Picked up my Bully Stage 5 Clutch! Pics inside!

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This was custom built for me by a local shop who makes the clutches for bully. They pressure tessted it and they said it will hold around 600-650 WHP. Now theres 3 neat things about this clutch it has floating needle bearings, spring stoppers and the last thing I will see if anyone notices it!









The 3rd neat feature of the clutch is in this pic.


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A double diaphram .

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Nice...dual pressure plates....just like the Ogura I have. What kinda price did that clutch run you?

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Looks good, now install it and give us actual feedback. I would like to know how it would compare to say, a Cusco metal single.

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whatd it run ya

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Well I origionaly paid 560$ cash for a stage 4, but they were having issues making it hold what I had asked for so they just made it a stage 5 free of charge. It would be worth around 750ish if I had paid full price.

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that has to be an insane work out for your left foot?

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ill go with spec and have 2 for that price lol looks good tho

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MeanGreenS13 wrote:ill go with spec and have 2 for that price lol looks good tho

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Then you will have to replace those both and do twice the labor.

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if spec was such a horrible company, how come alot of the ca members use them with great success. as well as millions of other people

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spec is fine, but for the power I want to be making I wouldent go with a spec clutch.

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and your power range is? spec stage 5 such as the one im ordering, is good for about 450tq... ive never seen anyone achieve those numbers on these boards.

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Yeah how much power are you going for I have like a spec stage 3 and mine just starts to slip in 3rd and 4th alittle when dragracing.

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Nice pressure plate bet your clutch pedal will grab low or mid where it should not the last 1" of pedal travel with our specs.


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MeanGreenS13 wrote: if spec was such a horrible company, how come alot of the ca members use them with great success. as well as millions of other people
Because theres a handful of CA owners in this country who make enough HP/TQ to push the clutch........whereas a huge bandwagon full of SR guys.....and some KA-T guys.....and those are the guys who grenade them with 400+ HP.

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This spring I will be around 300-330 WHP and next spring once I build the bottom around 450-500 hopefully.

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ks13 wrote:Nice pressure plate bet your clutch pedal will grab low or mid where it should not the last 1" of pedal travel with our specs.
You do know that you can adjust the pedal right.

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yeeep, specs are known for grabbing at the top however, no adjustments to pedal height will change it.

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when i upgrade clutch, im going as far as i can go. Stage 5 is already on my list.

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oh and btw... i never heard of a clutch ompany rating their clutches by HP...

TQ is what im more concerned with...

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ks13 wrote:yeeep, specs are known for grabbing at the top however, no adjustments to pedal height will change it.
This is true, but if you learn to drive it, it's a MUCH better place to have it. It allows you to shift VERY fast because you don't need to push the pedal all the way to the floor.

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i agree!

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Or you could be like me and ride that pedal at half mast for super fast shifting action. My clutch grabs about 1/3 of the way from the bottom though.


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