We have a local rebuilder, Six States Supply, who has solved clutch
problems for several Bonneville racers as well as many local drag
racers. Nice to have folks like that just around the corner and twenty
blocks down the street. Not using the Centerforce idea but certainly
they make driving much more pleasant and less costly for their
customers. Proves that GM hadn't learned as much as they may have
thought about clutches.
Wes
On Nov 7, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Askotto@aol.com wrote:
> I had one of those beasts back in the day!!! The clutch pedal felt
> like it
> was stuck it was so hard to push. My left leg would get to shaking if
> I had to
> hold it in for more than 10 seconds or so. I'd bump it into neutral
> coming up
> to a stop light then slap it in gear just before I took off. That was
> before
> the days of Centerforce clutch's. Ahhhh, the good old days!
>
> Otto
> In a message dated 11/7/2006 10:44:52 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> jon@infodestruction.com writes:
>
> Sometimes we have to do stuff in the line of work -- that we night not
> otherwise do. I just had to/got to move a few vehicles around in our
> storage barn, and dang it if that '66 427 'Vette didn't need moving
> around. So we drew straws as to who'd get that chore -- and (since
> I'm
> the boss and I got to put the straws into the hat) I came out the
> winner.
>
> I didn't go play around on the highway, but it was tempting. . .
>
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
>
> PS Interesting note: The clutch on that car has a harder push than
> on
> my '54 Oshkosh plow truck. How'd anyone ever drive those Corvettes in
> traffic?
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