Mcleod Super Street Pro 10.5" clutch feedback

gzig5 said
Super StreetPro. My bad. Corrected.

No worries! I just wanted to make sure I was actually talking about the right clutch

Newbomb Turk said
I’ve never cared for dual friction discs.

The material they use on the metallic side is what we used to call Velva-touch (don’t gig me on the spelling…that was 1982 when I saw that trade name lol) or something similar to that.

The biggest issue with it is heat. In fact, Ram used to had “paddle” discs. They had a six and three paddle with that lining on them.

Those discs were light and you could shift a fully syncro’d box at 9k.

But, that material doesn’t like heat. I haven’t been to an auto cross since the mid 1980’s and that was only once. I don’t remember how much shifting and other clutch work a lot.

That heat could be an issue. But 72NB says he’s using one and not having issues. So there is that.

Plus, I’m mostly ignorant about autox and I could be totally wrong about how it works. Maybe I should go to another one.

AutoX typically doesn’t have a ton of shifting. It depends on the course but most events you’re only doing 3 laps or so at a time on a pretty short course. And a lot of courses are basically run in one gear, maybe a downshift if there’s a really tight corner or an upshift for a longer straight section but speeds are usually kept under 50 mph because of track limitations and event insurance.

I tried to gear my car so most autoX’s would run in second gear.

Honestly getting stuck in traffic is harder on the clutch, and I haven’t had any issues with heat with mine in those situations. Before the hydraulic set up a long crawl in stop and go traffic would be a bit of a leg workout, but that’s the pressure plate not the clutch material causing the “issue” there.