Direct drive clutch?

[GoodKarma]

Someone mentioned a direct drive clutch today, and the idea sort of threw me off. How can this work? Anyone heard of such a thing?

[SYKO]

I think its called a recluse clutch popular with duners and draggers

[Billy Golightly]

Rekluse and the direct drive clutch are 2 completely different things :)

The direct drive clutch has arms, with weights on them that allow constant centrifugal force to be applied to the pressure plate on the clutch to keep it from slipping. The faster it spins, the more weight and pressure it puts on it to keep it (clutch) from slipping. Pretty ingenious little mechanism really, but not necessary for anything under 70hp IMO with a little modding on a stock clutch. They also often refer to them as lockup clutches, cause they don't slip :) http://www.directdrivecnc.net/ I think is their website.

[GoodKarma]

And if you don't have clutch fiber plates, then how are you making contact without melting plates together?

What is the benefit that duners and draggers. Seems that they would be the ones putting a serious strain on a clutch.

[Billy Golightly]

you still run a "normal" clutch pack with the direct drive clutch. The benefit is that when your running enormous 22inch tall 12 paddle Skat-Trak Extremes with a 70hp motor your stock clutch is going to slip from the load. The lockup makes it hook up, and you put more power to the ground.