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n2omike said:

RAM also sells a segmented plate, but it just seems like an un-needed up-sell. McLeod and all these boutique clutch places are charging at least double.

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Mike, I was sponsored a Hyatt reworked Ram segmented pressure plate and flywheel setup when they first came out. I found them to be at least twice as durable as the standard Ram or McLeod setups. Standard plate stuff barely lasted 1 year, but the segmented combo would easily go 2 years (when a fresh disc was installed before the 2nd season.) They were also very consistent in actual performance for the early rounds of a track day vs the standard steel stuff that I had used for years.

What I didn't like was that in the later rounds (after 5 or 6+ runs) it seemed to lose its killer consistency, possibly because it/they were storing extra heat during the short turnarounds (as we were approaching the late rounds.) That or the car just didn't like the quick turnarounds (possible.) I wish I would have tried mixing and matching the parts, like using the standard flywheel surface and the segmented pressure plate, and/or vice versa but my planned retirement got in the way . . .

If one has the bux, I'd say go for it.

Denny I've used the Ram segmented pressure plate and flywheel stuff for 9 seasons now and have found it to be very consistent and durable just as you say. This winter I did buy a new Ram Red Hat version of pretty much the same thing and put it in with a fresh segmented flywheel and a new disc. I had my original pressure ring and the flywheel I was using reground by Ram. These pictures are of those pieces. The pressure ring has 495 runs on it and has been touched up 3 times with the segments still .212 thick, the flywheel segments a .220 thick. Ram has my business for as long as I run a stick, not to say other brands may work, to each his own that's why we aren't all driving the same brand of cars.

Got it back,he had it 2-1/2 DAYS!!!
Heading out Friday night for break-in testing 😎 ⁰