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Hello, nice site you guys/gals have here.

I have a couple of questions that I cannot seem to get answered so I'm here to get some help.

1.what on earth is the purpose of clutch shoes if you have a clutch bell which will move if it is attached to the flywheel?what is the darn purpose of those little pesky things.

2.what type of clutch is the ft gt2? centrifugal etc..?

3. is byrons 20 percent good for mass in the spring/summer?

4. the higher the nitro percent the more speed or what?

5.Thanks so much I really hope to learn alot from this forum!!

Sincerely,question ADDICT:green-grin:
 
question addict said:
Hello, nice site you guys/gals have here.

I have a couple of questions that I cannot seem to get answered so I'm here to get some help.

1.what on earth is the purpose of clutch shoes if you have a clutch bell which will move if it is attached to the flywheel?what is the darn purpose of those little pesky things.

2.what type of clutch is the ft gt2? centrifugal etc..?

3. is byrons 20 percent good for mass in the spring/summer?

4. the higher the nitro percent the more speed or what?

5.Thanks so much I really hope to learn alot from this forum!!

Sincerely,question ADDICT:green-grin:
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1 and 2: The shoes expand outward and grab the bell as the engine revvs up. This is a centrifugal style clutch.

3: you can run the same type of fuel year round, as long as it's the correct type of fuel for the engine.

4: Higher nitro percentage generally means more power, but the engine will run cooler. The tradeoff here is engine wear. 20% is usually more than sufficient.

5: Welcome to the board!
 
so the purpose of the shoes it to hold the clutch bell on the flywheel as well as expand and catch on the clutch bell to move the car? is the crank shaft always spinning but just not fast enough for the shoes to catch the bell?
is it just me or does this clutch thing make absolutely no sense!
 
Exactly. If you picture a circle that gets larger as it spins faster, that's the plane of the shoes. Once they expand outward far enough, they grab the bell, and away she goes.

The crankshaft always spins, assuming the motor is running (of course).
 
thanks for the reply

can i get some suggestions and/or links to some fine racing engines.

also, why would you want a heavy spring on the clutch shoes? because if you were at the starting line with heavy clutch shoe spring, would you be sitting there for a couple seconds until the high rpms force the heavy spring outward. wouldnt you always want the lightest strongest spring available?

Thanks alot, Questionaire:smoke:
 
Actually, I can make a recommendation on this. For race-legality, you can't go wrong with the OS TZ .12. I have one in my older-style GT, and it's MORE than enough power. It's bumpstart-only, so you will need a starter box. You might also need a rear-exhaust header.

As for the weight of the spring... The heavier spring will allow you to get more rpms up before it engages. It also gives you a larger "dead band", so the brakes are easier to set.

As for a clutch setup, I'd recommend the MIP 4-n-1 clutch setup, setup with no weights in it. It's a perfect match for the TZ. Coupled with the Heavyweight flywheel, it's perfect.

However, since you have a GT2, the setup might be a little different.
 
the clutch shoe thing though, I'm asking would you NOT be sitting at a dead stop for a couple of seconds because you need to reach higher rpms??

whats the diff between a mip 4n1 and the ft gt2 stock clutch?
 
The initial "take off" would be a little "snappier". It really is hard to describe the engagement. I guess it would be more like an on-off kind of deal, where the lighter clutch (lighter springs, or heavier shoes) weight in the shoes) would drag.

I don't have any experience with the GT2's clutch setup, unfortunately. But I'm pretty sure AE didn't do anything wierd, like the Losi 8ight clutch... That thing is weird-incarnate.
 

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