Welcome to the forums.

I agree with the poster above me.

Have you ever driven a car with a non-OEM clutch?

 

Welcome...i think.

darcy

 

A torque adding clutch... That's a new one. Good luck with that.

 

I didn't know that. You should join sooner

 

Make sure to add at least 2 or 3 stickers, that will give you a nominal increase in HP to go along with your Stg2 clutch.

 

Lol. Welcome. You have some reading to do.

 

Today I learned I can increase torque (and not touch horsepower) by changing out parts that don't even have anything to do with the production of power.

Someone might actually be onto something with the sticker horsepower claims.

Oh, and welcome

 

So what's next a stage 2 does nothing???

 

It doesn't necessarily do "nothing". It just allows for a greater clamping force so the when the friction disc meets the flywheel, there is no slippage. Not sure your age or knowledge on physics, but basically when your engine produces enough power to over come the static or kinetic friction of the friction disc material and the force applied by the pressure plate, then that will cause the clutch to slip. One way to prevent the clutch to slip is to obviously apply more force to the friction disc to increase the static/kinetic friction. So, essentially, a "stage 2 clutch" is just a pressure plate that can apply a greater force required to prevent the clutch from slipping. Well, it also has a number of things like 3-puck/6-puck or flywheel. But thats something else and a lot more detail. A stage 2 clutch could handel 80% more torque or could increase the clamping force by 80%, does not mean it will add 80% more torque. It just means it can HANDEL more torque. Adding a stage two clutch will not not add 130 more torque. You will need a very large turbo to do such a thing.

 

Very large turbo for just 130 ft-lbs of torque? Our definition of size is very different.