Im done with spec clutches....
 

Well its showing tell tale signs of going defective on me, like the last one did... i put the clutch pedal down to the floor, and go to start it- the whole F'ing car starts to drive forward... and the worst part is, i think my 120 day warranty is up on it too! F!

ron, i think its time to just dish out money once and for all on a expensive clutch. if you find a rebuildable clutch like a mcleod or something you might end up saving money in the long run

Aren't Spec clutches kinda on the 'spensive side?

mcleod, textrilla, and some others are double what a spec costs (spec3 is usually in the 350-400 range)

Ah. 'Tis been a long time since I've been in the manual tranny world.

After my one Spec, i said never again, I have a textralia in it now(not on the road yet)


i have a Ram HD setup brand new for sale with a stock resurfaced flywheel, $300 obo. Let me know if interested.

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You get what you pay for :shock:

Automatics FTW

+1...tuned A4>M6 :dancing:

i will always stick with a M6, for the pure fact that i enjoy ripping it thru the gears, and after a race, having people ask me "auto?" That makes me feel good. 8-)

And they are done with you too!


Could there be anything else wrong that you keep wasting clutches?

negative, my friend pete had a spec stage 3. he put 600 miles on it before it **** the bed. so to speak. 600 miles! ahhhhhhhh

ehh my spec 3 is fine, used to launch it regularly at 3k on the 10bolt and now 4500-5k on the 12 bolt.....

the clutch outlived the 10bolt (twice) and the t56....

as of now, i would buy another spec.

Like many people have said, theyre hit and miss as far as reliability goes. Ive read about alot of negative experiences with them. IF i can get another spec stage 3 from them, for free of course, it will be up for sale on the boards for cheap

ill keep an eye out for that lol.. since my stock clutch.. well, has seen better days

Thats why you blow your clucth up every 4 months. http://www.njfboa.org/forums/images/...s/icon_lol.gif get an LS7

LS7 won't hold up to good ol' drag racing for long.

+1 for the textralia I'm looking into it as soon as I get the money.

PS, you automatic guys, I was one, Just think about how bad the 4l60e's are, and racing them often will result in 2-3k rebuilds often

so says the man who wanted to do an t56 swap pre-afflak ;)

Ugh, anybody at the Nats 2 years ago will remember why I hate Spec. Get the Textralia.

anyone hear anything good/bad about cartek clutches?

i have actually heard decent stuff with them, just nothing fantastic. textrillia and mcloud seem to own the clutch industry right now. if you plan on keeping the car and driving it and Ronning the crap out of it, i vote going for a rebuildable one

did it blow up on you?

It melted on it's 5th pass, only had 1500 miles on it. I had to use a hammer and chisel when I got home to seperate the flywheel, plate and disc. It was a mess, destroyed everything in the clutch

good god alllmighty! another reason why im not getting another spec