



Anyhow before I write a book I'll just close in saying... ... you CAN make a valid comment with factual information.

:-laf



Have a nice day!

 

[Sled Puller]

Originally posted by Got Smoke?

I'm gonna get flamed for this, but I really don't care. :-laf



If you want the best clutch designed for a CTD then call Peter @ !Oo.

Ye who asks for flames shall recieve!!!



Mark is what we call in the real world of horsepower a,"Pre Pom-Pom waver. "



I read that first post, and thought, "Mark has been talking t o Peter. "



Then I read is second post,"Yep Mark HAS been talking to Peter!!"



LOL!

Carry on Mark! I'll see you at the track!

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by Sled Puller

Ye who asks for flames shall recieve!!!



Mark is what we call in the real world of horsepower a,"Pre Pom-Pom waver. "



I read that first post, and thought, "Mark has been talking t o Peter. "



Then I read is second post,"Yep Mark HAS been talking to Peter!!"



LOL!

Carry on Mark! I'll see you at the track!

Gee thanks Gene! (I did ask for it :-laf )



Yeah I've been talking to Peter, AND EEP, AND Haisley. Just like we talked about last night Gene I'm researching for what's best for MY truck and MY requirements of a clutch.



Its getting to the point where I'm not sure I even want to get a dual disk AT ALL anymore. I'm almost to the point of throwing a clutch in that would hold 450HP, calling it quits, and keeping my @$$ in the stands. Everytime you think you find out factual things anymore you hear something different elsewhere. Its hard to tell who's telling me the truth and who's BS'n me anymore. :-{}



Yeah Gene you'll see me at the track next year bud, but it may just be like Muncie this past year..... from the bleachers! :-laf







Then again I'm not the one detuning.

Originally posted by Sled Puller

Don't worry, I will make sure Shawn gets around me next year, I'm detuning for full time street use.

 

[Sled Puller]

Originally posted by Got Smoke?

Its getting to the point where I'm not sure I even want to get a dual disk AT ALL anymore. I'm almost to the point of throwing a clutch in that would hold 450HP, calling it quits, and keeping my @$$ in the stands. Everytime you think you find out factual things anymore you hear something different elsewhere. Its hard to tell who's telling me the truth and who's BS'n me anymore. :-{}

:

Let me guess- people who don't own or have ever driven an EEP dual disk tell you one thing about them, then somebody who has put 80,000 miles and 100 hooks on it tells you another.



Yea, that would be hard to decide whos telling the truth there!!!!



Its a pattern that I have wathced on several products. Some marketers on this site can't let their own products speak for themselves, they feel a need to bash anothers.



I think you are at the point where you need to buy the best single disc SBC has, and when you are ready to upgrade, I am sure Peter will give you full value of it towards his dual disc that will surely have the bugs out of it by then.



If you don't go crazy on hp, traction or a greedy gear, it should work fine.