Re: Decent clutch choice for 258?

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I'm running a 10.9" late 70's Jeep with B&B style in my American using a 82 Spirit bell and T-5.
It definitely is a little on the stiff peddle side of things. The 4.0L 91 Wrangler Flywheel I have in my garage has a diapragm clutch setup on it. I thought asbout changing over to it when I had the engine out,but the 10.9" was a known entity so I stayed with it.
 If your looking for light peddle and good hold, I believe the diapragm presure plates are the way to go.
I'm not sure on peddle travel, If you go hydraulic as you were talking about, didn't Eagle use diaprahgm clutches from the start? Make absolutely sure you don't end up with a clutch master from a 4 cyl Eagle! they have a different bore form the six cylinder cars and boy are they stiff!!!
Mark Price





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From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
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Date:  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:46:21 -0500 (EST)

>" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
>" 
>" I need to buy a clutch (pressure plate, friction disk, throwout
>" bearing) for my Hornet. Reasonably hot 258, and a T150 trans.  I'm
>" not racing and I don't want killer clutch pedal.
>" 
>" Any recommendations for a decent quality, reasonable priced clutch
>" vendor?
>
>why not a stock hd 304/t150 clutch?
>
>you might want to check it over when you pick it up; iirc the
>replacement pp will be 10.5" but the disk will be only 10", as was the
>original pp iirc.  that being the case, you might want to get a 10.5"
>ford disc, say for a 302 - the t150 is a 3sp ford toploader tranny and
>has a ford-common 1 1/16" x 10 spline input.
>
>you might also want to be on the lookout for a toploader 4sp, esp. if
>you already have a floor shifter.  you'll need a new shifter, but the
>common short-mainshaft versions will slip right into the 3sp's place.
>same length, splines, bolt pattern, etc.  -maybe- the rear mount is
>different.  wide ratios - most common - start with 2.78:1 first.
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>for those of us who want a hd clutch for our pre-'72 199/232/258,
>perfection has the only hd pp which is still actually 10" - their
>c1647 for b&b style, c1897 for diaphragm style, rcf448 15/16" x 10
>spline disk.  a 10.5" b&b will bolt up to the flywheel, but will -not-
>clear the bellhousing.  ask me how i know...
>
>pedal travel is longer than the 9 1/8", and freeplay is tricky until
>the clutch wears in a bit.  effort is about the same.
>
>iirc the 196 flywheel is not drilled for the 10"/10.5" pp pattern.  my
>'66 199 and afaik all 199/232/258 were.
>
>diaphragm types are lower in profile than b&b types; perhaps a 10.5"
>dia -would- clear the bell, but iirc don't they tend to have even
>longer pedal travels?
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