Do-It-Yourself High Performance Car Mods

Clutches

If your clutch starts to smell burnt after a hard launch at the dragstrip or it starts to slip even when your foot is off the clutch pedal, it’s time to upgrade to a better clutch. The most common performance clutches copy the basic design of an original equipment clutch, which pushes a single disc of material similar to brake pads against the flywheel using a device called a pressure plate. A clutch with a single disc of friction material is also called a full-face clutch. Holding power can be increased by using grabbier clutch materials like Kevlar or carbon, using stiffer springs to push the clutch material against the flywheel, or just plain making the clutch bigger. Keep in mind that high-performance racing clutches may require ...