gripforce clutches.

the experience from me is that they're a good ebay reseller.
I bought the heavy duty clutch kit.
and I bought the lightened flywheel 41mm crank from somewhere else.

clutch kit i've had for 2 years, lightened flywheel about 3-4 years.
after the installation, the flywheel and clutch kit I had to run it in, that means.
in the first 1000kms, I had to look after the setup and not drive it hard, drive it at 2nd and 3rd gears.
no pushing the boundaries and see if the flywheel and clutch can handle the workload.

 

^^^ Yeah, definately break it in for at least 500 miles.

The only issue I had with the grip-force clutches was the minimal (.015") pad thickness before it would be scuffing rivets. The clutchmasters 6 puck I have has .055" of pad thickness before it will be scuffing the rivets.

As for the gripforce, it did hold well, but I only have 160 whp. I did't like the fact that it engaged all the way at the top of the pedal (this was because the disc thickness was about 2/3 - 1/2 the thickness of the stock disc, and everyone knows when a clutch disc wears out and gets thinner, the pedal engages higher because the pp has to fill the gap.

 

did you torque the bolts down to spec?

and break it in properly?

i'm sorry to hear yuo had so much trouble w/ them...

 

each grip force, f1 racing (e-bay special clutch kit) i've seen never holded more then 10-12 psi of boost... with their 4 or 6 pucks discs
an ACT clutch kit with their street disc (modified organic full faced) endured 14 psi of boost for a year and i'm sure it could have used more,disc was replaced with a 4 pucks, same pressure plate was re-used in prevision for higher boost

go for a proven brand and most of the time you'll be happy with it

 

^^^to anyone who stumbles apon this please dont waste your time or money with these guys. they wont warrenty their product and they treat their customers like shit. why would u want someone like that to even have your money??

if you have to go cheap go with XTD (the other ebay brand)


i just hope one guy will listen to me and not have to go thru the headaches i went thru with these guys. if it helps one person i'm happy.