Fbody Pressure plate with a ZF6

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Well I'm taking the flywheel in today to have it machined. I called Carolina clutch to double check my measurements but they said they have 'no idea about any of that, we don't machine anything here'.

I took a straight edge and measured the distance between the face of the block where the trans mates and the face of the flywheel where the clutch meets. The difference is ~.130". I figure after having the single mass resurfaced and .090" taken off the crank side it'll be nearly the same. I did not have the opportunity to measure to the throw out bearing yet, I'll be doing that shortly.

I called Doug Rippie, mailbox full. I left a message with ZR51 Performance.

That's the update. I hope to reinstall everything this weekend.

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Update: Didn't take it in, I'm waiting on a confirmation call from Doug Rippie Motorsports. Sounds like it needs taken off the CLUTCH FACE of the flywheel not the crank side.

That being said, several Corvette clutch people have told me the factory Valeo friction should hold the ~375rwhp I'm expecting to make. So I may sell the Hays/RAM combo and see how the factory stuff holds.

PS I called SPEC since they sell a flywheel already machined and the tech told me to pound sand as I asked my questions. Yet another reason I'll never run their product.

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Wound up running a stock Corvette clutch, so far it's holding fine. Will update later.