new clutch?

[TorchRedCobra04]

few things make me think i need a new clutch...

-car sometimes makes me smile because i am pinned back in my seat under
load, but sometimes specially after warming it up it pisses me off because i feel like i am almost driving a honda, and it feels like it is slipping bad at high rpm, and it will sometimes catch even if its warmed up but usually it just winds up

-i notice now when i park on hills, the car will roll back even when it is left in gear, without the ebrake engaged

now do i need a new clutch? yea ok, i know i do but just making sure...
question is, should i get another centerforce dual friction like my other foxbody, or should i try sometimes else? i wanna do this car right, u guys gota help me

 

[Stephen93Cobra]

Spec stage 2

 

[LEE93COBRA]

I like the centerforce but I had a premature failure due to a throw out bearing.

In my quest of experiementing I am using a Spec 2+ now. If you are going to keep your mods low, then yeah I would say use the centerforce

 

[BADBOYSPACK]

When you think its slipping, do you smell it burning?

 

[TorchRedCobra04]

i know what clutch smells like but i do not really smell it burning, the recently got a new rear man seal though, and it felt like it was slipping before i got i done, after i got i back it was pretty much the same but got worse over a few days, i am almost sure its a bad clutch?

 

[TorchRedCobra04]

i just got off the phone with somebody around town who owns a mustang parts store, he said the best route to go for a 87 fox for a clutch upgrade is a ford racing clutch, not spec or cf ??

 

[jspalmer01]

i just got off the phone with somebody around town who owns a mustang parts store, he said the best route to go for a 87 fox for a clutch upgrade is a ford racing clutch, not spec or cf ??

FYI...just put in a Ford Racing "King Cobra" clutch and it works great for a stock to mildly modified car. $169. from Summit Racing. Plus a new rear main seal (rtv'd to help eliminate any future leakage), new pilot bearing, and throwout bearing. Works like a charm now.

 

[bat-stang]

Centerforce dual friction. The Business! :burnout:

Batman

 

[LEE93COBRA]

FRPP king cobra for a mild modified car is a good choice. The only thing centerforce d/f clutch had over it (and all others) is the pedal effort is freaking awesome. You think you are driving a Honda when using the centerforce d/f

 

[TorchRedCobra04]

u know what, i have a habit of sometimes getting the best no matter what cost, but now to think of it, doing that for my car is not neccessarily better, i think i should just get the ford racing KING COBRA clutch, and its so much cheaper then other brands, and yeh does the job well.

 

[svt2205]

Curious, I've got an old FMS HD clutch in my 93 and wonder if there is any difference between that and the King Cobra clutch you guys are mentioning.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[TorchRedCobra04]

feel dumb asking, the "ford racing clutch" and "king cobra" clutch for the foxes are the same rite??

 

[jspalmer01]

feel dumb asking, the "ford racing clutch" and "king cobra" clutch for the foxes are the same rite??

Yes , I believe they are the same.