I've been atempting to read about clutchs on here and I am lost. I need a clutch that is for daily driving, that can hold more horse power and torque, and isn't to expensive. I've noticed Valair seems to be cheaper than southbend, but I have no I dea wht im looking at or for when comparing the 2. Any advise would be greatly apreciated.

 

I don't have an answer for you other than to call South Bend. They are very helpfull and can get you exactly what you need. I don't need a clucth yet but I do know I will go SB. I know a few people who have and are very happy. Maybe call both and compare that way. Sometimes it is just better to call rather than figure out just by reading.

 

Valair and Southbend are both good clutches, but Peter at Southbend is awesome.

 

Save the money and get a SBC OFE and be done with it, do it right the first time.

 

Seems to be the big conflict.

Hold more horsepower, daily driver, inexpensive. You really can't get all three, but you can do better than stock. Stock clutches are made to be easy to drive, but they do this by sacraficing on the ability to hold horsepower. DD clutches are made for high horsepower, but they are expensive and sacrafice some of the drivability. You seem to be in the middle. Probably a FE or CON FE from SBC, which holds more power but are a little more "grabby" than stock (price of doing business for them to hold more horsepower). They are also moderately priced.

 

I would say go with an OFE from SBC. I used to have an '02 5 spd and put 566 hp 1119 tq to the ground with an OFE, which is way over what its rated at. Peter rates his clutches way under what they can actually do. The OFE is real smooth but will hold power. Peter has the best no questions asked warranty in the business and will stand behind his work. SBC is the only clutch I'd go with. Just my $.02

 

Pete at Southbend is great to deal with. When I welded my Con FE to the flywheel he replaced it no questions asked. If you want to horse around at all with it cranked up, you better go double disk. Learn from my mistake. I am changing to a double here in a couple of weeks. I have been trying to stay clear of doubles since they shift slowly, but Haisley makes a street drag that is pretty quick.

 

Ok, so where do I get good prices on the SB?

 

Call Peter direct, tell him you were poking around here on the forum and ended up being sent HIS way.

 

Does any one have any good news on Valair. I noticed they are about half the price.

 

You get what you pay for, not only in the clutch, but the service SBC brings to the table. Really the 2 I have heard of are Luk and SBC, no inputs for Valair. Does this need to be done immediately, or something that can wait? If you are running the mods in your post and the Valair clutch cannot handle the power you are putting down, you'll be back trying to get a new clutch in short order. My .02

 

The clutch I have now is stock. I get back from Iraq in about a week, and I will have time to do the clutch myself when i get home.

 

I know all trucks are differant and it may be the NV vs G56 but I can shift my truck just as fast, if not faster then stock with my 12 puck SB.

 

I would think the FE is probable gona be harder to drive than he wants. IMO if you think you need more clutch than an OFE just save the money and get a DD. It will hold a lot more power than an FE and me much nicer to drive. But i would say an OFE is enough clutch for 90% if the guys out there, I probably woulda been fine with one too but I didnt want to take any chances.

 

Valair has been banned from this forum...nuff said