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Old 09-17-2020, 01:17 PM   #1
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Has anybody actually seen or had a "ClutchFlite"?

The old legend of the putting a clutch in front of an automatic transmission, replacing the torque converter. So you launch like a manual but shift like an auto.

Based on what I've read, these were "rather popular" in the 60's/ 70's but were obsoleted by better (and I imagine lock-up) torque converters. I can't find one for sale in the first few pages of Google, short of old stuff that doesn't seem to be in much demand.

Are there still people that run these things in any application? Has anybody ever actually seen or had one?

How common were they really?
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Old 09-17-2020, 03:26 PM   #2
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I think Lencos kind of killed that market. There are lenco setups that go the other way with a converter.

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Old 09-17-2020, 03:32 PM   #3
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I'm almost positive the maroon truck that was so quick back in the day ran a clutch mated to an auto trans. Truck was referred to as the Grinch? Or something like that. I saw it run in person back a few times in Bradenton.
 
Old 09-17-2020, 04:36 PM   #4
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Was thinking this too^^^^.

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Old 09-17-2020, 04:44 PM   #5
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I forgot about that one. It was wild to watch
Scheid Dodge Cummins Spinning to a 9.57 - YouTube

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Old 09-17-2020, 05:03 PM   #6
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I forgot about that one. It was wild to watch
Scheid Dodge Cummins Spinning to a 9.57 - YouTube
Well that's a dieselgasm moment.
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Old 09-17-2020, 05:14 PM   #7
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Yeah, that truck!

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Old 09-17-2020, 05:40 PM   #8
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That thing is a riot.
 
Old 09-17-2020, 05:52 PM   #9
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Truck ran 8's the times I saw it.
Would leave soft then charge like hell 200ft out.
 
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