I have had alot of questions regarding my twin disc clutch, alot of people have already ran this clutch and have fell in love with it.
~1st impressions~
When 1st look at the clutch you notice the clutch is ALOT smaller then any other clutch you have ran in your DSM, the clutch is 7.25". The disc 6 pad sinister bronze metallic disc. with 2 plates, one plate in between the 2 disc and the 2nd plate is against the clutch cover, this plate is better known as "the pressure plate"
The flywheel that comes with this kit is a steel flywheel and very light weight. If memeory serves me correctly the entire clutch with flywheel only weighed in at 16lbs.
~install~
Install is a sinch! installs pretty much like any other clutch out there. Take your alignment tool and align the 2 disc together and walla, bolt the clutch to the flywheel and your pretty much done.
The clutch fork on the other hand does need some grinding done to it for clearance reasons. as you guessed it the clutch is alot thicker then your normal ACT or any single disc clutch, the grinding takes only 5 min and your done. I will post a pic of the modified clutch fork here sometime later today when I get a chance.
the throw out bearing you use is just an OEM TOB. Do not use any other TOB with this clutch, always use the OEM TOB.
You do not need to shim the pivot ball with this clutch, infact if you have any shims in the pivot ball take them out!!
~Performance~
Bar none, hands down the best clutch and probably the best thing I have done to my car in a LONG time! The pedal pressure is damn near stock like, so never again will you have to use a heavy pressure plate clutch again, the heavyer the pressure plate, the more your syncros tend to hate you.
This clutch is just unreal, as soon as you press on the clutch your pulling the next gear. I haven't had to press the clutch all the way to the floor to shift this thing, just tap it in a bit and yank the next gear. This clutch made my transmission shift like it was brand new and then some!!
I have had over 40 passes running low 9s all season long on the same set of disc. When I pulled them out to inspect them and change them out for the bigger splined disc for my Dogbox the disc looked perfect!!! Infact they look like they could go for another 30-40 passes!! I was amazed they held as good as they did. I have launched the car with 7500rpm 2step, 16lbs of boost on a gt4202 turbo, 4 Hoosier slicks, and a 100shot of nitrous right out of the hole, this clutch has held every last bit of it. I never once had this clutch slip on me.
If I were to try this on a 2900lb ACT clutch the disc would be up in smoke within 20 passes, if not less. Infact I had an ACT clutch and at my power level it only lasted 10 passes. Pretty much 2 events. This twin disc clutch has lasted me 2 seasons!! And the best part about it is they are rebuildable for just under $400.
~streetability~
Yes this clutch is streetable, but you need to relearn how drive the car, it comes 2nd nature really. I got used to it within 1 day. Once you find what the clutch likes then it's cake walk to drive the car around.
~the bad~
Of course with a clutch like this monster there are going to be some down sides of it, 1 being the noise, I got used to the noise within 1 day, it's not loud but it's not silent either. When you press the clutch in the 2 disc and floater plate chatter around and make noise. When you take off from a stop it sounds like a screeching belt, again not bad at all and you get used to it rather quickly.
At 1st this clutch is extremely graby, but after about 2-3 launches the clutch loosens up a TON!! And only gets better as time goes by.
There is no break in on this clutch, infact it is recommended that you take the car out somewhere and launch it 2-3 times, then the break in is done!
~Conclusion~
So wether you have a 300whp car, 400whp car, 500whp car 900whp car ect. this clutch is for you!! My car is right around 1000whp and this clutch has held every last bit of it. You can preload the snot out of this clutch and it doesn't care. slip it all you want, you won't hurt it. I have broken alot less drivetrain parts using this clutch. and the shifting is unreal!
Why beat the snot out of your transmission with a heavy ass pressure plate clutch when you can have this twin disc clutch and save your syncros, your trans will be much happier I assure you this. After going to this clutch I will never ever go back to a single heavy pressure plate pile of junk clutch. Never again!! So if you want a clutch that you don't have to ever worry about or even think about when launching your car and you wanna shift as quick as you can, look no further then the quartermaster twin disc clutch!
By far the best clutch I have ran, and will continue to run this clutch for as long as my car is still around.
You can purchase this clutch kit at JNZ tuning here http://www.jnztuning.net/products.php?cat=389
http://www.jnztuning.net/proddetail.php?prod=QM_TwinDisc
Happy shifting guys!!
~1st impressions~
When 1st look at the clutch you notice the clutch is ALOT smaller then any other clutch you have ran in your DSM, the clutch is 7.25". The disc 6 pad sinister bronze metallic disc. with 2 plates, one plate in between the 2 disc and the 2nd plate is against the clutch cover, this plate is better known as "the pressure plate"
The flywheel that comes with this kit is a steel flywheel and very light weight. If memeory serves me correctly the entire clutch with flywheel only weighed in at 16lbs.
~install~
Install is a sinch! installs pretty much like any other clutch out there. Take your alignment tool and align the 2 disc together and walla, bolt the clutch to the flywheel and your pretty much done.
The clutch fork on the other hand does need some grinding done to it for clearance reasons. as you guessed it the clutch is alot thicker then your normal ACT or any single disc clutch, the grinding takes only 5 min and your done. I will post a pic of the modified clutch fork here sometime later today when I get a chance.
the throw out bearing you use is just an OEM TOB. Do not use any other TOB with this clutch, always use the OEM TOB.
You do not need to shim the pivot ball with this clutch, infact if you have any shims in the pivot ball take them out!!
~Performance~
Bar none, hands down the best clutch and probably the best thing I have done to my car in a LONG time! The pedal pressure is damn near stock like, so never again will you have to use a heavy pressure plate clutch again, the heavyer the pressure plate, the more your syncros tend to hate you.
This clutch is just unreal, as soon as you press on the clutch your pulling the next gear. I haven't had to press the clutch all the way to the floor to shift this thing, just tap it in a bit and yank the next gear. This clutch made my transmission shift like it was brand new and then some!!
I have had over 40 passes running low 9s all season long on the same set of disc. When I pulled them out to inspect them and change them out for the bigger splined disc for my Dogbox the disc looked perfect!!! Infact they look like they could go for another 30-40 passes!! I was amazed they held as good as they did. I have launched the car with 7500rpm 2step, 16lbs of boost on a gt4202 turbo, 4 Hoosier slicks, and a 100shot of nitrous right out of the hole, this clutch has held every last bit of it. I never once had this clutch slip on me.
If I were to try this on a 2900lb ACT clutch the disc would be up in smoke within 20 passes, if not less. Infact I had an ACT clutch and at my power level it only lasted 10 passes. Pretty much 2 events. This twin disc clutch has lasted me 2 seasons!! And the best part about it is they are rebuildable for just under $400.
~streetability~
Yes this clutch is streetable, but you need to relearn how drive the car, it comes 2nd nature really. I got used to it within 1 day. Once you find what the clutch likes then it's cake walk to drive the car around.
~the bad~
Of course with a clutch like this monster there are going to be some down sides of it, 1 being the noise, I got used to the noise within 1 day, it's not loud but it's not silent either. When you press the clutch in the 2 disc and floater plate chatter around and make noise. When you take off from a stop it sounds like a screeching belt, again not bad at all and you get used to it rather quickly.
At 1st this clutch is extremely graby, but after about 2-3 launches the clutch loosens up a TON!! And only gets better as time goes by.
There is no break in on this clutch, infact it is recommended that you take the car out somewhere and launch it 2-3 times, then the break in is done!
~Conclusion~
So wether you have a 300whp car, 400whp car, 500whp car 900whp car ect. this clutch is for you!! My car is right around 1000whp and this clutch has held every last bit of it. You can preload the snot out of this clutch and it doesn't care. slip it all you want, you won't hurt it. I have broken alot less drivetrain parts using this clutch. and the shifting is unreal!
Why beat the snot out of your transmission with a heavy ass pressure plate clutch when you can have this twin disc clutch and save your syncros, your trans will be much happier I assure you this. After going to this clutch I will never ever go back to a single heavy pressure plate pile of junk clutch. Never again!! So if you want a clutch that you don't have to ever worry about or even think about when launching your car and you wanna shift as quick as you can, look no further then the quartermaster twin disc clutch!
By far the best clutch I have ran, and will continue to run this clutch for as long as my car is still around.
You can purchase this clutch kit at JNZ tuning here http://www.jnztuning.net/products.php?cat=389
http://www.jnztuning.net/proddetail.php?prod=QM_TwinDisc
Happy shifting guys!!
