Clutch option
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Hey guys,

At the moment I run a pre verto with a 5 fingered sintered plate, grey pressure plate, lightened flywheel with the lugs machined down on the back plate. I plan to make a RTS clutch later in the year.
My problem is that the clutch I have at the moment is a nightmare to drive with in traffic. I may of cooked it at the Blyton track weekend but I could do with a temporary set up as I have a few shows to attend which means sat in traffic. What pre vertio set up would you recommend that is easy to get on with? I won't be turning the boost up to 15, I would stick to about 10.

Cheers, Roy B

Try a full friction disc instead of the paddle, with a grey cover it should hang on, and be more useable in traffic etc.

Cheers tom I will try one of those. At the moment the clutch is either on or off and anything in between is lots of judder. I have 4 bottom engine steadys and 1 top steady with new bushes so there is not much else I can do. My flywheel may be slightly warped from heat when I did the track weekend if that's possible.

I had the same issue with my paddle plate. As tom suggests, go for the solid one as it transformed mine for the short period before I went to rts

Well I changed my clutch this weekend for a full friction disk and it's mint. So nice not to have my fillings knocked out every time I wanted to go for a drive. I will put the paddle back in at the next track day.
Shame I still have the leaning off on boost and I have changed the carb, pipes, checked fpr and pump, needle, dashpot oils and springs. The only thing I need to change would be the fuel filter. Any other ideas would be great. Thanks. It's f ing winding me up.

What oil do you have in the dash pot?

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

Hi Josh.
I have tried the standard su oil and 20 50, I have even doubled up the springs. It's a frustrating one because it was running fine one minute then I gave it full throttle then it backed off and showing lean. I have been through everything that i can think of, i am fed up with taking the carb off. I have had to richen it so much that the jet looks very low in the jet holder. The filter is the only thing that I haven't tried yet.

have you got a vacuum leak?

I had the same issue and blocking the balance pipe fixed it. I've actually now got a solenoid in the balance pipe that is controlled by the megajolt, but that is just to give me the off boost lean out for good cruising mpg.