[Mk2] [Turbo] What clutch is this ?

[Martin F]

I was told that it was a RPS single plate carbon clutch, 525lb/ft. I would just like conformation before i advertise it for sale as i can't find any pics on the net.







cheers

[Andy F]

Dont look very carbon to me Martin ( i had my carbon tilton in hand today)
looks more organic to me, but i could be way way off...

[Andy F]

This was one of my carbon plates

[Chris]

The friction plate looks stock to me....

[Martin F]

The friction plate looks stock to me....

It was handling 420 bhp and 350 lb/ft of torque no problem at all whatever it is, pm'd momentum as they fitted it...

[Chris]

Might be the extra clamping force of the cover plate. Almost sure the friction plate is stock tho. Might be wrong, been a while since I've seen one

[Andy F]

Chris's Helix was fine with his 630 odd untill it got a proper drag launch
and that wasnt until 3rd gear! so they can be deceptive

[Martin F]

Yeah, looks like i was told porkies again , some people really do take the biscuit , no names mentioned...

so what could i sell this setup for ?

cheers for your help lads

[Slarty]

One thing is for certain, that is NOT a standard friction plate.

The standard friction plate has springs and that has rubber bushes. I had a very similar RPS clutch to that on my old ST205 GT4. Not sure it was 525lbs/ft rating, but it was one "higher" than the fast road version (whatever rating that was).

In sumary, it's not a standard friction plate.

[Chris]

Still believe that's a standard clutch plate. I have taken a good few out with rubber parts instead of springs, even on stock n/a's.

As said, might be wrong, but looks like nothing special.

[Momentum]

Yeah, looks like i was told porkies again , some people really do take the biscuit , no names mentioned...

so what could i sell this setup for ?

cheers for your help lads

Hi Martin..

Who told you it was a single plate carbon clutch... ?? the previous owner... ? you can PM.

We only ever fitted the clutch.. the customer supplied the clutch along with many other parts from that build...

Cheers Steven
Momentum

[dai21t]

Looks like a RPS 450ft/LBS Single Plate Cltuch, same as the one I've got fitted to my car, was told that RPS use standard clutch plates, just uprated covers?

[Marf]

Looks like a RPS 450ft/LBS Single Plate Cltuch, same as the one I've got fitted to my car, was told that RPS use standard clutch plates, just uprated covers?

Not uncommon in clutches. My last car had a +50% clamping force plate with a standard centre. Gives a good comprimise between torque capacity and drivability.

[Martin F]

Yeah, looks like i was told porkies again , some people really do take the biscuit , no names mentioned...

so what could i sell this setup for ?

cheers for your help lads

Hi Martin..

Who told you it was a single plate carbon clutch... ?? the previous owner... ? you can PM.

We only ever fitted the clutch.. the customer supplied the clutch along with many other parts from that build...

Cheers Steven
Momentum

thanks Steven,

Yeah, the previous owner and it was stated in mr2only magazine , i have had conformation that it's a standard friction plate with a rps 450 or 475 lb/ft cover plate, they go for £300 new, just have to figure out what's a good resale price now...

cheers for all the input lads

[sjm1984]

What issue in MR2only was the car featured in?

[Martin F]

What issue in MR2only was the car featured in?

13

[sjm1984]

What issue in MR2only was the car featured in?

13

Thanks mate

[Momentum]

Yeah, looks like i was told porkies again , some people really do take the biscuit , no names mentioned...

so what could i sell this setup for ?

cheers for your help lads

Hi Martin..

Who told you it was a single plate carbon clutch... ?? the previous owner... ? you can PM.

We only ever fitted the clutch.. the customer supplied the clutch along with many other parts from that build...

Cheers Steven
Momentum

thanks Steven,

Yeah, the previous owner and it was stated in mr2only magazine , i have had conformation that it's a standard friction plate with a rps 450 or 475 lb/ft cover plate, they go for £300 new, just have to figure out what's a good resale price now...

cheers for all the input lads

Glad you got sorted.. as i said we only ever fitted it , we didnt supply it so i could not remember exactly what one it was, just checked the spec in the MR2 only mag... not sure what happened there, the other MR2 in that feature is my own car and i can honestly say i never noticed the "carbon clutch" bit in the spec sheet of your one before now... strange !!

Cheers Steven

[Chris]

One thing is for certain, that is NOT a standard friction plate.

The standard friction plate has springs and that has rubber bushes. I had a very similar RPS clutch to that on my old ST205 GT4. Not sure it was 525lbs/ft rating, but it was one "higher" than the fast road version (whatever rating that was).

In sumary, it's not a standard friction plate.

In summary then....You are wrong.

[Slarty]

One thing is for certain, that is NOT a standard friction plate.

The standard friction plate has springs and that has rubber bushes. I had a very similar RPS clutch to that on my old ST205 GT4. Not sure it was 525lbs/ft rating, but it was one "higher" than the fast road version (whatever rating that was).

In sumary, it's not a standard friction plate.

In summary then....You are wrong.