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What'll break first......stock 350 clutch or T-5 with a set of E.T. Street 9inch??

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Old 04-10-2001, 04:32 AM
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Car: Junk
Engine: Junk with nitrous
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What'll break first......stock 350 clutch or T-5 with a set of E.T. Street 9inch??

Planning on running E.T. streets on my bird, has a posi...think the clutch will go or the tranny? or will both actually hold? not sure if I wanna try it...
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If you want to save the tranny keep the clutch stock. The weak clutch will protect the tranny from dangerous shocks by slippin'. Derrick

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If you want the tranny to last keep the stock clutch. It will save the tranny from any shocks by slippin'. Derrick

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oops!! sorry

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I had a similar setup. The answer was neither, the rear let go first.

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