<<Tom said: "I have had clutch slippage problems with my 302 TR3A ever since
my last rebuilt. I am on my seconf clutch now and it slips too in higher
gears. The problems seems to be too much horse power combined with a 10 inch
clutch." >>
>From the "For what it's worth department,"
> I've built two 215 engines, one a Buick swapped into a Vega and the other
> an Oldsmobile version placed into a Corvair and neither experienced clutch
> problems. The Vega was geared quite high and was trouble free. The Olds
>version
> in the Corvair ran high (13.5 to 1) compression, had 3.08 gears are used a
> four button ceramic clutch disk. Both cars were driven vigorously without
> incident for many years. Standard clutch covers (pressure plates) were used
>in
> both cases.
Of course, Tom's 302 engine likely had greater torque output than either
of my
> 215s.
>
> Darius
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