New Werks Clutch
 

I see A-Main has this in stock now in different weights. Anyone have any input ?

I guess we will have to wait for people to weigh in on this! LOL Sorry I couldn't resist.

i seen it on amain hobbies its, really nice looking i guess its for a losi eight the shoes on it look like they are .

but what clutch bell, would you use though just a losi eight bell ?

and they have two diffrent flywheels also.

Just wanted to chime in on this. The "Pro Cltuch" is designed to work with any buggy on the market. We make two different diameter flywheels for this. The 32mm version will work on Kyosho, Jammin, HB & X-ray, the 34mm flywheel is pretty much standard for all of the other vehicles. You mentioned clutch bells and the only one that I have found so far that needs a different bell is the MBX6 for which you would just run MBX5 bells or any other type of bell that you have laying around.

Now as far as the clutch it's self it is really cool because we have them available in 3 different weights of flywheels. So this allows you to tailor how your engine delivers power to the type of track conditions. Meaning that if the track is slippery and blown out you can just stick on a heavy flywheel and this will stop your engine from spooling up so quickly making the car much more controllable and reducing wheel spin/fuel consumption. Then say later the tracks groove up and you can put power down, just pop on a lightweight flywheel and now your engine spools up quickly and is reactive again giving you full punch. Or say you are running truggy and your engine is just a little too much, just pop on a medium weight Pro Clutch, you will not loose top end or bottom your engine will just spool up a little slower making it much smoooother! The ease of doing this is because you can carry these clutches around in your pit box fully assembled, so to change them is merely a matter of a few minutes! No destroying clutch springs taking a clutch apart or any of that mess! Plus the aluminum shoes that we use last about 2 gallons on a set lol! So not only do the clutches look bling but they kick butt from a performance stand point!

We've been developing, testing and working on these for a while and they are currently being used by Chad Bradley, Greg Degani, Jeremy Kortz and Andrew Smolnick. Kortz also used one in his nitro SC Truck to win the first ROAR SC Truck Nats a few weeks ago. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions about our "Pro Clutch"!

Regards,

Ron

you have me sold man ! so i notice that you have a meduim shoes and heavy shoes ? with the meduim shoes, do they have more punch or something else and, do they last about 1 gallon or more ? im using a hardened clutch bell... and somebody on here told me that i will cause a alum shoe to heat up more and run hotter ? i know my clutch shoes are made of a harder aluminuim, and that proberty causes more heat and slippage

im i right about this ?

because ive just been using heavy shoes on my eight-t .

The flywheel are different weights not the shoes.

the werks clutch shoes should be able to get atleat 1.5 gallons some people are getting over 2 gallons on them...I love mine very nice and easy to use....

VWVR6 is correct, the flywheels are available in different weights not the clutch shoes. Flywheel weight dictates how fast the engine spools up and the clutch springs dictate the engagement point i.e. RPM.

Regards,

Ron

the new clutch looks like all the others these days. I know I'm in the minority but I like the old werks clutch. I hope werks keeps making it.

what are the weights of the three 34mm flywheels with shoes and springs...

I am currently running a 3 shoe that i weighted myself for almost a year now and want to switch to your 4 shoe design...

thanks...C.R.

46g for the heavy

The old werks clutch is great! I have many wins with the same clutch shoes all season, thus far about 20 races amazing!!!

The durability of the Al shoes on the new Pro clutch is awesome. I've got the medium flywheel installed in my RC8B running the B6/2057 w/ extender on Werks 30%. Last weekend during one of my qualifiers both clutch bearings blew. I knew it as I could here crunching, but I continued to complete the round. Although it made my B6 run hot, the clutch shoes still show very minimal wear. I took out the engine, changed the clutch bell bearings to a set of new ones and ran the mains w/o any issues.

Also for those of you interested in seeing what we are talking about here is a picture of our new Pro Clutch system!

I ordered mine from A main lastnight myself. I got the Medium also and can't wait to install it. I liked the Losi 4 shoe clutch and this resembles that with added benefits of easy to remove shoes and spings. That could be a chore in itself with the Losi 4 shoe. I will be honest with you Ron, I liked your other clutch too. That is what is installed on my Mugen right now but when I saw this, I jumped all over it. With the Losi clutch, no matter how I shimmed it or what collet I used I could not get spaced right so that when I tightened down the very last screw the bell sould spin freely or if I did then it wouldn't line up to the spur properly. With your old clutch, no problems and I don't expect any with the new one and am very excited to get it in the mail. I really loved the Losi 4 shoe clutch that much. But that is just me.