Twin Plate Clutch

[SiR_RB]

the time has come to upgrade my clutch, i have future plans to run 300kw atw so im gona go down the twin plate route...

just wondering if theres a noticable difference between a sprung center and solid center? car is mainly used on weekends...so not a daily driver.

would a sprung center be easyier to "engage" and be overall better ?

ive come across both clutches, so just need afew opinions on which is the better.

[StealthX]

Solid centres are pretty harsh at first, but well worth it after you get used to them - have a great snappy feel.

Sprung centres are the other way around, feel good to begin with, but as soon as you want to do some spirited driving, they fall out of favor.

I had a sprung centre on my clutch disc, then 6 months later swapped for a solid centre (its only a single plate but same principle applies)

Good luck!

[sh@un]

sprung centres are much easier on your gearbox. takes away some of the shock-loading from the plate engagement on gear changes

[SiR_RB]

if you buy a solid center twin plate clutch, can you make it sprung center without the clutch been rebuilt? is it easy to convert it?

thanks

[sh@un]

no, because the sprung-centre hub bit of a multi-plate clutch is a separate component with a spline-drive around the periphery that engages with a matching splined inside edge of the clutch disc. solid plates just have a splined hole in the middle to engage with the gearbox input shaft directly

completely different designs. buy one or the other