Clutch Thoughts

684door said

Yes, from what I understand a rag disc is anything but metallic . I was told by both RAM and Sam that if I was going to race this car and street it without having problems, this was the way to go. My gear ratio is low enough to avoid major chatter. They both said just pull out with a little more RPM and smooth sailing. They both saaod these discs can take any heat or slippage I could possibly throw at them.

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You can do what you want, but I can tell you from experience they are full of ****. You start slipping that disc and it will smear the lining all over everything. They aren't designed to slip. They won't take the heat. Been there, done that.

Don't know what the car weighs, or the first gear and axle ratio, but if you use that much plate load with that disc and it hooks you'll run over parts so fast you can't replace them quick enough.

I'd suspect you can run a rag disc and only have 2200-2400 pounds of plate load and it won't break parts.

If you need more than that, you need to spend the money and buy a Sof-Lok from McLeod and be done with it. It has a sintered iron disc and it's designed to take heat. Also, most likely you'll run no more than 1000 pounds of plate load. Plus it's adjustable.

I had an assload of Ram by 1992. You can use their pressure plate but that plate load and disc are going to break **** if it hooks. They are both wrong.