Think you got clutch problems?, Have you seen this, Brad? Options

[meursault]

I occasionally help out with this 914 racecar that's putting out 400+ horsepower, normally aspirated. Either the motor or the driver has found a way to blow apart just about everything involved with putting that power to the wheels. Recently the car has been having clutch problems. Factory race clutch packages which supposedly handle 500 horsepower aren't cutting it.

The car was at Fontana this weekend. I was about to go up to join the race crew when I learned that the car broke...again...so I stayed behind and helped when the car came back.

Here's what awaited us as we began to investigate. Hmm, clutch is stuck in a state of engagement. Spline area of the clutch disk sits askew. And what's that copper stuff trying to poke out of the clutch package at the lower left?

[meursault]

Thanks, Drums66, for revealing my secret identity. LOL

Yes, I'm Marc, and my dad has owned Scott's Porsche since about the time I was born. My first car was a 914.

Ken Rumbaugh now runs the shop and throws a lot of money at the 914-6 racer. He's a great driver but he just about always breaks. I wouldn't count on him joining the board anytime soon; he's not much into computers.

The car in question is running Electromotive. I believe it is now a 4.0. Exhaust is custom-built. Front flares were hand-built and still steel. Front bumper is a 935-style unit modified to fit the car's unique profile.

We are going to a Tilton-style setup. As with many things on this car, my father the technical genius is engineering a solution of his own.

As for me, I have no delusions of greatness. I slum around the shop either digging through a pile of junk for parts for my project or working on customer cars to pay off my parts bill when I have nothing better to do.

I was trying to stay low key, but I couldn't resist posting this topic. So now I have to spill the beans.