quote:Originally posted by Jérémie:
Ok so I'll go for a steel clutch, where I am hesitating is that the SFI ones a twice or three time the price, and on the other hand boss engine were made to spin 6000 rpm with cast, so maybe a basic steel flywheel will be better in any case ?
I wans also thinking about doing a kind of armouring arround the flywheel and clut to be sure that in any cas, if it fails, the damage will only be material.
What do you think of this ? At which speed spins the pantera ? and which flywheel do you use ? are they sourrounded by an armouring ?
Use a Lakewood "scatter shield".
The problem with the iron flywheel is really just for drag racing.
When you rev the engine to 9,500 to 10,000rpm, then drop the clutch, the shock to it can make it shatter and those pieces will be like shrapnel from a bomb.
The iron flywheel is ok even for road racing. With a Cleveland if you are reving over about 6,800 rpm then you have the wrong set up.
You are going to be REQUIRED to have some kind of a clutch containment device to be allowed on the track anyway.
A CERTIFIED "scattershield" would do the trick.