26 spline input shaft and spec3 installed! (pics) DIALUP BEWARE!
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Good job. Hope you get the results you want.
That stock Ford clutch looks like it was begging for Mercy from the KB miles. :rolling:
That stock Ford clutch looks like it was begging for Mercy from the KB miles. :rolling:
Nice work and Thanks for the post! Can you please explain a bit further what the dial indicator and shim kit are used for on the input shaft?
There is a shim behind the bearing retainer. I put the new input shaft in, bolted it together, clamped the dial on the tob retainer tapped the input shaft with a dead blow hammer so the shaft was all the way down. I set the gauge to 0 and pulled the shaft all the way up. The moved .009 ''. I removed the dial, split the tranny, removed the race, removed the shim, measured the shim, found a shim that was the original shim + .009. I put everything back together and remeasured. There was between .000 and .001 endplay. I split it again, gasketed the tranny, bolted it together and proceeded to install it.
What you are measuring is how much the shaft moved back and forth. The spec is .000-.002''
tracy, the "i" refers to their new hybrid series
The "i" stands for "sintered (i)ron" friction material. The friction disk is a 6-finger design as with the normal Stage3 clutches BUT the material isn't cerametallic, it's sintered iron (same as Stage5 clutches).
MJ
MJ
Awesome Mike, two weeks for me. I can't wait.
Do you have to drain the transmission?
Do you have to drain the transmission?
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As soon as a split the tranny is came out because I had it flat on a bench. I suppose if you worked on it upright you wouldn't but it's a good time to change the fluid anyway.
Get ready for the new clutch. These mofos are a lot different than the stock clutch.
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I was just asking because I was gonna have Ford do it next week. I guess I won't now. "JDM" trans fluid is probably like $50 a quart though.
:lol: you got that right.
looks good man.
what made you decide on the spec stage3i over another type of clutch?
what made you decide on the spec stage3i over another type of clutch?
The mcloud was around 1200 bucks with everything. It has a really long throw and is a PITA to install.
I read someones centerforce went up in smoke the first day at the track.
I'm up at the track with mjchip a lot and he has been running a spec with with decent success. I've also heard spec has excellent tech support from many spec owner. I decided to call up their tech line and see what they reccomended for my application. They said spec3i I said how much. They said 800 something and I said ship it.
I hung up the phone called liberty gear and ordered the input shaft.
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I have my Mcloed Twin disk and 26 spline imput shaft at home waiting to go on this week. :rockon: Thanks for the write up on the imput shaft install.
thanks for the writeup as well.
I did a mcleod and 26 spline
the first 100-200 miles the clutch would chatter and just felt really ON OFF... it sgetting alto better with 350 miles on it.
I may be pulling the tranny again to check that speck your talking about. i think i have a front seal leak or maybe to much play in the front bearing.
or might have put a little to much fliud in but i dont think jsut a little extra would hurt... but i would not know.
other then that its been great
I did a mcleod and 26 spline
the first 100-200 miles the clutch would chatter and just felt really ON OFF... it sgetting alto better with 350 miles on it.
I may be pulling the tranny again to check that speck your talking about. i think i have a front seal leak or maybe to much play in the front bearing.
or might have put a little to much fliud in but i dont think jsut a little extra would hurt... but i would not know.
other then that its been great
yeah, with an aluminum flywheel the mcleod is very expensive. i got it with a steel flywheel for $800. i did the 26-spline input shaft swap, too. :coolman:
and vector, don't worry. once the clutch is broken in it's MUCH more streetable. mine seemed very ON/OFF at first as well.
I have 260 miles on the clutch now and it's feeling a lot better. First gear still has a little chatter but reverse and shifting though the gears is almost seamless. I can't wait until this mofo is broken in.
bassin247-
How is the clutch break in going? How many miles do you have on it now and what is your overall opinion on the Spec3i set up?
Also...did you purchase the kit directly from Spec...you mentioned you paid around $800...what did that include and did you shop price?
TIA:beer:
BTW...my clutch is TOAST...Im going Spec3 and taking my trans to Liberty to have the 26 spline installed.:thumbsup:
How is the clutch break in going? How many miles do you have on it now and what is your overall opinion on the Spec3i set up?
Also...did you purchase the kit directly from Spec...you mentioned you paid around $800...what did that include and did you shop price?
TIA:beer:
BTW...my clutch is TOAST...Im going Spec3 and taking my trans to Liberty to have the 26 spline installed.:thumbsup:
The clutch is awesome now. The first 200-300 miles were rough. The first time I drove the car I said, "WTF IS THIS!" I brought it to the track with 700 miles. I was easy on my first run and launched at 4500-5000 on my 9 other runs. I was pulling low 1.7 60s. After the track the clutch has been perfect. It is 100% streetable. I would do it again in a minute.
I paid around 820 bucks directly from spec. I could of got it a tad bit cheaper from a dealer but I had a feeling I might have a problem with it and I didn't want to deal with a middle man.
I got the aluminum flywheel, spec3i 10.5'' disk, pressure plate, composite TOB.
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