TILTON 2 Disc 8lb Flywheel and Street Clutch set up!





I have been running this clutch in my car for a couple of months now and it is amazing. I love it. It is still a grabby clutch and the throw of the pedal is reduced (pedal stop) but once you get used to less movement you can fully control it.

You can launch easly from a dead stop even when going up hill.

Orders ship the same day

 

i remember you posting a while back that you can pull on supercharged Z's on the highway with this setup... is that really true, or did i take it too literaly?

 

It was on the track....

 

How much torque can one of these hold?

 

Here is what I wrote in the post about this set up when I first got the test unit.

Price...

$1400

This package includes...

8lb Tilton Flywheel
Street Version 7.25" Clutch (disc's / pressure plate / clutch cover)
clutch bolts, flywheel bolts
Through Bearing & custom fabricated stand
Custom fabricated pedal stop

Here is a little more info and revised statments on the clutch's handling...

Now read carefully for it is easy to misunderstand.

This set up will handle 300ft-lbs tq to the flywheel. That will come out to about 365HP to the crank (300RHP est). Now, Remember that Peak TQ is between 4800-5500RPM and Peak Horse Power is between 6200RPM and 7000RPM.

Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions in this thread so others will get something out of it, but also please email me or PM me...

The estimated ship date I am still leaving as offically the 1st of October. but, they are expected in almost a month before that (Early September). But to be safe, I am leaving the official release date till the 1st to be exact.


Well, It is finally here...

Well almost, and I was hoping to have the price by the time I made this post, but that will come soon but I promised I would make this post on Monday.

For the last 2 weeks I have been testing the Latest version of the TILTON Clutch & Flywheel combo.

This use's the same 8lb preheat-treated billet 4140 steel Flywheel that the Carbon-Carbon, Cerametallic and Sintered Metallic clutches.



This "STREET" Set up can be used on the Street for the daily driver and for the Ocasional Road Track driver and the Drag Strip driver.

The only small catch. Currently this set up is only rated for the 300RWHP car. Before you get turned off, it is very hard to get more than 300RWHP out of the 350z / G35 with a normally aspired set up. Im pushing 260+ with all simple bolt on's including headers / test pipes / intake / exhaust soon to come cams and heads. Jeff is running over 280 to the wheels with Intake / Headers / P&P Heads / Cams / High Flow Cats / Exhaust... So unless you are running FI, This is THE Set up for you. So, 300RWHP is the Current HP Rating, we will be doing more testing naturally to see how it will hold up with more HP on a FI car

What will be gained from this set up...

Extreemly fast engine response, Down shifting can be done with a flash weither to accelerate or to heal toe engine brake... Acceleration horse power is greatly increased. It has been shown on the dyno to increase up to 30RWHP during acceleration. It will not add peak HP. What does this mean to you? When on the track, accelerating on the straights / passing on the freeway, you will pull on supercharged Z's / shifting is overall quicker and you can really push your engines performance to the limits with this set up.

What is noticble?...

You get in, turn the key, it has the same flick of the techameter up to 2800 rpm and down to idle. Tapping the throttle the RPM's fly up to red-line. In other words, for those of you who have been folowing the performance of the Tilton FlyWhel and Clutch it rev's the same way.

How does it drive?...

The clutch pedal is simlar to stock, but if you ask me, it feels softer to push down. Launching... NOT a problem. It will slip just like stock! Once you know where it grabs, you will have no problems at all. You WILL stall at first since the engine is more responsive in both the acceleration and deceleration (once clutch is lifted it will stall instantly if you are not applying enough throttle simply because just as fast as the engine wil rev - it will die just as quick). But this is nothing to fear. Once you find the "Sweet spot" (easly found) it CAN be slipped like stock. BUT, you will still hear a slight squeel due to the disc, it is not horrible, but you shouldnt really do it. Once the clutch starts to grab it is best to just give it gas and lift off the clutch, but as you learn how to drive it you will know how it responds and you will learn how to control it. But, the over all feel is like the stock clutch.

The way I like to look at it... if the stock clutch's movment from floor to engaged was 1foot long. All the same grab and throw takes place in 6 inches. So for the amount you have to move your foot with the stock clutch, you move it half as much with this new tilton set up. If you were to get into a Z with this set up in there and you have never driven a Z before, you would not be expecting a HUGE pedal throw and it would be no problem to drive.

I took this set up to the drag strip recently. Launching is MUCH easier and I was able to have control of launching at RPM's higher then IDLE!

I have been beating it up for 2 weeks and over 2400 miles now. Mis-shifting on purpose / slipping the clutch accessively just to see if it will fail and it shows now signs of being brutaly abused.

What does it cost?

Good question, I will post this later in this thread and include a link on our web site http://www.mynismo.com

When can you get this?

We are now taking pre-orders. Preorders are placed by purchasing the Tilton FLYWHEEL at this link.

TILTON FLYWHEEL

Buyers will then be notified of when this set up will be ready to ship and all other updates including price (It will NOT be anything like the Carbon-Carbon clutches dont worry about that.

Estimated Ship Date?

OCTOBER 1st is ESTIMATED!!!!!!! It could be BEFORE it could be AFTER (most likely before)...

So, if you are keeping your car NA. THIS is the ULTIMATE STREET Flywheel and Clutch combo available.

Are you ready

 

can it be easily slipped in stop and go traffic?

what about the cemet mixer sound it is loud or obnoxious?

 

yes it can be easly slipped once you figure out where to slip it wich isnt hard to find...

but you still do not want to slip it too much... but you can get away with slipping it more then you can the other versions...


the cement mixer sound isnt heard much at all with this setup...

 

Jason this is Bryan I talked to you on the phone...... as u know I have the Rally clutch installed with my Tilton flywheel.......

1.Will the squeal will be the same as the rally disc's???? or is it a little bit better????

2. Does it still jerk when starting or is that removed??? I know that I have about 5% slip now........ how much does the street version have??????

 

Hmmm...perhaps I'll hold off on the FI afterall...

 

1.Will the squeal will be the same as the rally disc's???? or is it a little bit better????

The squeal happens when it is excessively slipped... You can slip it longer before it starts to squeel. But when it squeels it does not squeal as much.


2. Does it still jerk when starting or is that removed??? I know that I have about 5% slip now........ how much does the street version have??????

It will if you lift up the clutch quickly... with this clutch you can lift up slower then you could with the rally set up... if the Rally set up has 5% slip then I would say that this one has 25%... Either way, going from the set up you have now to this one, it will feel like you are driving a stock clutch again with the performance of the tilton...

 

Giving people rides in my car they say it pulls harder then their personal turbo or super charged car...

you will feel as if you have a turbo on your car with this thing...

plus if you decide to go to FI you can just get a new clutch pack..

 

That's what I wanted to hear. It really opens up some options...and the price is right.

 

This set up makes the car over all more responsive... In the time it will take to shift the stock clutch set up I can already shift and be a few hundred RPM's climbing up in the RPM range and MPH...

I can chirp the wheels shifting into 3rd AND 4th gear...

Here is a short clip of how quickly the RPMs can jump...

http://members.aol.com/performancenismo/tilton34.avi

 

Awesome Jason!

Wow that is incredible, the tach needle jumps from 3000rpm to 6000rpm in a blink of the eye.

How much will the labor cost be to install this puppy?

 

I pull almost as hard as my friends modded EVO VIII..... And I don't even have my 350EVO 3.917 gears in yet....... I just need a little more slip for the hill's of HAWAII...... but ill be saving my RALLY clutch for my future F/I motor MOD's.....

I will be testing with Nitrous though.... to see the slip...... if I can pull a 75 shot and no slip Ill be very happy......

 

1400.00 Tilton STREET
850.00 350EVO 3.917 Gears...

1000.00 Install both....Estimated..

3250.00-----Reliable fast 350Z.... sub 5.00 Second (0-60) times....

 

Jason was nice enough to take me for a ride in his Z today so I could check out the Tilton "street" clutch setup, and HOLYFREAKENMOLY! that thing is QUICK! He managed to break his rear 295's loose shifting into 2nd AND 3RD!

here are my impressions:

Clutch does "slip" very breifly, but is NOTHING like stock. I tried starting from a deadstop 5-6 times, I couldn't get the damn thing to engage smoothly. I stalled about 3-4 times trying, and it's like learning to drive stick again. I think i would have done better with my sneakers and not leather-bottom shoes.
But then again, I'm pretty confident that I could get used to it, and so can anybody else.

Jason's exhaust was pretty quiet, because he had his stock cats back on. under 2500 RPMs, all you really hear is the clutch. The "cement mixer" sound is definately noticable. It's definately different from an engine "growl" or an exhaust tone that i'm used to. in my opinion, it sounds like "something's not right" and it's coming from under your seat. If you are used to your "smooth, silky ride" in your pretty G35, I strongly recommend checking it out in person before you dive into it. however, there is something "sporty" about the sound as it vibrates into the cabin, and it COMPLETELY went away after 2500 RPMs or so.

I've been waiting for this to come out, and definately considering this mod.

 

with the pedal stop it is about 5 hours labor at a shop...

 

Thank you for posting your impressions!

Just so you know, I purposly showed you what it sounds like below 2500 RPM... That is why simply you keep the RPM's above 2500rpm... Except from a stop of course... but it isnt as bad in first gear...

When you were driving you could have moved your left foot ALOT slower... You are not used to it yet simply because you are used to a longer throw of the clutch pedal...

Glad you liked how my car pulled though

 

oh man that video is awesome. i could not believe the rpms jumped that fast and had to watch is three times.