Top Fuelers and NASCAR guys saw the light and began using multi-disc clutches decades ago. That's because the design has a couple of very real advantages over single-disc clutches when it comes to ...

It used to be a 500hp street car was a big deal. Today, even a stock LS9 Corvette makes 648 net horsepower straight off the showroom floor, and a real 700hp (or more) hot rod is not uncommon. The rise ...

Performance In The Clutch: Modern clutches have advanced tremendously to keep up with today’s faster and heavier hot rods. Is one disc enough or do you need two? Today’s crop of softer Homo sapiens ...

You can't escape friction. The force that resists motion between two objects that are in contact with one another exhibits itself all over the place: in between your engine's rod bearings and its ...

The functional lifetime of a wet clutch can be characterized using wear characteristics such as velocity dependence of the coefficient of friction (COF) and friction curves. Current market trends ...

You know that two surfaces mate, but what is a friction clutch or brake? Using friction has been the most popular way to engage and stop loads since the 1800s. Surfaces interact with ...