I've heard and seen many success stories about the Tilton Carbon Clutches.... but has anybody tried the new exedy carbon clutches? I don't hold one company above the other, both are great and have excellent products, but the price differences are very large It wouldn't hurt to get a product at less than half of the price of the other if it performs the exact same way!

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

 

tilton all the way

 

The Exedy needs an actual break-in period.

that is what I personally didnt like about it

 

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second that even though mine is not carbon

 

i love my exedy

 

tilton

 

c'mon guys... you guys have to back up WHY you like tilton or exedy... just going doesn't cut it

knowledge is power... y0!

 

There is a reason why Tiltons cost so much. First they come with a lifetime warranty. They don't just sell you a clutch they sell you a complete system with shims and all. In terms of service they are unmatched. They have always given me free inspections and touch ups on the disc. Unless you have over 1000hp, this will be the last clutch you will ever buy. I ran my clutch all season last year and didn't even taken enough material to break it in.

I don't know much about Excedy's service or build times but since they are in Japan and Tilton is here you kinda get the picture. If price is a concern, the Clutch Masters twin disc seems to work for most people. That clutch is basically a quarter master clutch.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cul8tr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There is a reason why Tiltons cost so much. First they come with a lifetime warranty. They don't just sell you a clutch they sell you a complete system with shims and all. In terms of service they are unmatched. They have always given me free inspections and touch ups on the disc. Unless you have over 1000hp, this will be the last clutch you will ever buy. I ran my clutch all season last year and didn't even taken enough material to break it in.

I don't know much about Excedy's service or build times but since they are in Japan and Tilton is here you kinda get the picture. If price is a concern, the Clutch Masters twin disc seems to work for most people. That clutch is basically a quarter master clutch.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for an informative explanation

 

I ran 2 seasons on a Tilton Carbon/Carbon making 600-700hp and never even had to switch to the next plate. I dont have any experience with Exedy, but I would have no reason to even try another clutch after using the Tilton

 

Anyone compared it against the Competition twin discs? I've searched around and shot out some PMs to people but nobody's gotten back to me. I need something for the 400-500hp range and I dont think I'd be putting the Tilton to its full potential.

 

You can get the Tilton twin disk that's not carbon. Cost is about $2000 cheaper. If its a street car you dont want carbon. All of the (non-carbon)twin disks seem to be in the same price 1500range.

 

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why not?

 

The Tilton is carbon/carbon. There are carbon drive disks that ride on carbon floater disks. The Excedy carbon clutches that i've seen are carbon drive disks against steel floater disks. The one Excedy carbon clutch that i've seen used was on a WRX and it lasted about 4 passes and the steel floaters had so many hot spots after that it was ridiculous. Definitely go with the Tilton carbon or the Competition Clutch carbon. The CC is smaller diameter, 5.5" i think, but will hold all the power you can throw at it. That's what we run in Chuck's hot rod car with more power than most people will ever come close to making, and it holds great.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tony1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The Tilton is carbon/carbon. There are carbon drive disks that ride on carbon floater disks. The Excedy carbon clutches that i've seen are carbon drive disks against steel floater disks. The one Excedy carbon clutch that i've seen used was on a WRX and it lasted about 4 passes and the steel floaters had so many hot spots after that it was ridiculous. Definitely go with the Tilton carbon or the Competition Clutch carbon. The CC is smaller diameter, 5.5" i think, but will hold all the power you can throw at it. That's what we run in Chuck's hot rod car with more power than most people will ever come close to making, and it holds great.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the info