F1 Racing "Gripforce" clutch/PP ??

[LJM97Z]

I found this on e-bay, just wondering if anyone has ever used one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F1-RACING-STAGE-1-CLUTCH-KIT-93-97-CAMARO-FIREBIRD-LT1_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742Q2em153Q2el1262 QQcategoryZ33730QQihZ005QQitemZ150301540484

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F1-RACING-STAGE-3-CLUTCH-KIT-93-97-CAMARO-FIREBIRD-LT1_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742Q2em153Q2el1262 QQcategoryZ33730QQihZ007QQitemZ170231207383

[TORQUE_MONSTER]

I would also like to know.

[LJM97Z]

I called the company that sells them, they said the pp only has a clamping force of 10% over stock, so that doesn't seem that strong, who knows, don't understand why they would rate the HP level so high if it can't take it, the guy i spoke too "in a round-about way" advised me to go with another clutch like Ram/Zoom so forth, i'm always leary about these e-bay items anyways, but the price is great.

[TORQUE_MONSTER]

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Aren't all the PP for our cars the same anyway???

[LJM97Z]

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Aren't all the PP for our cars the same anyway???

I just found that out yesterday, there all LT4 PPs, i've heard the Sachs cluch kits are good, i found a complete set (comes with new flywheel) for 283.92 shipped to my door.

[TORQUE_MONSTER]

cool, I'll prob. be getting either the F1 stage 3, Maddog stage 3, or the XTD stage 3.:cool:

[Ninety5PoloZ]

IMHO just go down to your local parts store and get a PP for an LT4 corvette and then call up Spec and order a replacement clutch disk for the specs of the car and be done with it.

Thats what I'm doing this time around anyway and also adding an aluminum flywheel. I have the spec stage 3 and love it, kinda hard to get used to but its not a DD so I can manage :)

[LJM97Z]

IMHO just go down to your local parts store and get a PP for an LT4 corvette and then call up Spec and order a replacement clutch disk for the specs of the car and be done with it.

Thats what I'm doing this time around anyway and also adding an aluminum flywheel. I have the spec stage 3 and love it, kinda hard to get used to but its not a DD so I can manage :)

This would be nice to do, but i've tried just getting a PP, the only one i can get is the re-mans for around 80.00, now if these are any good, i'll go that route, going the other way with a new one, you can only get the kit, now there 220.00, then you need to spend a good 175.00 for a disc., now your over 400.00 bucks, i can get a Spec 3 kit for 405.00, so wheres the savings, unless you can varify the re-mans PPs are just as good as the new ones, please let me know, otherwize your not saving anything, just piecing it together, i'm still trying to find a new factory flywheel with no luck, just a re-man, but i'm still leary there, because most likely they are thinner then a new one, that spells less clamping force.

[Ninety5PoloZ]

This would be nice to do, but i've tried just getting a PP, the only one i can get is the re-mans for around 80.00, now if these are any good, i'll go that route, going the other way with a new one, you can only get the kit, now there 220.00, then you need to spend a good 175.00 for a disc., now your over 400.00 bucks, i can get a Spec 3 kit for 405.00, so wheres the savings, unless you can varify the re-mans PPs are just as good as the new ones, please let me know, otherwize your not saving anything, just piecing it together, i'm still trying to find a new factory flywheel with no luck, just a re-man, but i'm still leary there, because most likely they are thinner then a new one, that spells less clamping force.


Yeah I hear ya. I have an autozone reman flywheel right now and am putting down ~425 to the wheels and spinning to 7000 rpms and haven't had any problems. I'm also using a used pressure plate and that needs to be changed this winter. If I have to I will get a new flywheel (aluminum) or another one from autozone for $55 then get an LT4 pressure plate for $125 and get new pucks on my disk for $60 so then I'll have a $400 clutch setup for a little over $200 :) I love the way the Spec stage 3 feels, a little chatter but it grips like a f*cker, I have actually chirped the tires shifting into 4th not power shifting, just running it hard :D

[LJM97Z]

Yeah I hear ya. I have an autozone reman flywheel right now and am putting down ~425 to the wheels and spinning to 7000 rpms and haven't had any problems. I'm also using a used pressure plate and that needs to be changed this winter. If I have to I will get a new flywheel (aluminum) or another one from autozone for $55 then get an LT4 pressure plate for $125 and get new pucks on my disk for $60 so then I'll have a $400 clutch setup for a little over $200 :) I love the way the Spec stage 3 feels, a little chatter but it grips like a f*cker, I have actually chirped the tires shifting into 4th not power shifting, just running it hard :D

Well i'm getting the flywheel for 57.00, i just can't afford a Spec, also found out there not offering a reman PP for the LT1, so maybe i need to check for an LT4, never thought of that, but i'll still be out about 300.00 if a reman PP is 125.00, plus a disc for 175.00, i've decided i'll most likely get the Gripforce clutch kit, i can get it for 300.00 shipped, i did some research & got some possitive feedback on these clutches, even the Stage 1, now after looking i came acrossed this clutch kit, but there's no feedback on them, its called EZ clutch, they have a stage 3 puck for 299.00, but i found a guy selling his "new in box" for 200.00, i would try it if it had + feedback, but i think its too new, don't need anything blowing apart, the Gripforce seems like a good unit for the price.

Just a note, i called autozone, the LT1 & LT4 reman PPs are no longer available, so unless you know of anyone else that has them, let me know.

[LJM97Z]

Got the old clutch out, abviously the guy lied to me, he told me it was a Ram, well turns out it was stock, the disc read GM AC-Delco. It looks like the PP has a crack in the houseing, both surfaces are pretty fried too, no cracks, but lumpy & burned. The car has 158K, i'm surprized it held as good as it did after installing the DRs & 4K launches, one time i left at 5K, it has 4.11s & a moser 9".

Just an update on that EZ clutch, come to find out (after i called F1-Racing) that its there clutch, just a different color PP, so its the same as the Gripforce, just Yellow, got a discount of 10% through Paypal, so the total was 188.00 shipped, fywheel will cost 61.00 with tax, so i'm only out 250.00, i'll see how it holds up & feels.