Update on the clutch Crisis: Like black coog said it was a tolerence issue with the flywheel and the clutch. The stepping on the fidanza flywheel is a little off causing the clutch plate not be able to be pushed to full force. To prove my point I first had a ram HD setup in my car everthing new from the the flywheel to the clutch kit. Babyed it for 600 miles and then took a hard down shift and slipped. I knew something wasn't right so I called ram and they sent an upgraded clutch disk from the already kevelar disc. It was the mettalic setup that is capable of running slicks just to tell you how heavy duty it is. Put that in it also slipped. I ordered a stock replacment from ford and measured everything with a caliper. Everything was the same only diffrence was the ram clutch disk was thicker which was better. I had three clutchs laying out on the table looked at the pressure plates and all three were made by LUC. Finally I had the stock flywheel turned and grinded the proper way. Put that back in the car with the metallic setup and I am a very happy customer. I put it through hell last night and no way will it slip. So the whole time it has been the flywheel. The whole time I had the flywheel in my car I don't think it was worth 400 dollars just my 2 cents. I'm sure the flywheel will work with other setups like jiakos recent setup with centerforce. This is good advice to know before you go off buying this and that and find out that it doesn't work. Just wish it wasn't at my expense. :rolleyes:
