Do I need to upgrade my pressure plate?

[Bluechulappa]

I need opinions. I was going to take my supra to get my map ecu tuned in a couple weeks. I'm on a stock clutch and pressure plate but I'm shooting for 400rwhp.

Do I need to upgrade to the action stage 3 pressure plate now(before my tune) or will the stock clutch hold for a little while? The clutch is fairly new. Need opinions asap. TX2k11 is coming up in a little over a month.

 

[fonz87]

Would like to know the same thing ? How much power can a Stock Disc will hold and also how well the clutch will do with Action Pressure plate.

Thanks.

 

[toyotanos]

For what its worth, 92NSX and myself are running very similar setups with only a few differences. One of the main ones is he is still on a stock clutch and I am using a SPEC stage 3+. We both made 417.41hp, and were both near 380-400tq. He drives like your grandma and as such, the stocker has held up so far. I am now running E-85 and am making a whole lot more torque because of that (IMO) but now the SPEC 3+ s starting to show signs of slippage... I can only imagine what his clutch would be doing at this point. D:

My advice would be to upgrade the whole clutch system to a higher holding unit, rather than throw a higher clamp PP at it alone. This is only my opinion, but I believe its valid

(PS, I freakin love this 3+ <3 )

 

[Kevin]

might as well upgrade the entire clutch unit to something appropriate if you're willing to go through the trouble of swapping pressure plates.

 

[bioskyline]

id replace it all with a clutch and pp rated for your power goals. replacing the clutch in the supra isnt to much of a hassle, but as stated, depedning how you dirve a stock could last years or is could last a couple of months