I picked up a stage three -SB- today and will post all the pics later next week when the job is done. Thanks for all the input guys.

 

Update of the weekend...

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More to follow.

 

i had a spec stage 3 in my mustang and literally fell apart, thepressure platefell apart in 2 pcs

 

Well I got the clutch and 034 mount in today and the car rocks... Grabs nice and hard and it still has a stock feel to it, even though it is a stage 3... Southbend is by far the way to go for your 'performance' needs. I will write back in a week or so once it has broken in.

 

dont get a spec clutch!!!!! Never Never Never!!! they suck. I personally know of 4 different people with 4 different cars who have tried spec clutches and three of them have had significant problems to where the clutch had to be replaced again. it doesn’t seem like its a problem with the clutch but rather with quality control. i know they offer a guarantee but trust me you don’t want to replace you clutch and find out its bad and have to take it out again. its not like you can just pop it out and send it back to spec especially if you are paying someone to do the work.

 

This about sums it up

 

this clutch was rated for 650 horsepower. they were only putting 400 horsepower thru it.

 

But what was the tq rating and actual tq being made?

 

i ment to say torque not horsepower. it was a stage 3 clutch. for that clutch the ratings are

Stage 1 = 425tq
Stage 2 = 530tq
Stage 2+ = 620tq
Stage 3 = 680tq
Stage 3+ = 850tq
Stage 4 = 700tq
Stage 5 = 1200tq

i also saw a spec clutch where the rivets that hold the pucks in failed and the puck came flying out heavly damaging the transmission and distroying the flywheel. wish i could find the pcitures. anyway here a stage 3+ clutch rated for 850tq after only 3500 miles



bottom line, if you get a spec clutch you might be ok but with the large number of failures people are reporting i would NEVER NEVER NEVER take the risk!

 

That is exactly what i tell people