Anybody use clutch tamer
Thanks for the input. Im definitely going to reach out to some people that race clutch cars. When my car worked for that one pass it was too much fun can’t quit now haha. I’ll update soon
There is nothing in the world like a nice clean pass with a stick. Nothing. I knew when I was 12 I was buying a stick car because I rode dirt bikes and I learned very quickly that a 5 speed was better than a 4 speed. And 4 is better than 3.
It frustrates me to know end the bad advice people give out. It’s not just here either. It’s everywhere. It’s even the clutch companies.
I was told by a very reliable source that he called Ram clutches and some idiotic jack *** told him to use a 6 paddle disc for his street/strip car!!
That is a sintered bronze disc and it’s a parts breaking pile of steaming monkey dung. I know that the smart people at Ram know better. Or maybe not.
I had some questions about a certain disc they make. I had seen a picture of it and it looked very good to my eyes. But there was a question on how thick the disc was.
My guess off the top of my head was .320-.330 thick and I still think a used sintered iron disc can get down to .300 or .290.
Anyway, I called Ram because it’s their disc and the dude that answered the phone could not grasp I wanted disc thickness. He was asking about diameter, the thickness of the hub.
He finally said he run out to the shop to measure one for me. I appreciate that much effort because he didn’t have to do it.
He comes back on the phone and says .190 thou. I’m stumped how it could be that thin. The finger would be so high I doubt you could get any free play.
When I was dumbfounded by his answer and he says “yeah .190 thou…that’s almost a quarter inch”!!! I was about to say it’s way closer to 3/16 but I changed my mind and wrote the entire conversation off.
The guy who has the disc measured it and his disc was .332 thou.
I mean how does a company like Ram allow a guy who can’t take a simple measurement answer the phone? I assume it’s because they can’t use him in the shop.
And for the record I’ve used a Ram 6 paddle disc. I’ve also used their 3 paddle disc. Both were massive parts killers.
The ONLY good thing about that 3 paddle disc is the weight. It’s LIGHT. As rpm goes up, disc weight becomes more critical. That’s why with a full organic disc you probably will need to slick shift the box to shift above 7k.
If you have a sintered iron disc you WILL need to do it.
That Ram 3 paddle disc will shift at 9k rpm like butter with ALL the syncros in it. If you had it locked up at the bottom of the gear change (by not using an adjustable clutch or a clutch tamer to keep the clutch from locking up in the gear change) it would break 3rd gear so fast you couldn’t stop it.
I broke enough of them (I’m a slow learner) that I could feel it in my foot. I was never quick enough to stop the breakage but I could feel the beginning of the end. And the end was before the clutch was all the way out.