Black Diamond 2 Piece Stage 3 Clutch Kit, 238mm Cerametallic Plate - 23 Spline

A Black Diamond 'PDL' Stage 3 Paddle Clutch uses a Cerametallic drive plate which will cope with significantly increased heat and torque. They can cope with between 30% and 60% increase in torque. Their resistance to heat damage makes them ideal for track use, heavily modified engines and chipped or mapped diesels where the torque has increases significantly but the clutch still needs to be slipped.Deals with up to 60% increase in torque.Resistant to heat damage.A Black Diamond Cerametallic Stage 3 Paddle Clutch is designed to cope with significant increases in torque and higher performance demands associated with sporty driving. The Paddle clutch construction uses a segmented drive plate with between 3 and 6 Ceremetallic paddles dependent on the clutch plate diameter. The smaller contact land area and stronger stainless-steel backing plates helps give the clutch a higher clamping load and maximum torque transfer. The compounds friction plate material is also much grippier and similar in structure to sintered brake compounds, giving increased boost and response characteristics.Ceremetallic stands up extremely well to heat too which makes these preferable to Kevlar on highly tuned road driven diesels or race prepared engines. The number of paddles does affect the driving feel, with more paddles generally equating to a slightly smoother driving feel. The higher friction coefficient drive plate material will give the clutch a harsher, more on-off engagement feel than an organic clutch which will be particularly noticeable when parking or driving in traffic.Please note - the more abrupt take-up of a clutch of this type will create additional loads on a dual-mass flywheel, potentially causing premature wear and failure. In many cases we'd recommend switching to a single-mass flywheel at the same time as fitting the clutch.