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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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Valair clutch ?

I am gonna be ordering a Valair clutch for my truck and the one I'm thinking of getting is the one up from stock rated one. It's the NMU70263-01, rated for 350 HP / 800 ft.lbs. torque. I'll not tow heavy very often nor do I have a lot of mods. This should be sufficient or would the stock rated one be ok?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:31 PM
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The brass/organic?

Excellent clutch.

Would hold stage 1's if you put them in.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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The brass/organic?

Excellent clutch.

Would hold stage 1's if you put them in.
Good! That's the one I was lookin at. Thanks William!
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 01:50 PM
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I'm running the Kevlar ceramic and if I towed more I'd probably run the one your looking at. The one I have is a little grabby but great on the street.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 02:33 PM
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Whats the best for a daily driver/rare heavy towing with 400 HP?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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Kev/ceramic.

Problem with the kev/ceramic is you cannot race with it, you'll destroy it.

And if you dont break it in correctly, you'll reduce the life of the clutch a lot.
Kevlar is tough to break in.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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Is there an alternative to kev/ceramic?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Organic Dual Disk would be a great. DD heavy tow clutch.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 04:43 PM
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Okay, but like talyn said about not being able to race with the kev/ceramic, does the same apply?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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i have a valair clutch and smf factory rated clutch an it holds up to my stages 1's nicely
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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The brass/organic is one step above the stock rated one and it's only about $100 more, so I figured it would be worth that for the little bit mor HP and torque rating for future mods.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 07:21 PM
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That's the one I have. I haven't upped the power yet, but I tow a lot. It holds up well on the interstate with my heavy foot on it. It doesn't slip at all. It's grabby as heck though. It's getting better now that's it is breaking in.
 
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That's probably the one I'm gonna get. Any mods other than the basic simple stuff like intake, exhaust, etc., will be later on.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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They say not to race with the Kev/Ceramic because it will heat up the ceramic to quick and destroy the kevlar from the long power slips while shifting.
 
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Is there one that would be good but still hold up to 400+?vis there such thing as a kevlar organic out there?
 
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