New Werks Clutch
#707
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,769
Yes the soft aluminum shoes bite better. Being a softer material they provide less slip when engaging. Wear is pretty good on them so do not be concerned about them being one run type shoes or anything like that ;-) Remember that the soft aluminum and carbon shoes are simply tuning aids that are going to allow you to "fine tune" your clutches performance to the track conditions of the day. So we generally start off with the standard aluminum shoes and 1.0 springs and then adjust from there. For high bite/blue groove conditions where you can put the power down without wheel spin we will then go to a more agressive (less slip) type clutch set up by either going up in spring rate to increase engagement RPM and/or also gonig to either 2x soft aluminum/2x normal aluminum shoes for less slip or to 4x sof aluminum shoes (for an even more agressive clutch engagement).
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any additional questions?
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any additional questions?
#708
Tech Adept
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 193
From: Limassol
Yes the soft aluminum shoes bite better. Being a softer material they provide less slip when engaging. Wear is pretty good on them so do not be concerned about them being one run type shoes or anything like that ;-) Remember that the soft aluminum and carbon shoes are simply tuning aids that are going to allow you to "fine tune" your clutches performance to the track conditions of the day. So we generally start off with the standard aluminum shoes and 1.0 springs and then adjust from there. For high bite/blue groove conditions where you can put the power down without wheel spin we will then go to a more agressive (less slip) type clutch set up by either going up in spring rate to increase engagement RPM and/or also gonig to either 2x soft aluminum/2x normal aluminum shoes for less slip or to 4x sof aluminum shoes (for an even more agressive clutch engagement).
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any additional questions?
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any additional questions?
You covered all of my questions completely!
I have more than 10 sets of the normal al. Shoes and I was wondering if I need soft ones also and what difference it will make but since I am happy with the performance of the normal shoes I will stick with them for now until I need new shoes!!
#709
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,769
Thank you very much for the fast reply.
You covered all of my questions completely!
I have more than 10 sets of the normal al. Shoes and I was wondering if I need soft ones also and what difference it will make but since I am happy with the performance of the normal shoes I will stick with them for now until I need new shoes!!
You covered all of my questions completely!
I have more than 10 sets of the normal al. Shoes and I was wondering if I need soft ones also and what difference it will make but since I am happy with the performance of the normal shoes I will stick with them for now until I need new shoes!!
#710
Tech Adept
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 193
From: Limassol
Thank you very mu!!



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