6.0 aftermarket clutch

[donald5184]

I talked to a guy in Cookeville at buffalo wild wings tonight about a clutch for my truck with ZF6 in it. I am terrible with names so im hoping you see this or someone else who can give me clutch options other than the southbend. Any help would be great. I am needing a clutch than can hold around 500+. Not making that much power now but making plenty more than the stock clutch can hold.

 

[onebadcoastie]

Southbend has great stuff. William has Southbend and my roommate bought one for his ZF6. Check out their reviews.

 

[7.3powerstroke00]

Valairinc.com

 

[donald5184]

Price is what im looking at, I just want some options though. I know several other people are running other clutches. I just don't want to buy the only one I have been able to find if that makes sense. I know the south bend is a good clutch, just curious what else is out there.

 

[donald5184]

thanks for the tip on valair. I'm liking their prices, need to do a little research and see what kind of success people are having with them. I just need a clutch for around 600 hp.

 

[7.3powerstroke00]

I ran the valair ceramic dual disc in my 6.4 it was a great clutch, I put close to 40k miles on it before sold the truck. Pulled trailers and alot of town and off road driving. It is suppose to hold 700hp and Dan is good about standing behind his products as long as the person is honest on what happened to it if there is a failure lol. It ran the factory hydraulics and the pedal was softer than with stock clutch. First time I got in I nearly stuffed pedal through firewall LOL

Alot of cummings guys run his big clutches for sled pulling and street.

 

[donald5184]

Ok awesome, thanks for the input. I am new to this forum, but it came highly recommended. I am on my second Powerstroke and have been driving them for years and just never signed up. Did the clutch grab hard like in traffic type situations or can you ease into it like the factory.

 

[7.3powerstroke00]

It was a little jumpy until you got use to it. Lower gear taking off helped alot. Reverse backing a trailer took getting use to, it was a little jumpy but either flip to 4 low or give a few rpm to help it slip and wasn't bad.

 

[donald5184]

Sounds good, and like I said, genuinely appreciate the input.

 

[7.3powerstroke00]

No problem, good luck!

 

[mind if I smoke]

Donald. The clutch I told you about was from kennys pulling parts. I upgraded to the centered iron friction disks, but he has just standard ceramics. That clutch holds great but can be a little graby when it gets hot. Really the only bad thing about the clutch is when you're pulling out on a hill and have to give it more gas you will get some chatter out of the steel plates. Kennys really stood behind his parts. The center plate was to thick to release on mine so he shaved it down to clear and payed the bill to have the clutch pulled and reinstalled.

 

[william_ace]

Like Mat said, I just installed a 650hp 1400tq rated dual disk clutch from south bend. Pedal pressure feels very close to stock although it engages a lot sooner. My other clutch was slipping really bad, so it feels great to actually have power to the ground again. I can look up the part number if you wish. I went with this clutch after discussing it with a few members and vendors here.