mitchell clutches?

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How do the mitchell dual disk clutches do on the street? I need a dual disk clutch but it needs to be great on the street.
 
i had one in my cummins i use to have and i drove it everyday it was fine but dont bang gears in it or and drag racing because i broke 3 intermediate plates and wore 4 disk plates. if i do it again i would go with sbc or something different
 
mitchell clutches used to use a cast flywheel. im not sure if they still do or not. before you get one id check and make sure it has a steel flywheel.
 
I have had one in my truck for about three years and drive it everyday. I love it.
 
stuckey_272002 said:
mitchell clutches used to use a cast flywheel. im not sure if they still do or not. before you get one id check and make sure it has a steel flywheel.
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if they are cast just walk away, i have seen first hand what a cast clutch does when it comes apart and if you value your toes and feet, dont get one..........
 
thay work well on the street depending on how you drive you can also get alot of hooks out of them.... as for the cast fly wheel i wouldnt worry about it too much unless your turnin quite a few rpms... I have one for sale pm me if you are interested
 
They are the same clutches that the EEP camp has been running for years. I don't know of Dave Mitchells ever coming apart or Milby's either. There are several trucks running the TTPA with there clutch turning 4500+ rpm with no problems and 50 plus hooks a year.
 
I also have one for sale. It does have the steel flywheel. It is the SFI approved one. It needs a new floater and new discs but I will make a great deal on it. I can get the floater and discs from EEP. Since I don't have a 5 speed I have no use for it.

Jeremy
 
As far as I know they are replacing the old floaters with the new, thicker ones for free.....at least they did mine.
 
Those new floaters are not thicker, they are cryogenically treated. I went through two replacement floaters, two different designs and broke the dang thing every time. I loved that clutch though. Best engagement of any DD I have ever driven on the street that would handle some serious abuse.


-Tom
 
DIGGER said:
They are the same clutches that the EEP camp has been running for years. I don't know of Dave Mitchells ever coming apart or Milby's either. There are several trucks running the TTPA with there clutch turning 4500+ rpm with no problems and 50 plus hooks a year.
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ask Ryan Milby about sending that girl to the hospital at hillsboro a few years ago.......he didnt figure he would need his tranny blanket that night, the flywheel let go and parts made it out from under the truck and hit a girl in the head........so yeah a cast flywheel is a GREAT idea........
 
Tcolesanti said:
Those new floaters are not thicker, they are cryogenically treated. I went through two replacement floaters, two different designs and broke the dang thing every time. I loved that clutch though. Best engagement of any DD I have ever driven on the street that would handle some serious abuse.


-Tom
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Are you sure? They may be cryogenically treated, but my replacement one was noticeably thicker. I would guess about 1/8"?
 
LOGANSTANFORTH said:
ask Ryan Milby about sending that girl to the hospital at hillsboro a few years ago.......he didnt figure he would need his tranny blanket that night, the flywheel let go and parts made it out from under the truck and hit a girl in the head........so yeah a cast flywheel is a GREAT idea........
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Okay I will ask him.
 
JFlagg said:
Are you sure? They may be cryogenically treated, but my replacement one was noticeably thicker. I would guess about 1/8"?
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How long ago? I think the last floater I got was in late '06 right after Houston, where I burnt up that clutch. But even the last one I got was the same thickness as the original that came with it.

-Tom
 
LOGANSTANFORTH said:
ask Ryan Milby about sending that girl to the hospital at hillsboro a few years ago.......he didnt figure he would need his tranny blanket that night, the flywheel let go and parts made it out from under the truck and hit a girl in the head........so yeah a cast flywheel is a GREAT idea........
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If your talking about the Hillsboro pull from A LONG time ago I didn't think it was the flywheel that came apart, it was the pressure plate. The EEP SFI DD clutch has a solid steel pressure plate and flywheel. My South Bend has a cast pressure plate and a steel flywheel (didn't have a choice my transmission is a G56 with that junk dual mass flywheel)
 
if they have went to steel instead of cast then i dont have a problem with the clutch, ive just seen alot of failures in different motorsports venues from cast flywheels and the injuries they have caused, ive seen guys loose toes and parts of their feet from pieces coming through the floorboard......i was just looking out for peoples safety.....
 
There have been only 2 clutch failures with the eep clutch and neither were flywheels!!!! THey were big RPM's and TO DANG much heat !!!!! USE your head when pulling and DON"T pull back to back with ANY clutch, you put to much heat in it to disipate before hooking again minutes apart.

That clutch will take more chit than any other on the track and on the street drives very nice.

IKE
 
So would you guys say the EEP clutch is a better choice than the SBC for a street/pullin truck?
 
IKNOWEVERYTHING said:
There have been only 2 clutch failures with the eep clutch and neither were flywheels!!!! THey were big RPM's and TO DANG much heat !!!!! USE your head when pulling and DON"T pull back to back with ANY clutch, you put to much heat in it to disipate before hooking again minutes apart.

That clutch will take more chit than any other on the track and on the street drives very nice.

IKE
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I do remember that when Ryan's exploded, he got red flagged just before the fully let out on the clutch (don't know why) and he backed up and went again (mistake). I agree though there are people that can break an anvil with a rubber mallet but I don't blame the clutch *stuff* happens and I don't know that a blanket was even required in that class.
 
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