Clutch pack upgrade#2
10-11-2006, 08:16 PM
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Clutch pack upgrade#2
Don't know if this info was posted before, however, I took my 06 GT to the dealer for clutch pack noise at 6000, miles, he said give it another couple thousand and if the noise is still there we will install an "up-graded" C-pack. well 6 weeks later at aprox 8500 miles. I went back, they said bring it in Wednesday the 11th, he went on to tell me its a good thing we did not change it 6 weeks ago, I asked why, he said as of "2 weeks" ago he has been receiving new packs, that have been up-graded "again". gees, and I thought they fixed this problem when it was found in some '05 s. Any way, I picked up the car today with the up-grade #2, car is real quiet now
10-12-2006, 10:11 AM
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RE: Clutch pack upgrade#2
Sorry but your dealer is telling you a bunch of BS, these are the same clutch packs that have been used in Mustangs since '86 and the same as what has come in trucks with 8.8s for years also. The only difference is some rearends didn't get the friction modifier they were supposed to. The only different clutch packs come in 03-04 Cobras and the GT500s due to the increased torque the engines make.
10-12-2006, 12:55 PM
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RE: Clutch pack upgrade#2
The clutch packs are cheap and if you want a cheap way to upgrade your differential then use the single best of your old friction discs and replace one of the steel plates from the new clutch pack with that friction plate and buy an S spring from a late 80s early 90s F150 with an 8.8 with LSD from your Ford dealership. The F150 spring has more tension and causes the rearend to lock up harder. These are old but proven tricks.
10-12-2006, 01:45 PM
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RE: Clutch pack upgrade#2
ORIGINAL: 1QuickShortBus
Sorry but your dealer is telling you a bunch of BS, these are the same clutch packs that have been used in Mustangs since '86 and the same as what has come in trucks with 8.8s for years also. The only difference is some rearends didn't get the friction modifier they were supposed to. The only different clutch packs come in 03-04 Cobras and the GT500s due to the increased torque the engines make.
Sorry but your dealer is telling you a bunch of BS, these are the same clutch packs that have been used in Mustangs since '86 and the same as what has come in trucks with 8.8s for years also. The only difference is some rearends didn't get the friction modifier they were supposed to. The only different clutch packs come in 03-04 Cobras and the GT500s due to the increased torque the engines make.
10-12-2006, 01:56 PM
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RE: Clutch pack upgrade#2
ORIGINAL: mustangman02232
and they are teh same junk that has been used since 86, my buddies mach 1 broke at 15k
and they are teh same junk that has been used since 86, my buddies mach 1 broke at 15k
Be glad we don't have a junk rearend like what came in F-bodies, the only thing to do with it is scrap it. At least an 8.8 has a lot of potential.
10-12-2006, 08:20 PM
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RE: Clutch pack upgrade#2
I hope you are correct that the dealer gave me a lota BS about the clutch packs being the #2 upgrade, perhaps he was making it sound like he was doing something special for me because he found out from Ford about the letter I wrote them condeming the dealership., come to think about it when I went to get the car they said it was in the back being washed + windows cleaned inside and out because they know I would like it clean.hmmm, sounds like a lota @ss kissin to me.Maybe writing complains to Ford really does work.............if not just a little.
