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Originally Posted by bobcowan
I'm sure you could. I don't see why you couldn't use a Centerforce disc with a stock pressure plate. I don't know how long it will last, but it would work.
The Centerforce PP is made by Valero - they make a lot of clutch parts for aftermarket companies. But Centerforce adds the weights to increase clamping force as the rpm's climb; that's the real "magic".
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Want to buy a new Centerforce complete clutch kit for the 408. Problem is I do not know exactly what to buy for sure. As near as I can figure the clutch I have is a Sachs OEM replacement of some sort but there are no mumbers on it that make any sense with what I can find online in parts sources.
I know the disc says Sachs and is a 10.5" disc. the pressure plate is a 10.5" God knows what and the main number on it it is a huge cast in "MF265". When I try to search it online all I come up with is a Massey Furgerson Tractor part! Know that isn't right but damned if I know what it is? It does say Made in Mexico on the perimeter of it but that is no real help. It seems to me it is NOT the correct OEM clutch for the block I have/had, but if worked fine! So I am trying to find a direct replacemnt for it in a much more robust form like the "Centerforce Dual Force" line.
So... I
think (?) I can use the Centerforce model # DF021057 See it at:
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http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku ) Which is actually supposed to be for a 1995 5.8 liter/351 Windsor Mustang Cobra "R". It is the
only one I can find for a 351 Windsor that is 10.5" (like the one I have now is) and will work with my new billit steel SFI flywheel which will only take a 10'5" MAX clutch size (not an 11" like most of the 351 clutches I see out there). And I think it will be compatible with my T5 Z spec.
Are there any reasons anyone can think of that this model clutch will not work for me even though it is probably not OEM for this engine block butit is the same disc size, shaft size, 10 spline, for 351 windsor, etc. The photo of it looks right and the bolt hole placements, etc seem right in the photos, but I'm no clutch expert.
All the other 351 windsor clutches I can find are either 11" (won't work with my flywheel), or the 10" ones that are all for 289/302. So this seem to be the correct one for my application being it
is for a 351W and
is a 10 spline with the
correct size input shaft, etc.
Any more educated thoughts out there?
If not, I think I will buy it from Summit because if it turns out it is wrong they make it pretty easy to return. If I get it and carefully compare it to the unit I am replacing and all seems the same: outer dimensions, holes line up, same overall thickness of the assembly, splines fit right, etc. then it will be good to go. Right?
D.