Will an Act 2600 clutch kill a stock transmission?
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i also heard that the 2600 made the engine more subseptable to crank walk. Have you guys heard this theory before?
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I'm no wiseman but my 2600 killed my thrust bearings, so I pulled the bottom and rebearinged it took 100 miles to walk again (1g 7bolt). So I rebuilt another motor (6 bolt 2.3) reused the 2600 and it walked in 86 miles. Rebuilt it again switched to CC 2400 with sprung 6 and had no more problems.
Will an Act 2600 clutch kill a stock transmission?
Well, I assume that you only want a 2600 because of racing to power shifting and launch which will kill your transmission gears.
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Originally Posted by Inverted540
Do you know how much hp a stock rebuilt transmission can hold?
Go look at Shepherd, TRE, DogBox Performance, and other rebuild shops. They will tell you about how much each stage handle can handle but there's no guaranteed. And it depends more on torque than hp.
I don't feel the 2600 will kill your tranny on it's own. However, the extra stress on your clutch system will make it apparent which components are on their way out.. ie master cylinder,slave cylinder, and fork/pivotball. If any of these are showing signs of failure, change them out when you install your clutch.
I don't feel the 2600 will kill your tranny on it's own. However, the extra stress on your clutch system will make it apparent which components are on their way out.. ie master cylinder,slave cylinder, and fork/pivotball. If any of these are showing signs of failure, change them out when you install your clutch.
Dave
True dat. I wish I replaced my clutch fork before it snapped!
My 2600 killed my tranny, but it's becuase the guy that i bought it off put redline mtl in a tranny with 150000km on it. It's definately the driver though, if your launching it all the time your likely to break your tranny with that clutch with stock hp.
The 2600 should be fine for a relatively long time. Do a search many people are succesfully running this combo. That does not mean it will last forever either though. Sometimes things just break it sucks there is know way of knowing how long it will last, but i wouldnt be to worried. Laser there is no reason your 6 bolt should have walked that fast, are you using the provided act throwout bearing? They have been known to prematurly fail causing addition chance for crankwalk, i would greatly suggest an oem throwout bearing. Also if you do not want to have do any drivertrain work soon i would defintly look into a new master cylinder,slave cylinder, fork/pivotball, and stainless clutch line. How much power are you planning for and is this a street car etc? All these things would help us help you. A 2100 and 6 puck sprung disk can handle its far share if you are only looking for about 300whp and its still streetable.
When I had my act2600 I gave it 4k miles of break in time and it was good at first but then some master/slave cylinder went bad so I had those replaced then later the clutch started to slip and they said I needed an extendor pin to fix the problem so I got that and still had tons of problems then all of a sudden something happened and the clutch blew or trans blew and messed up the entire trans and clutch system and it cost me 5k to replace everything... so watch out for that I dont know what happened in my car... maybe the installers fault? Thats just my experience so make sure you take the car to a shop that knows what they are doin so it doesn't cost you in the long run.
stock tranny
reused the 2600 and it walked in 86 miles. Rebuilt it again switched to CC 2400 with sprung 6 and had no more problems.
