Australian V8 Clutch breakthrough by Clutch Industries

What makes a great clutch in a V8? Australia’s premier provider of V8 Racing Drive Days, V8 Race Experience, run a fleet of V8 Holden and V8 Ford Race cars and are better placed than anyone to comment.

Doug Greenslade General Manager says “Our environment is the toughest there is. We expect the highest performance from a clutch, and at the same time, our business is putting inexperienced racers into the cars. It’s possibly the harshest combination there can be on a clutch and driveline”.

Searching for a better clutch system, V8 Race Experience changed to Clutch Industries. Clutch Industries have the only Engineering and Test capability based in Australia, skilled in developing better clutch kits for performance applications. This means it can respond and develop a clutch system in ways others can’t.

One year down the track that capability has delivered a significantly better result for V8 Race Experience. Doug Greenslade says “the improvement is great, we are completely satisfied with the clutch systems developed by Clutch Industries. Having experienced the difference, we wouldn’t think of using anything else. Renewing our contract was one of the easiest decisions we’ve made.”

Clutch Industries Engineering Manager, Damian Bibby, says “We have a lot of experience with V8 Clutch Systems and there is no doubt the specification we have engineered into our systems gives an advantage. The approach delivers better results in 3 key areas – Torque Capacity, Strength and Driver Feedback (Modulation, Point of engagement and Pedal Effort”.

The racing pedigree of CI V8 Clutch Kits is unmatched. Clutch Industries performance division, CI Performance, uses the Technology developed in these types of racing programs to enhance the Performance Kits available to enthusiasts for street, track and off road applications. CI have now released a new range of V8 Kits which incorporate the same features enjoyed by operations such as V8 Race Experience and V8 Ute Racing. More information is available on CI web sites:

www.clutchindustries.com.au contains an on-line catalogue, which allows the fast location of clutch parts to accelerate the order process. The website also allows you to contact our engineering department for the development of parts for specific or unique applications.

www.ciperformance.com.au the second website, is dedicated to the CI Performance range. The site focuses on the performance aspects of CIP’s specialized clutches and flywheels. It allows the user to navigate through a summary of each of the CIP categories:

To find out more about CI or CI Performance clutches please visit the respective sites, or contact Clutch Industries on 1300 369 787.