[DeTomaso] Centerforce dual friction disk from Ford Racing

[Ken Green]

Here is a PDF file from the Centerforce website with bolt pattern information:
 
http://media.centerforce.com/Catalog/FLYWHEEL_NOTES_Web.pdf
 


--- On Sun, 9/12/10, wkooiman at earthlink.net <wkooiman at earthlink.net> wrote:


From: wkooiman at earthlink.net <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Centerforce dual friction disk from Ford Racing
To: "Will Demelo" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>, JDeRyke at aol.com, kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 8:45 PM


I'm only 90% sure now.  My confidence is falling (that the Centerforce DF700000 will bolt to a stock flywheel).

As promised, I'll take pics this weekend.  I'll include some bonus pics too.  The extra pics are a surprise.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Will Demelo <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
>Sent: Sep 10, 2010 5:01 AM
>To: wkooiman at earthlink.net, JDeRyke at aol.com, kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Centerforce dual friction disk from Ford Racing
>
>Don't know about the 700000, but I'm 100% sure the DF021057S doesn't bolt to 
>the stock flywheel.
>Will
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
>To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:18 PM
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Centerforce dual friction disk from Ford Racing
>
>
>> I'm about 95% sure the DF700000 will bolt to a stock Pantera flywheel. 
>> The DF700000 is a diaphragm PP with a dual friction disk.  The PP has 2 
>> bolt patterns.  One lines up with the Fidanza aluminum flywheel, and 
>> probably the other aluminum flywheels too.  Going from memory - the 2nd 
>> pattern lines up with the stock Pantera flywheel - with 5/16" holes too.
>>
>> I'm away from home right now, so I can't confirm.  I'll take pics when I 
>> get home.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>>>Sent: Sep 7, 2010 10:57 PM
>>>To: kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Centerforce dual friction disk from Ford Racing
>>>
>>>Ken, you want to keep in mind that some of the clutches- Centerforce
>>>especially- will NOT bolt onto a stock flywheel. The Centerforce clutch 
>>>cover uses
>>>a slightly different bolt pattern and larger bolts, with stand-off washers
>>>and different torque requirements. And redrilling & tapping a flywheel is
>>>not something you want to attempt with a a hand drill or even a drill 
>>>press!
>>>Getting the 16-lb clutch off-center even 0.010" will give you an engine 
>>>that
>>>shakes like a wet dog!
>>>Other aftermarket clutches also use their own bolt patterns. If you factor
>>>in the cost of a new flywheel, the price of a Centerforce setup changes
>>>appreciably, but once you own a 'racing' flywheel, many are drilled & 
>>>tapped for
>>>as many as 4 different bolt patterns & sizes.
>>>Centerforce also comes in a variety of clutch strengths, too. I've driven 
>>>a
>>>Pantera with the effort-reduction linkage installed and a Centerforce
>>>'Heavy Duty" clutch, and if one was given to me free, it would be on E-Bay 
>>>within
>>>the hour. Second-most uncomfortable Pantera I've ever driven. As I said
>>>before, you need to have a firm idea of what you want out of your Pantera
>>>before doing redesigns.
>>>Good luck- J DeRyke (still running the OEM clutch & disc at 80,000 miles
>>>and will use it with my Fontana, too)
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