Clutch pedal ratio

Discussion in 'Technical' started by rodo, Aug 15, 2012.

  1. rodo

    rodo Senior Member

    NA Clutch pressure plate 240 x 160 x 3.5 and 580 kg clamp load
    TT 250 x 160 x 3.5 and 800 kg clamp load
    Pathfinder 2002 250 x 160 x 3.5 and 750 kg clamp load
    350Z 2004 250 x 170 x 3.2 and 880 kg clamp load
    Maxima 2006 250 x 170 x 3.2 and 850 kg clamp load
    All the above taken from Nico Factory Service Manuals
    All the above have 5/8 Master Cylinders and 3/4 Slave Cylinders
    I'm trying to work out why the TT's had the booster - (yes I know you can do without it - but pedal gets harder
    I cant imagine Nissan engineers would have heavy clutch pedals in the Pathfinder 350Z and Maxima's in the US market so there must be something to do with pedal fulcrum points (pedal ratio) that they can have a soft pedal but still have high clamp loads
    Has anyone played with pedal ratio in a TT - (redrilled master cylinder yoke / pedal)
     
  2. tassuperkart

    tassuperkart Its a lie I tell you!

    Due to vastly increased side loadings/wear on the components from increasing the working angle of the pushrod, its always best to move the pedal fulcrum point along with redrilling.
    Not so easy tho.

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  3. Chrispy

    Chrispy Pretentious Upstart

    Buy a twinplate if you're not man enough to use a heavy duty single plate.
     
  4. ezzupturbo

    ezzupturbo JDMAutomotive

    Twin plate with no booster is where its at :D
     
  5. tassuperkart

    tassuperkart Its a lie I tell you!

    Bah... childsplay. 2 platers are for girls.

    Use a "decent" clutch.
    A 4.5" Tilton 5 plate.
    Hold in excess of 1000bhp and you can release it with one finger. Even granny can drive it!
    A little bit of fiddlearseing to fit but well worth the hassle if you want a clutch that will hold decent horsepowerr and you have legs like twigs.

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