A short but sweet review of the Blade clutch, tested by Titan Motorsport in the USA.
Product ABM23132-16 Pro-Blade clutch for EVO
Purchasing date at TITAN motorsports OCT 03 2011.
Vehicle – Mitsubishi Evo 9
Power: 411 WHP/380 LBS-FT
Vehicle use: Daily driver
Previous clutch: ACT 6pack with HD PP.
Thoughts about the Pro-Blade:
Total score 8 of 10
The 2011 SEMA 2show has now come to an end and what a show! For Carbonetic it was a first time back in over 4 years, but more importantly it was the official launch of the new Blade clutch range. I had heard and read great things about SEMA in the past, but nothing prepares you how large the show is, with 135,000 attendees and 2,100 exhibitors spanning 950,000 square feet of exhibit space there is a lot to see and do! The good news is this year the show saw an 11-percent increase in exhibitors and a 10-percent increase in size, compared with 2010.
Talking to customers, tuners, magazine editors and other industry members, there was a very positive vibe in the show and tuning scene as a whole in the USA. Many reporting a come back in tuning and an increase in business, with both a growth in the JDM, German and of course US vehicle tuning. Many said that the end customers are now more educated and have a much better understanding with tuning and what will work on their vehicle. It also seems that the USA makes it far more accessible for the “Grass roots” guys to get into motor sport compared to the UK for example, track days in particular are less than half the price compared to the UK equivalent!
The quality of the vehicles at the show was extremely impressive, the level of detail and workmanship was at the highest of levels. With a vast array of imports, German and US vehicles all equally impressive in their own right. It seemed though the engine of choice at the moment is the awesome LS V8, it was being dropped into various vehicles, Germany, JDM and even a classic 190 SL Roadster, the build looked extremely factory! I was also happy to see Nakai-sans RWB965 Pandora One and the FT86! (even though it was a mock up)
Carbonetic
We used SEMA to launch our latest clutch range, the Blade clutch. We have a lot of visitors to our booth and the reception of the Blade was extremely positive, everyone we spoke to could not believe that you can get a carbon clutch for the same price as a Stage 1-2 Organic/sintered priced clutch. We had been asked by many people for a clutch to fit the LSV8, VAG vehicles, BMW E36/46 M3 and the 911. Good news is we will be releasing VAG and the 911 Blades early next year, followed shortly by the BMW and a seriously looking into the the LS engine.
But that is our plan a long, to make a carbon/carbon clutch available to the mass market without the extremely high price tag that carbon carries, fortunately we are able to do this as we are a carbon/carbon manufacturer.
The price wasn’t just the biggest point people where excited about, comments about how well engineered the product was, how good it looks and how easy the clutch will be to use in day-to-day situations, with easy modulation, no judder, an all-round, easy to live with clutch.
On display was our new single plate kits and twin plate kits, both being raved about, especially the new twin Blade which will be able to hold 1000BHP and cost £1250 RRP. All the new Blade kits are now conversion free, this means they are a direct OEM replacement, there will be no need for a push/pull conversion and the clutches can be installed by a home mechanic.
Overall we believe it was a great success, for us and all the exhibitors at the show.
If you want to see all the pictures of the show please go to our facebook fan pages: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carbonetic/100304493329
We will be at the SEMA show in Las Vegas from the 1st to the 4th of November.
The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world. It draws the industry’s brightest minds and hottest products to one place, the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Our booth number is 24629, be sure to come a long and pay us a visit to check out our latest products.
http://www.semashow.com/the-2011-sema-show
Awesome video from one of Europe’s best drifters. Kenneth Moen, drifting his JZA80 Supra at Lillehammer, his Supra uses a Carbonetic triple plate ACT23320-14 – Keep up the good work Kenny!
Great news, Carbonetic is making a coming back into Europe. For awhile we have been without a distributor, this caused a lot of problems especially with the ever increasing costs due to the strong Yen. But now we have our new distributor we have been able to bring down the costs of our parts and start distributing throughout Europe.
We are now starting to increase our stock in the UK, which will include all the popular Carbonetic items!
So are you interested in Carbonetic products, want to become a dealer or simply interested in the retail prices? Get in contact with us or one of our dealers and we will be happy to help!
Check out the great Pro-Blade mini review on the Evolutionm forum, fantastic feedback!
The Evo Pro-Blade is a great all round clutch that can be used in both race and road environments, capable of holding over 500BHP/500FT LB! The clutch is ultra light, providing maximum performance in all situations.
https://carbonetic.wordpress.com/pro-blade/
And great news, these are now stocked in the UK! £872 inc VAT!!!
We have never seen a Rally Cross RX7 FD3S and this one is a formidable weapon. Built in Findland, this FD competes in various Rally Cross events throughout the year, the running gear is actually from an R32 GTR, it uses a Carbonetic front and rear LSD as well as a Carbonetic triple plate!
The customer commentated by saying “We are very happy with these parts, we have had the same Carbontic clutch all season now with no issues. The discs have a maximum of 0.10mm wear…usually we destroyed 2-3 Alcon sinter clutches per season, + multiple gearboxes “
Check out the Car in action:
Fantastic result for Garage Whifbitz, their Toyota Supra made 1178BHP 1219.11 at the flyhweel, the original figure of 1178BHP was achieved at conservative 1.9 BAR but we have just been informed that the Supra achieved 1219.11 BHP on high boost.
The JZA80 Whifbitz Supra runs a standard Carbonetic triple plate clutch ACT23320-14, the interesting thing about the Carbonetic clutch is its not a new clutch at all, its had nearly 2 years of constant Time Attack abuse and still holds this amount of power.
As far as we know the Whifbitz Supra is now leading in the Carbonetic Europe power league table in terms of how much power has been transferred through one of our Carbon clutches. And has now taken the record of being the most powerful car to use a Carbonetic Clutch, well done guys!
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The NFS Dmac 86 is being featured everywhere at present, the latest features are in MIJ Ireland’s Tuning magazine and Max Power Greece.
The Dmac 86 is sponsored by Carbonetic Europe and is running a custom Carbonetic twin plate clutch.
