Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360.

Posted By: 440Satellite

Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/22/11 11:01 PM

Hey guys, I'm picking up a worked over 360 this weekend( he estimates 400hp), it has a fresh flywheel, and I have a great looking Borg and Beck style preasure plate( surface looks great) I pulled off a 73/74 360 I got and sold that only had 500 miles on it. Question is, what would be a good clutch disk to put in using these parts. I would love to buy a whole new setup like a centerforce but dont know if its in my budget right now, so just looking to use the parts I have and throw in a new disk.

Its a 74 360 with 10:1 KB forged pistons, a racer brown 238 duration and .050 and .485 lift cam with ported and polished heads( 2.02/1.60), a Holley strip dominator ( may swap to RPM Air Gap) and a 750 DP Holley, going into a 72 Duster with close ratio iron 4 speed hooked to 8 3/4 rear with 3.91 sure grip and 325/50-15 DOT street slicks. Am I asking for too much from a Borg and Beck style presureplate with this setup? I was told this motor with a bigger cam went 12.20's in a 68 Corronet with 4.56 gears, but its been tamed down with a smaller cam to make it more streetable.

What do you think?

Butch

Posted By: therocks

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 02:14 AM

For just a disc get a McCleod.They last.Now if you were replacing it all Id say Center Force.Rocky

Posted By: 5spdcuda

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 03:13 AM

What's you're intended use? If mostly all street a disc with an organic facing will give good service life and smooth engagement. If street and strip a disc with organic on one side and ceramic or metallic on the other would be a good choice. McLeod or Centerforce would be good choices for either. Sachs makes good organic clutches, not sure if they have dual facings.

Posted By: 440Satellite

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 03:21 AM

Thanks, Its going to be mainly a fun car to tear up the streets on the weekends and a trip or 2 to the track for fun . You think a OEM style B&B will do the job?I'll look into Mcleod and Centerforce 10.5's.

Butch

Posted By: joedust451

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 04:15 AM

I installed a centerforce street/strip type disc useing factory reman PP/FW & new throwout bearing in my 97 Z28, It worked great, even leaving on the bottle with DRs @ 4K, that would be my pick. Just remember to break it in "properly" no matter what anyone tells you

Posted By: joedust451

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 04:31 AM

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Hey guys, I'm picking up a worked over 360 this weekend( he estimates 400hp), it has a fresh flywheel, and I have a great looking Borg and Beck style preasure plate( surface looks great) I pulled off a 73/74 360 I got and sold that only had 500 miles on it. Question is, what would be a good clutch disk to put in using these parts. I would love to buy a whole new setup like a centerforce but dont know if its in my budget right now, so just looking to use the parts I have and throw in a new disk.

Its a 74 360 with 10:1 KB forged pistons, a racer brown 238 duration and .050 and .485 lift cam with ported and polished heads( 2.02/1.60), a Holley strip dominator ( may swap to RPM Air Gap) and a 750 DP Holley, going into a 72 Duster with close ratio iron 4 speed hooked to 8 3/4 rear with 3.91 sure grip and 325/50-15 DOT street slicks. Am I asking for too much from a Borg and Beck style presureplate with this setup? I was told this motor with a bigger cam went 12.20's in a 68 Corronet with 4.56 gears, but its been tamed down with a smaller cam to make it more streetable.

What do you think?

Butch

I just noticed that you mentioned the borg & beck PP has 500 miles on it, this is the cridical time of proper break-in, just remember it was seated to another disc., I would strongly recammend having it lightly resurfaced so it can mate to the new disc, ask the disc manufacturer what they think before installing it, they may say its fine, but they may not. Nothing worse then installing a clutch set-up (especially with an exspensive disc) only to have it start chattering 1000 miles later

This is the "style" disc i used, it'll work great with what you have. This might be the one for your app.

http://www.centerforce.com/product_details.tpl?cart=130880046220029&partnumber=383269

Company home page.

http://www.centerforce.com/?cart=130880046220029

Posted By: 440Satellite

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 11:12 AM

joedust451, Thanks, good to hear feedback from someone who had used aftermarket clutch with stock style PP. Where can I take the PP to get resurfaced, do places like Napa do this or auto part stores?

Butch

Posted By: joedust451

Re: Whats a good clutch, have preasure plate, 400HP 360. - 06/23/11 03:41 PM

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joedust451, Thanks, good to hear feedback from someone who had used aftermarket clutch with stock style PP. Where can I take the PP to get resurfaced, do places like Napa do this or auto part stores?

Butch

Thanks, Check with your local machine shops. Yeah, you can run stock PPs with stock style disc, the centerforce disc's has other materials in it for better bite, plus there abit thicker too then a stock piece, look at it this way, its like up-grading to a better brake pad with more bite, but you can still run the stock rotors/calipers.