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KAPPS · 05-09-2016, 05:10 PM

Looking to buy a GM Performance parts Dual disc clutch (part #19331079). I know I've heard a lot about other dual disc or triple disc clutches from RPS, Centerforce, RAM etc. but I work for a Chevy dealer and get a pretty good discount on this clutch kit. I'm not looking for reasons to buy the other brands but looking to see if anyone on here has this clutch and what they think about it. My car is an LS3 with a Lingenfelter Cam, headers CAI and tune and I can tell the factory clutch isn't going to work. Dyno'd at 440hp at wheel. thanks for any input

1KillerSS · 05-09-2016, 05:23 PM

At that power level, you really don't have much to worry about in the clutch world.

Your going to be hard pressed to find another person who has that clutch. The only real reason someone would buy that clutch,is if they were in your shoes.....Needless to say, not many people work for a dealer,and get parts at a huge discount, so that being said, when all the options are on the table, and they discount is gone, there is no reason to buy that clutch. Not when there are so many other good products out there.

christianchevell · 05-09-2016, 05:28 PM

Your stock clutch should be fine if you have not fried it....

KAPPS · 05-09-2016, 05:29 PM

Fried, 5900 miles lol. Driver error

KAPPS · 05-09-2016, 05:38 PM

I guess also if I end up boosting it (supercharger,turbo) and adding nitrous and would be looking at 600-700 rwhp in the future, I don't really want to be throwing another clutch at it. GM states it is rated for 800 lb/ft torque

1KillerSS · 05-09-2016, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KAPPS

I guess also if I end up boosting it (supercharger,turbo) and adding nitrous and would be looking at 600-700 rwhp in the future, I don't really want to be throwing another clutch at it. GM states it is rated for 800 lb/ft torque

I always try to go way past my goals when it comes to a clutch. If i plan on making 700whp, then I want a clutch that's rated for over 1000whp. Always leave yourself some room.

USAFS197 · 05-09-2016, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 1KillerSS

I always try to go way past my goals when it comes to a clutch. If i plan on making 700whp, then I want a clutch that's rated for over 1000whp. Always leave yourself some room.

This should be a general rule of thumb for all things when you consider your goals and upgrading parts. I think is one of the biggest contributing factors involved with failures. You don't build a vehicle that can withstand 700whp at its max and actually run 700whp, or more for that matter.

KAPPS · 05-13-2016, 04:28 PM

just as a quick update. It looks like RAM clutches makes the GM performance division's clutches for them....Chevy just sublets this out? must not have the engineering to develop a strong clutch, lol

0331Marine · 05-13-2016, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KAPPS

just as a quick update. It looks like RAM clutches makes the GM performance division's clutches for them....Chevy just sublets this out? must not have the engineering to develop a strong clutch, lol

Why spend time doing it when you can use someone else's design and charge more money for it?

christianchevell · 05-14-2016, 08:36 AM

look into monster.....

TX_ED_SS · 05-14-2016, 08:54 AM

That clutch should be fine but at least spend the $79 for this piece from http://monsterclutches.com/gen5-z28/...earing-support

It will save you the headache down the road!

MrChrisLS3 · 05-14-2016, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by KAPPS

just as a quick update. It looks like RAM clutches makes the GM performance division's clutches for them....Chevy just sublets this out? must not have the engineering to develop a strong clutch, lol

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Originally Posted by 0331Marine

Why spend time doing it when you can use someone else's design and charge more money for it?

Those days when every part was actually manufactured by GM are long gone.

The real question is Why spend the money building a factory, buying steel, hiring union machinists, facility employees, managers, lawyers, accountants, parking lot stripe painters, to build a clutch when you can just give your specifications to an established manufacturer, and let them pay for the paper pushing?

jdarc1 · 05-16-2016, 10:22 AM

To the OP. I don't know what kind of discount you get but thats a 1600 dollar clutch. Why do that when you can get a new Mcleod RXT for $ 1,200.00.

Tmick5jr · 05-16-2016, 12:31 PM

my buddy's SS has 800 crank hp with 50k miles on it and his stock clutch is still perfectly fine, never slips. Keep in mind he doesn't drag it and beat the hell out of it.

05-09-2016, 05:23 PM	#2
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	At that power level, you really don't have much to worry about in the clutch world. Your going to be hard pressed to find another person who has that clutch. The only real reason someone would buy that clutch,is if they were in your shoes.....Needless to say, not many people work for a dealer,and get parts at a huge discount, so that being said, when all the options are on the table, and they discount is gone, there is no reason to buy that clutch. Not when there are so many other good products out there. __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

05-09-2016, 05:28 PM	#3
christianchevell old school chevy rodder Drives: 2013 2SS/RS Manual,DM exhaust,CRT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,587 View My Garage	Your stock clutch should be fine if you have not fried it.... __________________ 2021 Wild Cherry ZL1 A10, Sunroof, Data, Carbon, Nav, RotoFab Dry CAI, Elite x2, Borla ATK, Driveshaft shop

05-14-2016, 08:36 AM	#10
christianchevell old school chevy rodder Drives: 2013 2SS/RS Manual,DM exhaust,CRT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,587 View My Garage	look into monster..... __________________ 2021 Wild Cherry ZL1 A10, Sunroof, Data, Carbon, Nav, RotoFab Dry CAI, Elite x2, Borla ATK, Driveshaft shop

05-14-2016, 08:54 AM	#11
TX_ED_SS Drives: 2010 2SS/RS Inferno Orange Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 628	That clutch should be fine but at least spend the $79 for this piece from http://monsterclutches.com/gen5-z28/...earing-support It will save you the headache down the road! __________________ U.S. Army Retired

05-16-2016, 10:22 AM	#13
jdarc1 Drives: 2011 Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Florham Park NJ Posts: 44 View My Garage	To the OP. I don't know what kind of discount you get but thats a 1600 dollar clutch. Why do that when you can get a new Mcleod RXT for $ 1,200.00. __________________

05-09-2016, 05:10 PM	#1
KAPPS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Dakota Posts: 11 View My Garage	GM Performance clutch help? Looking to buy a GM Performance parts Dual disc clutch (part #19331079). I know I've heard a lot about other dual disc or triple disc clutches from RPS, Centerforce, RAM etc. but I work for a Chevy dealer and get a pretty good discount on this clutch kit. I'm not looking for reasons to buy the other brands but looking to see if anyone on here has this clutch and what they think about it. My car is an LS3 with a Lingenfelter Cam, headers CAI and tune and I can tell the factory clutch isn't going to work. Dyno'd at 440hp at wheel. thanks for any input

05-09-2016, 05:29 PM	#4
KAPPS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Dakota Posts: 11 View My Garage	Fried, 5900 miles lol. Driver error

05-09-2016, 05:38 PM	#5
KAPPS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Dakota Posts: 11 View My Garage	I guess also if I end up boosting it (supercharger,turbo) and adding nitrous and would be looking at 600-700 rwhp in the future, I don't really want to be throwing another clutch at it. GM states it is rated for 800 lb/ft torque

05-13-2016, 04:28 PM	#8
KAPPS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Dakota Posts: 11 View My Garage	just as a quick update. It looks like RAM clutches makes the GM performance division's clutches for them....Chevy just sublets this out? must not have the engineering to develop a strong clutch, lol

05-16-2016, 12:31 PM	#14
Tmick5jr Todd Drives: 2012 Camaro Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,669 View My Garage	my buddy's SS has 800 crank hp with 50k miles on it and his stock clutch is still perfectly fine, never slips. Keep in mind he doesn't drag it and beat the hell out of it.