I recently purchased a centerforce dualforce clutch (with pressure plate). Is there anything I should know before installing it?
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Make sure you surface the OEM flywheel if you didnt purchase an aftermarket one
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Will do, thanks.
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Put 500 miles on it before WOT and make sure you use an alignment tool.
make sure before u start your install u have a spec within arms reach at all times. lol. i just pulled my dual friction out after 700 miles 500 break in 200 with 4 lbs boost and about 1000FT with 8-9 lbs boost the clutch looked ok but the guts of the pressure plate were recked so bad u couldn't shift or disengage the clutch. and the sad thing was the clutch was never abused the car was always moving before wot . now i have a stage 3 spec and its all good.
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I have the same clutch. No problems at all.
I could say that 90% of the people that had problem with their DF where THEIR fault. Not the clutch fault.
Get the flywheel resurface, do a good break in and enjoy it.
Not abused? yet 8-9psi and you didn't push it? yeah right. Do you think we are all new to this?
Gilles
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what are u talking about thats what its designed to do its suppose to hold 90% more power than the stock clutch thats why a bought it so assuming the stock clutch can only handle the stock hp thats 245whp and my car is untuned and there is no way it was even close and considering i ran my stock clutch with a 75 shot 227whp 13.88@98mph and slicks for a whole season plus 130000kms with out one problem and is sitting on the shelf still in perfect working order is sad. so if the centerforce is suppose to hold 90% more than my oem clutch than it should take 431whp no problem plus keep in mind it has not even seen the track yet i went out on the highway with my winter tires from a rolling start and floored it and buy forth gear the clutch was dragging so bad i couldn't get it into gear and limped it home this was not a case of misuse it was a case of a crappy clutch the only way to abuse a clutch is with your left foot if its engaged and moving there is no excuse i now have a spec and there is no comparison and I'm sure when i "push it " over 300whp i won't have a problem thats why u don't hear people talking about how there spec died after 700 miles abused or not
I don't trust Centerforce's claims of 90% over stock or whatever. Spec lists an exact power number on their site of what it will handle so there's no confusion.
its kind of dumb because i have some friends running DFCF clutchs in there mustangs and 4x4 toyota trucks and they put those clutchs threw hell and they just keep asking for more but what ever they did with the j body clutch is a total disgrace.and i agree the % thing is lame spec is saying we pushed the exact clutch that u can buy until it failed to find out what it could take so u can find the clutch that best fits your set up and solved all problems so u don't have to were centerforce says we took what we know from all the clutchs we tested for the more popular cars and applied it to ow er j body clutch we never waisted time or money really testing it but based on all are research from all ower other cars we can't see why it shouldn't work and besides its only a jbody they are a cheap car and they don't make much power anyway it will work fine
