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Hey all

spoke to Jim today in record time :D

12min and off the phone hehehehe

Car: R32 GTS-T Type M

Putting out just under 200kw @ Wheels

and also looking to have the clutch whitstand upto 400kw

he reccomends the Full monty, now im asking how would the Exedy hyper single plate compare to this set up ????

Im gonna go with standard flywheel from my car in the full monty just re conditioned by jim in getting the right weight.

Who has a full monty in their car ????

How does it feel ???

Hows it ride/sound/feel/rough/race car sounds :D hehe

Cheers guysss

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I have the exedy...

I have met Jim berry and takled to him for a couple of hours about clutches. I would only ever buy one of his clutches from now on.

the exedy is OK. it does hold and not slip with 240rwkw but it shudders in reverse going up hill and the friction point is small making it hard to launch,

Go the Jim Berry. you will not regret it.

hhmmm sounds good

he did sound very in the know wen i spoke to him....

Just wondering if i should get a new flywheel from him aswell,

might go the full monty with a chrome moly flywheel from Jim aswell

thanks heaps guys

yeah get the billet flywheel from him aswell

he has some on the shelf there, but some arent the best of design but do the job (as he's said himself) the only negative about them is there are holes in the middle of the flywheel where it's been lightened, ideally it should be lightened from the outside. so ask him if he can get a different design of flywheel.

Got one of Jim's Full Monty's on my GTR.

Just got it going over the weekend - initial impression - nasty!!!

Very short take up, clamps like a vice - just as promised.

I would suggest it will take a little getting used to on the street as it is very on or off (no in between) so gentle takeoffs up hill etc could be fun. Once rolling or on the track...beautiful.

I have stayed with a std weight flywheel which will help on the road. An excessively light one would be even more of a handfull getting off the mark without making it sound like the start of a grand prix.

Go for it.

I work in the same street as jim berry and my boss speaks highly of him, he has made all of our clutches for our rally cars and we will never go elsewhere.

if u want to know anything about clutches he's ur man, he knows what hes talking about.

High prices? Don't think so champ. And before you go off, yes Direct Clutch make some very good clutches as well. I'm just suggesting you get some facts into your argument first. I paid $950 for my JB single after torching 3 different Exedy HD's inside 3 months. Add some more power and a heap more torque, 250+ runs down the quarter at full snot, lots of street driving, Powercruise thrashing and general abuse and it's still going strong.

Obviously with his high prices he can sit on the phone to you guys all day pissing in your pockets making u feel like his mate and still make a good dollar.

Jim berry is not the only place that can put together a decent clutch, theres just not that much to it.

I spoke to the guy for over 2 hours him knowing very well that i had just bought a new clutch. he is not just in it for the money. he builds clutches for rally and v8 supercars... some with carbon fibre plates. he knows what he is doing and for what you get it is the best value i have found.

What are peoples experiences with the exedy heavy duty clutches? im thinking of going for the exedy heavy duty in my r33 gts25t which will hopefully be making 250rwkw soon, so i need to know if it will handle this amount of power and are they easy to drive with?

Thanks

What are peoples experiences with the exedy heavy duty clutches? im thinking of going for the exedy heavy duty in my r33 gts25t which will hopefully be making 250rwkw soon, so i need to know if it will handle this amount of power and are they easy to drive with?

Thanks

does it have the brass button's? if so i've had 3 and they were a mega pain to drive, it was either on or off, and if u tried to ride the clutch it would shudder violently and end up rooting the clutch. also with the one in my gtr, the pedal was waaaaaaay too light

does it have the brass button's? if so i've had 3 and they were a mega pain to drive, it was either on or off, and if u tried to ride the clutch it would shudder violently and end up rooting the clutch. also with the one in my gtr, the pedal was waaaaaaay too light

Im really not sure as i havent seen it, i think its just a standard clutch plate (it says on that link cerametalic) with a higher pressure pressure plate (from what i have been told), it is a sprung center, (sorry i dont know that much about clutches)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...on-98157397.htm

ahh k. well then going by that it has ceramic buttons (it could be a full face clutch also, it doesnt state) and they are easier to drive with.

will it last with 250kw? i'm not sure

Yup it is full faced i think, i dont think it is a "puk clutch"

High prices? Don't think so champ. And before you go off, yes Direct Clutch make some very good clutches as well. I'm just suggesting you get some facts into your argument first. I paid $950 for my JB single after torching 3 different Exedy HD's inside 3 months. Add some more power and a heap more torque, 250+ runs down the quarter at full snot, lots of street driving, Powercruise thrashing and general abuse and it's still going strong.

Hey 2rismo the guys a negative tosser who bitches and whinges like a shiela about anything that takes his fancy...theres an old saying i like and it goes a little something like this...

"if you want to find out how bad something is, ask someone who doesn't have one, would like one, but can't afford it."

Yes other people make good clutches too...I now use an NPC twin plate. A good clutch for our race car....but in a street car a Jim Berry clutch is 1/2 the price and much more suited to that application.

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