Competition what clutch to buy??

[silver03]

I am going to buy a dual disk clutch for my 03'. Just wondering

what one to buy a South Bend or a Mitchell and the best place to get it.

 

[Got Smoke?]

It all depends on your requirements of the clutch.



My personal opinion because I started to go this route then reconsidered..... call all three dual disk vendors and talk to them about their product and then make your best decision based on the knowledge of the conversations.



www.EnterpriseEngine.com

www.HaisleyMachine.com

www.SouthBendClutch.com

 

[silver03]

Who did you chose. I am going to pull with this clutch.

 

[csevers]

Call them all !!!

They all have good dual disk clutches now. It does depend on what you want in a clutch and the price you want to invest.



Craig

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by silver03

Who did you chose. I am going to pull with this clutch.

You didn't pay close attention to my post.

Originally posted by Got Smoke?

It all depends on your requirements of the clutch.



My personal opinion because I started to go this route then reconsidered.....

I decided that it wasn't worth it to me anymore, and that I couldn't compete competitively so I decided to just get a South Bend 13" FE and keep my butt in the stands where it belongs.



"Pulling is a rich mans sport, and I ain't rich!"

*Got Smoke?*

 

[StakeMan]

Got Smoked?



Maybe its not the clutch, but the driver.

 

[TPCDrafting]

Stakeman = Freakman

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by StakeMan

Got Smoked?



Maybe its not the clutch, but driver error.

Yeah it was 7 months ago... ... I won't make that mistake again stakeygurl!

 

[StakeMan]

If you didn't burn up a clutch every 7 months you could afford to pull.

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by StakeMan

If you didn't burn up a clutch every 7 months you could afford to pull.

that was only the first clutch I put in this truck smartaleck. :-laf

 

[Digger]

Can you pull in 4th gear with a dual disk? I tried pulling in 3rd with my truck last year and was limited by speed and lost to underpowered autos. I have a SB 1947 Con FE.



Dan

 

[Rob Thomas]

Originally posted by DanHill

Can you pull in 4th gear with a dual disk?



Dan

Yep

 

[Digger]

Rob,

Is there a HP level I should be at to do so?



Dan

 

[Cumminsman]

Rob,



does 4th = the jesup gear??

lol! later!



Dan,

imo, if you have enough power to leave the line with it, you should have a good pull. if that's to slow try 5th in the 6spd. give you a 1:1 gear. make sure you have a 75' rule or just try it once. but remember that at every pull the sled could be set lighter or heavier. later, nick

 

[Rob Thomas]

Dan, like Nick said, try it once. HP level will depend on track conditions, sled, your axle ratio, gearbox, tires, ect, ect.



BTW, take pullin' advise from me with a grain of salt, I "know" how to do it, just can't seem to be able to.





Nick, I said "yep" you can pull in 4th, didn't say "I" did. LMAO (I stil say that was my test hook, couldn't break and drive 1100 miles home, LOL)



Rob

 

[Cumminsman]

LOL Rob, still say that you have huge cahojnes (sp?) for driving that far and pulling. hell, i wouldn't drive 30 minutes.

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by Cumminsman

LOL Rob, still say that you have huge cahojnes (sp?) for driving that far and pulling. hell, i wouldn't drive 30 minutes.

And you sorry son of a gun want me to hook my daily driver after saying that! #@$%! :-laf

 

[csevers]

BTW, take pullin' advise from me with a grain of salt, I "know" how to do it, just can't seem to be able to.



B S !!! You pull damn good most of the time. What the hell, it is for fun right? The most fun I have had was hanging around at the start line and chatin getting ready to pull.



Craig

 

[Cumminsman]

Got smoke,

i drove mine everyday and drove it to more than 25 pulls and pulled it over the last five years. but now that i have another truck and trailer, i wouldn't. i'm especially not driving 1100 miles and pulling. later, nick

 

[Brandon]

I remember the days of being called trailer queen, funny thing now evrybody trailers them... ..... I just dont have the urge to spend all night trying to fix something when you can tug it on the trailer and think about it later... ... Although it is a funny sight to see trucks get hooked up to a yellow wrecker to get towed home, hope the AAA card pays off lol