Someone is selling a brand called SPEC clutches. I am not familiar w/ them, but prices are a bit south of the ACT setups I'm looking at and he says they are on par w/ ACT.

I am in the market for the equivalent of a stage 3 or 4 clutch and he has 2 Spec clutches that are as much as $100 less than ACT's offerings (he carries ACT too)

Any input on the quality, durability, power handling, engagement etc of SPEC CLUTCHES ?

 

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I use them, I love it.They all have a great pedal feel to them, and the engagement
is not real harsh.You would like it.

 

Which model do you use ?

The guy quoted me a GREAT price on the street strip, but I'm not sure if it'll hold up to my current or future power level.

(estimated at ~180whp right now)

 

SPEC clutches are great..I have it on my toyota and the pedal feels "almost stock" but it grabs crazy when you want it to. The material they use on the disk is kevlar, so it feels alot lighter. I have the stage II. And yes the clutch will hold up

 

There are several people in my area running SPEC Clutches on everything from nitrous f- bodies, LS1 RX7's, and 3 or 4 Honda's, and they all love them. I am running a 6 puck stage 3 sprung clutch on my ls turbo setup. 260 ft lbs of tq.

 

Spec(sringless)clutches are hands down the worst clutches I have ever installed.. I'm not sure on their sprung hub ones but the 3/4/6 puck ones will cut grooves into your flywheel and pressure plate witin 2000 miles...
I am not some guy whos only had 1 aftermarket cluth either.. I have owned 5+ different clutches and have installed and removed at least 30 different clutches,,, The friction pads are way too agressive for the metal on the gripping surfaces..

I have removed 6 different specs within 8k miles of install and every single one of them had to be thrown in the trash as well as the flywheels... I am speaking from first hand experience guys .. Not what I have heard or read on the net...
I actually kept a few of the clutch disks in my toolbox for emergencys at the track...The clutches grab and hold up great..but they destroy whatever they come in contact with.

I'm refering to the springless ones here guys so dont quote this on the regular style stuff

 

Thanks for all the input.

Thanks for your candid views Tbone... I really wonder if the sprung units are nearly as aggressive as the unsprung.

Anyone running this clutch brand for over 1 year (sprung) ?

Also, Jungle, you said you are running a 6 puck SPRUNG ? Didn't know that type was made... hows the cold chatter and partial throttle driving on the spec ?

 

I've only heard great stuff about SPEC. I'm getting a SPEC stage 2 or 3 for my next clutch.

 

every unsprung clutch I have owned has put grooves in my flywheel.They are made like that for high horsepower cars that are just drag racing cars anyways.They are not meant for lots of mile.Thats why they do that, when you have a car that produces 6 to 7 hundred horse then you want something that will hold.Spec has been around for a little while, they first started out on domestic motors.I have many friends that have got or have owned spec clutches, and none of them complain about them.I have a friend write now with one in his 600 horse nitrous TA.I guess its just personal prefernce.The only way to tell if you like it is to get it, you will have people hating and loving them.

 

I have 2 clutcmasters , 1 action, 1 clutchnet all unsprung. Every single 1 has over 10-15 k on them.. all the specs I have removed had under 5 k on them... Every single (spec)1 had destroyed the pp and flywheel beyond the limits of resurfacing.. My clutchmasters flywheel has been through 3 different unsprung and 2 sprung... Still no heavy grooves... The friction pads on the specs are to aggressive ...
I'll give you another example , ask alexboy here to post pics of his spec pressure plate after 5k.. I'll take a pic of the one I saved..
Yes all unsprung clutches will wear quicker then sprung, but I'm on my latest clutchmasters stage 5 and my flywheel is still fine and will be able to be resurfaced if needed and this one has 10k on it.
I personally prefer the unsprung clutches over the sprung ones once you get used to driving on them...


Modified by Tbone at 10:33 PM 2/27/2005

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by X2BOARD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks for all the input.

Thanks for your candid views Tbone... I really wonder if the sprung units are nearly as aggressive as the unsprung.

Anyone running this clutch brand for over 1 year (sprung) ?

Also, Jungle, you said you are running a 6 puck SPRUNG ? Didn't know that type was made... hows the cold chatter and partial throttle driving on the spec ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have 2 friends running SPEC SPRUNG (1 stage 2 and 1 stage 3)clutches on their Honda's, both of which have over 20,000 miles on them, and they still grab great.

I am not done with my setup, so I have not driven with mine as of yet, but I went with SPEC due to personal experience, price, and holdng power for a sprung clutch.
Also, I meant 4 Puck not 6, sorry.

 

Thanks for the correction... I'm looking further into them right now...

 

opinions still welcome

 

I got a spec sprung hub 6-puck and so far so good. Before I had an exedy stage 2 and the spec is alot better by far.. Ive also ran an ACT un sprung 6 and this spec is more instant than the ACT. Chatters a bit but not bad.

 

Wow... the spec's are starting to look better and better... particularly for the $$.