Originally Posted by Julius
The reason I cut a shoe is that I wanted the flyweights to hing the other way round. If you look at the stock weights they "trail" the rotation. I cut the shoe so the weights oppose the rotation. The reasoning is that opposing the rotation the weights will open more easily when the engine accelerates. that makes the clutch snap a bit more when you run a late engagement.
I get it. Instead of having a hole at the top of a weight so a clutch weight flys out as it is being pulled but the flywheel, the hole is at the back of the weight so as the flywheel turns it pushes the flyweight out. Is this what you mean?