ORIGINAL: KaotikH2
I was reading that someone put a 12 tooth clutch bell and got quicker acceleration. I was wondering the pros and cons to that. I will have my .26 RTR mayhem clutch assembly apart anyway to upgrade to alum. clutch shoes because the fatory ones are slipping. AND, is that all that would need to be done just to get some better acceleration out of it. I mainly use this Mayhem for bashing and it does not hit a race track.
A co-worker has replaced the factory 13 tooth clutch bell with the 12. Yes the bottom end was awesome but it did suffer on the top. He has gone as high as an 18 tooth clutch bell which of coarse raped the bottom end but my gawd the top speed was just unreal. He ran a 14 tooth for quite some time and was happy with it overall. We redesigned our track and he needing a little more bottom end dig, he fell back to the original 13 tooth clutch bell. Because of his experimenting I’m satisfied with mine just leaving it like it came in the box.........a 13 tooth.
The aluminum clutch shoes help in a lot of aspects but they do have some evils. They simply grab harder and slightly sooner than the OE plastics. Nova RC Products make adjustable aluminum shoes that you can adjust so that the engine revs a little higher before the clutch engages. With the correct adjustment the car/truck will simply just tear out of the hole.
Besides, the Sportwerks aluminum shoes have been discontinued. Ofna’s shoes work though and again, check out Nova RC.