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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
[Re: LAR_414]
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10/31/08 12:52 PM
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Not sure which one I am using, but I do have a street twin in my car. Clutch action isn't too heavy, but there is no real slipping to engage or disengage. Its almost like an on/off clutch. So be sure to have the revs a little higher when starting.
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
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10/31/08 03:02 PM
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Not sure which one I am using, but I do have a street twin in my car. Clutch action isn't too heavy, but there is no real slipping to engage or disengage. Its almost like an on/off clutch. So be sure to have the revs a little higher when starting.
Why the higher revs? Chatter?
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
[Re: kbcuda]
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10/31/08 06:19 PM
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I have the original B&B long in the tt340 Chally. Since this is a street driver, I went with one solid disc and one with marcel to combat chatter and make it a bit smoother engaging.
It is an absolutely awesome setup. Very light pedal, totally smooth, complete disengagement. If you shift it hard and fast it hits dead hard with no slip at all. I would never use anything else on a high hp setup.
At least with the B&B, you have to have everything just right. Flywheel runout, bell housing face and bore all have to be dead nuts, or you could be fighting chatter.
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
[Re: LAR_414]
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10/31/08 08:08 PM
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Installed it back in 2001. I keep the revs up because it grabs so fast, I have stalled my car. I haven't been too brutal on it, but I don't baby it either. Has held up fine. When I spoke with the guy at McLeod he said that it would be the last clutch I buy. I bought the whole assembly: flywheel, discs and pressure plate. McLeod gave me part numbers, but I ordered it through Summit for substantial savings.
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
[Re: LAR_414]
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10/31/08 09:30 PM
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I've been running a twin disc for a year and a half, I love it. Lite pedal, no slipping. Just a word of warming, it will take a little getting used to, as soon as you let up on the clutch pedal, it is grabbing and it means business. Plan to keep the R's up a little and be preparded for a little tire spin at stop signs. I put a RAM clutch in first, it lasted one night on street tires, then a Center Force, it lasted two weeks on street tires, finally I went with the McLoed duel disk, life is good and even better with sticky tires.  
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
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10/31/08 11:25 PM
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I think that those of you that have the very quick engagement issues might want to have one of your discs relined with marcel added. It will cushion the engagement and allow smoother starts without high rpms being needed. I can let mine out at idle and it will move without issue or excessive grab.
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
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11/02/08 10:41 AM
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I think that those of you that have the very quick engagement issues might want to have one of your discs relined with marcel added. It will cushion the engagement and allow smoother starts without high rpms being needed. I can let mine out at idle and it will move without issue or excessive grab.
I had the original type street twin years ago and it had a marcel in one of the disc out of the box. I agree that a steet twin will last forever but if you dead hook it with slicks you are going to break stuff.
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
[Re: LAR_414]
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11/03/08 04:38 PM
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Larry,
My only reservation about them is (I imagine because of the rotating inertia) they are (from my experience) a bit slow to react, with Either a quick shift or a long throw the PP reaction/reengagement isn't quite as quick.....part of the reason I'm looking for a 3 gears (2 shifts) in the quarter for my own car is that I will probably wind up with a twin in my car as well. I'm a little leary of Diagragm clutches except in close ratio apps or really light cars (my 427 Cobra has a diapragm and it works great), they don't always do as well (react fast enough) with wider gear spreads on high powered cars, not without some custom tweaking of the CW's
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Re: McLeod Street Twin clutch.....any users?
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11/03/08 04:42 PM
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Sorry to hi-jack, but is it correct that using these twin disc clutches requires that the large return spring in the pedal box be removed?
if it has a diaphragm PP yes I would remove it
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