View Single Post
  #18 (permalink)  
Old 10-31-2002, 10:54 AM
speed220mph's Avatar
speed220mph speed220mph is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory, NC
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
Posts: 1,106
Not Ranked     
Default

The "trick" here is to go with the dual-friction disc and an unweighted pressure plate, thus there will be no increase in plate load, i.e., pedal effort, at high rpm, or over 6,000 rpm. I don't recall whether Centerforce offers an unweighted pressure plate, but that's what you will need if you're going to shift at higher revs. If you'll be shifting under 5,500 rpm, a weighted pressure plate is ok.

As for an aluminum flywheel, it will work since the Cobra is light and the final-drive ratio is 3.20:1 or higher. Otherwise, you'll need the extra inertia to launch the car.
__________________
Tom

"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
Reply With Quote