got my drag radials on today and done 3 launches up the road and now the clutch wont engage ?
clutch has done 1500 miles so almost new.
it felt good for the first 2 launches, third one i was coasting down and went to put it in neutral but it was hanging in gear clutch hasnt engaged since then ?
could it possibly be stuck together ?

 

well ive got it working it had welded itself together ! took some bumping free and made some herific noises but seems to be working again, if anybody is thinking of buying a carbonetics clutch my advice is DONT they are shit its been nothing but trouble with not engageing properly and now welding itself together after launching ! Ł2500 for that isnt acceptable imo im gonna run it at pod but dont hold much hope for it, just looking at what clutch to replace it with now.

 

people i just bought my track car from had one in and said it was shite aswell , you have to bed them in for 1500 miles apparently
they said it just slipped all the time on track , which isint much good in a race
i rekon you will need tripple plate exedy or simillar with that power

 

i get no slip it did a good 1000 miles running in aswell, all gear engagement problems for me it holds the power no problem.

i have been looking at the exedy tripple, also os giken quad plate r4c looks good only Ł1300 aswell.

 

my car has hks twin plate and lasted a year with 630 brake and good thing about them is not too expensive to replace as you can buy 2 discs and 2 centre plates for Ł380
where as some makes you have to buy complete new clutch @ 12-1500 nicker

 

1st thing hello i had a a twinplate carbonetic clutch fitted to my car it slipped till it was bedded in and never had a problem with it since, now upgraded to the tripple plate(bought the parts to upgrade from twinplate) spoke to people that have fitted tripple to many cars evos etc general opinion is if its fcuked it wernt fitted right in the 1st place, im not suggesting yours wernt but food for thought i will let you know how my tripple plate performs

 

yes mine wasnt fitted correctly, the flywheel wasnt tightened up properly by some muppet and a flywheel bolt has fell out and jammed in the clutch causing my issues and damaging the clutch !

 

hopefully you will stay with the carbonetecs then, at least this way i will know what it will take, also im told the hotter the carbon clutch the better, bit like f1 brakes

 

You must warm the clutches up before doing any launches, exact same issue with my mates evo that has a twin plate system you must follow the instruction!!!

 

clutch was warm, a flywheel bolt fell out and jammed in the clutch !

 

ooh, not good.