Anyone on here have any type of experience with these. There is a thread going on about the act2600 quality control and dissengagement problems on NABR and I figured instead of posting there and asking about this in fear of being banned I'd post here first.

Does anyone have any hands on actual experience with these clutchs and if so which ones? I was kind of interested in the twin disk setup for ~$700 but since I already have a fidanza and a 2600 with a street disk and no problems I think maybe I should just throw a new disk in it and stick with it. Kind of like if it's dont broke don't fix it, but I dont want it to break period.

 

everything i've heard about clutchmasters in relation to turbocharged cars, has been bad...

 

Its more the 2900 that some people have problems with but i agree with Shep that most peoples problem is that these cars are old. The problem isnt the clutch its the maintance of everything surrounding it.
I have never had a problem on my car with a ACT clutch nor have people like Joe or Eric and some others that i know that upkeep their car.
As for the clutchMaster. I know people who have used them and swear by them. One problem i have heard is they tend to chatter and can be loud.
To select the right clutch set up things like how much power you will make along with will you drive the car daily would be a big factor.

 

The car will be daily driven and put down aprox. 500-550 to the ground. The previous owner put a little under 600 down to the ground find with the 2600/street disk but eventually it takes its toll and the disk needs to be replaces. I don't want to go puck but I like the Idea of the clutchmasters twin disk setup. And I agree on having good parts along with the clutch, I have always replaced the parts that needed to or I thought might need to be changed to try to prevent problems like that from accuring. So far so good and I'll probably just stick with the 2600/streetdisk combo and swap out disk's every once and a while.

 

Twin disks are not real daily driver friendly. I would just stick with the ACT set up and dont go with to light of a flywheel.

 

Ever shift a twin disk setup?

Its more pressure with less effort. Its a great setup I think for a street car, its just in general a lot of cash. Your left leg will thank you.

 

Yes it has less pedle pressure but they make alot of noice and they dont slip and grab like a normal clutch.

 

The day I worry about a performance part on a car making too much noise is the day I leave my balls at the front door and no longer am a man.

 

Ah, twin disc, if only I had the money. I don't mind the pedal pressure of my 2600 at all, but dealing with the stress it has put on the clutch release system has been a major hassle. I shimmed the pivot during the clutch job. First the slave went out, and I rebuilt it. Then the master went out, but when I rebuilt it I saw that the walls were scored, and it didn't work well. So, I had to buy a new one. I bought the RRE braided clutch line for 2g's to drop those brackets, and that helped a bit. I've got it adjusted to start to disengage as far up as I can, using extra throw from raising the cruise cut switch, but the disengagement still starts halfway down (not a bad thing) and takes too much of the pedal's travel (the annoying part), and to fully disengage still requires slamming it all the way to the floor. It keeps getting worse, making me suspect that it's time to weld the clutch lever... sigh.