I'm guessing he will have that for a long time.

 

interesting! I kno they used to use something similar to this on the circle track's, but didn't think it would hold up in a drag application.

 

Just seems like it would beat the piss out of a sprag and low roller clutch.

 

They are hell on parts.

 

Dont know, but I ran across that one in the classifieds on here, LOL

EDIT:
http://www.yellowbullet.com/classifieds/viewlisting.php?view=54249

 

Dude has been trying to sell that for 6 months. Was on the classifieds and on racingjunk. I can't wrap my head around it especially for what he's asking
Chris

 

We did it with 350's in circle track cars. You get rid of the converter and put in a direct drive and change valve bod with pedal. I can't see it being good for street or drag racing.

 

Dude has been trying to sell that for 6 months. Was on the classifieds and on racingjunk. I can't wrap my head around it especially for what he's asking
Chris

 

It's ok on dirt because the wheels slip in the dirt. The pedal takes the line pressure out of the valve body and when you let it out it bangs. There is no clutch slip it's either off or on.

 

VITAR made clutch turbo obsolete by 1971

 

What did Vitar do in 1971???

 

Youngins........

It was very common. More so with a 727 than a Turbo 400.

The Clutchflite was an automatic transmission developed by B&M in the 60s specifically for drag racing, usually in a Mopar with a Hemi. In the case of the Mopar version, it was a 727 Torqueflite that had the bellhousing sawed off. In place of a torque converter, the Clutchflite utilized a heavy flywheel and a clutch setup. There was a spider assembly to drive the transmission pump. The idea was that you could leave as hard as a stick car, while having the consistency and speed of an automatic. It was used in the 60s because torque converter technology was still pretty primitive, and it was thought that the Clutchflite would be a good compromise of hard launches, quick shifts (that most drivers couldn't make), and not have the lack of efficiency of a torque converter (Drive-Through) at the top end.
The Clutchflite proved to be both unreliable and a safety issue.
The first NHRA Pro Stock car to try a Clutchflite was the Motown Missile.

 

Youngins.........

I'm 27, I realize I'm young, and I didn't claim to know everything about TH400s. lol

 

were kinda common back in the day. My buddy has an altered with a clutchflite hooked to a 392.

 

I thought this was a common deal in turbo buick world till most races outlawed it.

 

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168850

Somebody on here was making them.

I've seen them sell new for around $1500. Didn't include the clutch and misc parts.

 

Sounds like it has none of the benefits of an auto (torque multiplication, easier on parts) and all the negatives of a stick shift. It's like a big bucket of fail.

 

torque converters don't multiply torque gears do...all a converter does is slip to allow the engine to operate in a higher power band which in turn....means more power

 

My uncle ran a Vitar clutch turbo behind a 434 sbc for years in his monza, never had a bit of trouble out of it. It's still in the car today and the present owner has not had any issues out of it either. My uncle had it rebuilt 3 times in 15 years of running it, and the guy that has it now has rebuilt it once in the 10 years he's had it.

 

Interesting

 

Dual stator in the 4l80e trans would give you 24:1 first gear through multiplication

 

Rock crawling

 

Yep..seen one once..behind a blown alcohol BBC in a altered when I worked for a transmission shop. Pretty cool.

 

I know a man down in these parts that used one on the street for many yrs but that was 30 yrs ago...cracked many a ass w/it and a nasty smallblock....
Had a bad fast prostock car also,raced it in the TEXAS PROSTOCK ASSOC. before the inception of promod

 

they used them years ago before trans brakes,they started with clutch-flights [dodge] then went to turbo-clutch worked great for awile.

 

Snow plow package

 

Man I wish I still had those pictures of every clutch or clutch flight that blew up and "U'ed" the dash to the rear view mirror.Nothing left of the trans tunnel,just shrapnel and a huge hole.

 

Late 60s and most of the 70s that was the shit!! But when it broke that shit flew everywhere!! I was covered in tranny fluid more than once in the drivers seat!! LOL

 

Bob Axtell from Warsaw, NY used one for many years in his corvette. Mike Duffy from Ossian, NY ran one in his austin for awhile. They work, but they're heavy.

 

What ever you guys do DON'T use this behind a 3/4 cam !!! Hey....it'll be like world war 3 under your car.

 

What railbird and Gary Anderson said.

Very old technology...I had a friend that ran on he hind his 351C in the early 80's and that was an old swap meet find back then. I think it was a Winter's but could have been a Fairbanks.