Some of you may be aware that my clutch package was giving me some serious grief and I was getting near the end of my rope. I started with the Kennedy disc which came with the Subaru/VW type 1 tranny adapter. Organic on both sides with a heavy marcel in the sandwich but no springs around the hub. It was unbearable taking off from a stop sign. Heavy, heavy chatter. I yanked the engine and installed a VW disc which had a thinner but double marcel between the discs and six little springs around the hub. It lasted about 20 takeoffs before it chattered in protest. I yanked the engine for the third time and brought the flywheel, pressure plate and all clutch discs I could find related to the project and got them down to a very sympathetic group of lads called Ottawa Clutch. They build custom clutches http://www.bullyclutch.com/ for almost anything and were keen to find a solution and did they ever. They first checked the flywheel and stage 1 pressure plate from Kennedy Engineering and they proved to be accurate and well made. So..what to do for a disc? They settled on a VW hub with springs like a Soob disc and put an organic w/cooling slots disc on the flywheel side, installed a thick marcel in the center and then finished the pressure plate side with a segmented kevlar disc. They handed me the disc and said I looked kinda nervous. Nervous ? I said....I'm xxxxing ready to cry. If this doesn't work, I'm screwed and don't know where to turn next. "Take it easy they said" and handed me an invoice for $97 plus tax. "We like to solve problems " another tech said. "Let us know how it works".I had it in the next day and I'm happy to say it's smoother than a baby's bum. Just perfect. I also took Jack Crosby's recommend and ordered a longer clutch operating lever. They sent a piece with a wrong size hole so I cut and welded up another I had on hand. It works fine. Sorry for being so long winded but this might give some insight to others who may be considering going over to the "other side".
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