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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 06:00 AM
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Anyone had any experience with the Centerforce cluth that has 90% more holding power than the factory one on the SC300? Or does someone else reccomend another brand that can hold some major power? Mine is the factory one, and with almost 60k on the car, I know it'll be going soon (with the way I drive) and I figure the NOS kit will really make it kick the bucket once I install it.

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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 06:02 AM
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Oh ya....they have 3 different ones available, all within $60 of each other. I'm looking at the dual friction Centerforce 3 clutch....


CENTERFORCE -
Centerforce 1 Clutch
Disc And Pressure
Plate Upgrade (30%
increase in holding
capacity) - V6 3.0L
Engine

CENTERFORCE -
Centerforce 2 Clutch
Disc And Pressure
Plate Upgrade (60%
increase in holding
capacity) - V6 3.0L
Engine

CENTERFORCE - Dual
Friction Clutch Disc
And Pressure Plate
(90% increase in
holding capacity) - V6
3.0L Engine
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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 06:05 AM
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And what good would a lightened flywheel do for me? As I'm inclined to think, it would help spool a turbo faster.....but with no turbo......would it be of any use? Unothodox makes a 9lb aluminum flywheel for like $700.

That's the last question....lol

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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 06:26 AM
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where can you order those clutchs ??
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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 06:57 AM
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They've got all sorts of parts.

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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 09:15 AM
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I strongely recommend RPS Turbo Clutch. They also have few differ stages too..

a few of my friends have TT supras and they all use strictley RPS they have the best grip for the money so if you guys really want to get your moneys worth go with RPS ..

they are a bit more money then center force which is a shitty clutch.
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Old Jul 10, 2001 | 12:31 PM
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Default clutches and lightened flywheels

I've got some experience with this stuff from a different car ('93 RX-7 TT, heavily modded) awhile ago.
The RPS clutches work pretty well. The effort becomes a little heavier, but nothing bad.
The centerforce had issues early on in their product line, but since gotten alot better.

The lightened flywheel allows one to rev faster. Thus if you had a turbo, you would be able to spool it quicker. The one thing folks don't quite get is that just as fast as it allows you to rev up, it will rev down just as quick. If you're not careful, street driveability suffers in that with a flywheel that is too light, it is very difficult to engage the clutch and take off on the street.

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Old Jul 13, 2001 | 01:32 PM
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Are you sure the Centerfold clutch will fit your car?
This clutches seems to be the right for a V6.But my SC300 got a l6 engine
What about yours?
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Old Jul 13, 2001 | 07:17 PM
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Ya....those are for the 2JZ-GT and 2JZ-GTE inline 6 engine.

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