Manual Trans Advice- the Importance of Matching Your Clutch To Your Application...

I learned all this the hard way. The car in my avatar is a 64 Barracuda. We used a McCleod clutch I purchased from Jammie Passon. When we first had the car together, launch RPM was anywhere from 4500 to 5000. No two step, no rev limiter, no electronic whatsoever. That damn thing would dead hook, pull the front wheels a foot n a half and then go. Luckily, we never broke the trans, driveline, or rear end. At one particular race, I was in the burnout box waiting on a delay. I wasn't paying attention to what gear I was in when they called us through. I should note that we are running the Mr. Gasket inline shifter. On accident I "tried" to do the burnout in 4th. As soon as I let the clutch fly, the engine revved, and I saw the look on my dad's face. I instantly smelled the clutch. Burnt the **** outta that disc. BUT, after that, it would never lift the front like it did before. It became deadly consistent after that. I guess it slipped just enough to get the car out, and when the engine was losing torque at upper RPM, it would let the clutch settle in.