Thread: Kevlar Clutches
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Old 07-01-2005, 01:07 PM
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It's not so much the kevlar as it is the clutch design.

I have a local clutch builder that built mine; it's a custom 12" Viper clutch (I have a Viper 6spd). The pedal effort is zilch, the throwout bearing total travel is about 3/8", and the clamping force is enough to hold 1000rwhp. It can be done.

Sadly, many of the aftermarket clutch solutions are not well engineered. The materials they use and/or the pressure plate pressures are improper for the friction materials used; the result is a grabby/undesirable clutch.

Contact Robyn at Superior Friction in San Jose, CA if you want a Clutchologist to do the impossible.

Byron Reynolds
RACE Systems
San Jose, CA
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