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Old 05-12-2004, 08:45 AM
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Originally posted by FFR3582
What is the major difference between running a 2 and 3 shoe clutch? I have both and have lots of extra new shoes to cut and play with along with the copper springs.

I would guess the 2 shoe clutch may not engage as hard becasue it will have a little less surface area on the bell?
Yes and No........my experience about the 2 shoes clutch is....using engine like MT-12 Sirio or those 1.4HP or less 3 port engine....2 shoes are very well suite....by using regular springs. And I felt like the engagment feeling is all about the SPRING that you use.
And like you said, because it has less contact surface compare to 3 shoes...it won't engage as HARD as the 3 shoes, but that is only with the regular motor...


Originally posted by FFR3582
Any input from someone with some experience with this would be appreciated. As of now I have two shoes cut down 4mm with copper springs bent to give more tension. I like my car to have some get go out of the hole.
I personally would not CUT a 2 shoes and have a HARD springs on it with the MT-12....the regular springs and full 2 shoes (no cut) is very SMOOTH on accel and exit on corner power.

Originally posted by FFR3582
How much difference does the dual chamber pipe make over the old single chamber pipe? I have a perfect single chamber pipe and used MT12 so I think I will be a little under powered. The guys in the SouthWest series offer some great competition. I will be getting a new 3- port turbo motor soon and RD logics pipe.
Get the DUAL CHAMBER pipe......it is a MUST, and you will know the different....dual chamber is like 2 speed vs 1 speed on your car...2 different stage on LOW and HIGH end power.....
If you are getting something like NS3 or NS5 those high power engine...you can try using 3 shoes, cut 4mm each and copper springs.....
If you look at the last couple pages of the NTC3 manual, AE explained the theory behind using 2 shoes and 3 shoes clutch pertaining to what TYPE of engine....
Noraml regular plug engine should use 2 shoes.
HP MOD and powerfull engine should experience 3 shoes with different springs due to the high output of those engine.
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