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Kean

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3rd Mar, 2005 at 08:46:44pm

Is anybody running a paddle clutch plate...

Im thinking of using one in my car but I'd apreciate your views first.

Hopefully my car will be pushing around 150-160bhp, however it wil be a road car... not my everyday car but will still do a fair few miles going to shows etc..

Is the paddle a good idea? or will it piss me off royally

cheers

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3rd Mar, 2005 at 09:00:21pm

paddle and grey , hard on your leg ,but ok ....

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....


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3rd Mar, 2005 at 09:19:20pm

used to use a paddle,pain in the arse now use grey/rally plate.

iain
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4th Mar, 2005 at 10:09:56am

Dave swears by his organic plate and puts it down to his good 1/4times without an lsd as you can feed it in.

Ill try one of these plates first i reckon, not the end of the world to change it.

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4th Mar, 2005 at 03:30:24pm

Drove a mini with a paddle plate and found it like a switch, could'nt feed it in smoothly, not nice for road use. Im using an AP rally plate/grey diaphram with no probs.

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4th Mar, 2005 at 07:00:09pm

Grey diaphragm with rally/race plate will be fine for most applications. Daves engine has over 150ft/lb of torque and he has no problems with this setup. It's also fine for road use.

Phil. *smiley*

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Kean

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4th Mar, 2005 at 07:04:56pm

Thanks for the replies lads...

Rally race plate it is then *happy*

iain
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4th Mar, 2005 at 07:46:09pm

yeah isnt that the organic one though phil? sure he said it was...

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4th Mar, 2005 at 08:04:49pm

Well I've been using the AP rally plate for years. I've never had big problems with it but I can still cook it if I'm not careful, that's with slicks of course. I reckon uit'd be fine on road tyres.

Ive got a sintered paddle clutch for this year though as I lost a few good runs last year with the AP slipping after a few to many enmergency starts .

Wil

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7th Mar, 2005 at 08:08:13am

Have you set up the clutch correctly with a flat diaphragm? I'm sure most turbos could get away with an orange plate if done correctly. A decent 1400/286 engine may use a blue one...

I guess it's down to pub-points :)
The stiffer the spring, obviously the more horsepower. ( not aimed at you Wil)

On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.
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