Justinbonnes
CCCUK Member
Looking recommendations for suppliers for a LS7 clutch kit for a c5 corvette year 2000
Looking recommendations on supplier for a Ls7 clutch kit for a 2000 c5 corvette don’t want to be waiting a month to come from the us
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teamzr1
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You may want to rethink if the amount of labor to yank out the whole ass end of drivetrain out just to replace the clutch as the GM stock C5 and C6 clutches are crappy, esp the slave cylinder design
I did a write-up as to C5/C6 issues on my forum at
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Go with known good clutch designs and also handles high loads like from different types of racing
also consider replacing the bearing of the driveshaft inside the drivetube and flush tranny fluid
Also to be easy to bleed the clutch fluid is adding a braided hose from the slave bleeder to the engine bay to make it simple to flush brake fluid used
Different note in the past I have used flywheel so light only 7 pounds, more like a gear for starter
To 5 inch with 5 floater discs to 8 inch dual floaters
The Tilton 5" spins RPMs up so fast you're off the line and gone before the other guy drops the clutch "-)
McLeod is a master of making killer clutches (on the left side)
I did a write-up as to C5/C6 issues on my forum at
Brake fluid cause of jammed clutch debunked
As you know there has been problems with both the C5 and C6 including the C6 Z06 where at certain conditions high RPM shifting and clutch pedal will not return to the "off clutch" position. Due to some "gods" in cyberspace have as we mentioned on other ...
Go with known good clutch designs and also handles high loads like from different types of racing
also consider replacing the bearing of the driveshaft inside the drivetube and flush tranny fluid
Also to be easy to bleed the clutch fluid is adding a braided hose from the slave bleeder to the engine bay to make it simple to flush brake fluid used
Different note in the past I have used flywheel so light only 7 pounds, more like a gear for starter
To 5 inch with 5 floater discs to 8 inch dual floaters
The Tilton 5" spins RPMs up so fast you're off the line and gone before the other guy drops the clutch "-)
McLeod is a master of making killer clutches (on the left side)
Dorsetsteve
Well-known user
My last parts order from the US was ordered on a Friday and on my door step on Monday.
