03-01-2013, 09:19 PM
Someone just needs to find a place that will uprate a standard pressure plate 20% on the spring thickness or something?!
Assuming some fall-off on the efficiency, say you get 15% more clamping force then 260lbft * 15% ~ 300lbft
I've known people run LuK with 275lbft with a 'soft' exhaust (ie, laggy so it softens torque spikes) and run it ok for years with only slight slips now and again in top gear at peak torque on the motorway etc...
So assuming you get a new OEM kit and somehow had the pressure plate uprated, I bet they'd hold up to 300lbft ok for 2-3yrs of normal use.
Or once again that Berlingo van clutch kit. If that really is the one people are using that takes big torque numbers but feels like an OEM clutch that is the one I'd be going for! Anyone actually confirmed that one yet?
Issue with all this testing is no one wants to risk the labour of fitting for something that might not work hehe... so no one takes the risk.
I didn't I'll admit, I just bought the most crazy clutch possible so I knew it'd hold for my tuning development
Dave
Assuming some fall-off on the efficiency, say you get 15% more clamping force then 260lbft * 15% ~ 300lbft
I've known people run LuK with 275lbft with a 'soft' exhaust (ie, laggy so it softens torque spikes) and run it ok for years with only slight slips now and again in top gear at peak torque on the motorway etc...
So assuming you get a new OEM kit and somehow had the pressure plate uprated, I bet they'd hold up to 300lbft ok for 2-3yrs of normal use.
Or once again that Berlingo van clutch kit. If that really is the one people are using that takes big torque numbers but feels like an OEM clutch that is the one I'd be going for! Anyone actually confirmed that one yet?
Issue with all this testing is no one wants to risk the labour of fitting for something that might not work hehe... so no one takes the risk.
I didn't I'll admit, I just bought the most crazy clutch possible so I knew it'd hold for my tuning development
Dave