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Great stuff robert, get it in the car and let us all know how it works!

Just a thought. Is that a mild steel washer between the head of the bolt and hardened steel washers???

thanks chaps , obvioulsy till tested in situ its just a pretty ornament ,hopefully whem my mjlt returns from brent i can get making some power to need this clutch!

oh ,yes ms that is,i think itsll be fine cos of its surface area , it was just the face up against the ring i was concerned with .
I D LIKE TO THANK wolfie for donating parts for me to experiment with ,and also dave and axel for info and data swapping .thank boys .

regards robert

Edited by robert on 19th Oct, 2006.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

impressed!
very well managed Robert, that's great job!
regards
fabrice

Just a thought, i'm no expert in clutches.

If the spring is set flat it will have to go past flat to release. Can it do that? Will it come back again?

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me neither axel , but APPARENTLY thats how one sets them , this way you get the least pedal pressure ,and a rising rate of grip as it wears , then its drops to where it is now ,so one gets a reasonable window of usage . i graphed out the plate on a press and this is how it seems to work .
thanks fab for the comment
appreciate it .
regards robert

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

any chance of maybe making a "how to" for peeps who wouldn't mind copying?

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I took this pic back when this thread was "developing" but totally forgot about it till today when i found it on my fone. sadly cant remember any details now :( but this clutch either came out a skyline or a pulsar, was a multiple late item but what i noticed soon as i seen it was the pressure plate spring things!

Edited by evolotion on 5th Feb, 2007.

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Good progress well done :)

did a bit of testing on this last week , pressure to release twin spring plate on thrust bearing was 350 lb , pressure on a grey is 900lbs , taking into account the ratio on the long arm and the short arm actuation lever from the slave ,that worked out to around 168 lb slave pressure for the grey ,and 144 lb slave for the rts(roberts twin spring!!)
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so all in all it looks viable .oh and i reckon clamping pressure at 1300 to 1400 lb minimum!!

regards robert
oh thanks for the pic evo !

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Good work, sounds like your on the finishing straight now. :)

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Top job - well done.

Will you be fitting it into a car soon?

depends on my engine needing it dan ,but when it does(when i use more boost) ,and i put it in, this forum will be the first to know .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

its going in !! stage 4 initiated ..
insertion of assembly.. bolted up and torqued down , so far so good ,,rain stopped play .my old clutch was slipping and it was time to get more grip ,time will tell if it works or is a disaster .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Top Man!

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

This will be interesting. I'd really like to pop over when your running if you don't mind. I'm always passing through Oxfordshire.

Really interesting this and would love to see how well it works first hand.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

well its all together ,it cleared the wok ,and revs fine ,big suprise is pedal pressure .........very little difference to the other clutch !!!!!!!!!!
whoop de dooo

i used the valve spring pressure measuring tool and it seems to be about 70 lbs pedal pressure instead of 50 lbs .but its not really noticeable on your foot .
so drove it back and forwards and no probs with gear slection ,could even get reverse while going forward ,so after lunch ill put the bonnet on and go out in it .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

this is a very interesting thread.

What is the bhp and torque (nanas and curlys) of the test engine?

I hope he came back in one peace after his test drive!

ROBERT are you OK?

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Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

fingers crossed!!!

yep im ooookkkkkk..
so seem s great ,definately more kick after each change of gear .revved it to 7k with no probs so... phew !!!

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Robert, I know it's been asked but what is the output of this engine?

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

im guessing if i say 130 but it feels like that ,but until its on a rr i wont know .i know it runs 88 in the quarter and about 15.5 on a 2.5 sec 60 ft ,and 0 to 60 just under 7 seconds .. and it weighs 1780lbs with that performance so that seems to tie in with avon performance of cars like alex 's at 142 bhp with a bit slower terminal on mine .


incidentally i weighed the new assembly and the pressure plate and the flywheel together weighed 21.lbs thats with the back of the flywheel machined flat.



regards robert

Edited by robert on 7th Mar, 2007.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

oh and thanks axel and nic for your concern ,warmed the cockles of my heart !!!
thanks chaps
regards robert

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

oi no congrats :??

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM