i have a 98 rt 4 door and my cars going to need a clutch in about 30k and i was wondering wat clutches can i use? my car has the modular clutch and i was told a turbo pt cruiser clutch will fit and hold great. in the future im wanting to turbo my car and im wondering if i can use an srt4 trans and clutch? is this possible? ive read about swapping a sohc trans into my car for getting better mpgs and longer gears. is this right?

 

SRT transmission will not fit in a 1st gen.

the 3.52 (I believe? aka SOHC transmission in your case) will give you better fuel mileage yes.

clutches, you can use a PT Clutch yes, and you can also buy ClutchMasters or even the F1 clutch. But I believe with both of those you need to swap to a "conventional" clutch thus replacing the flywheel as well.

 

3.94/3.55 are the trans ratios. The 3.55 has better gearing for turbo but slower with a NA car.

 

ahhh yes 3.55 I knew 3.52 wasn't right, it seemed to truck like to be the neon trans.

 

hi jacked from the OTHER forum

"The distance from the centerline of the brake master cylinder to the top of the bracket is about .75" taller on the SRT-4 bracket. Also, the clutch portion of the bracket is not on the same plane as the brake portion where it lies against the firewall.

The SRTforums guy solved these problems by relocating the brake master cylinder down enough to work with the SRT-4 bracket. Then, he used a hammer "to beat the hell out of the firewall" to make everything else fit.

I took the SRT-4 bracket to Scott at MaxxFab (maxxfab.com for real nice exhaust) who did some plasma cutting and reconfiguring of the support structure for the clutch pedal pivot bolt. The result came out really nice, I'll photograph it when I have it out next.

Then, to solve the vertical location issue, since I do not want to relocate the brake master cylinder, or lower the pedal, or clearance the floorpan for the pedals with a hammer, we got out the die grinder and body saw.

I cut a hole in the upper support, the pedal bracket now protrudes into the wiper motor cowl a couple millimeters. The brake master cylinder location is retained, and the big job left is covering the hole in the wiper cowl so rain doesn't pour in. It should not be very difficult, and the wiper motor will still fit.

Now, I need to find someone with a stripped SRT-4 shell to create a template of the brake master cylinder hole and bolt holes, as well as the clutch master cylinder hole. After locating the clutch master cylinder hole properly, I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to design and CNC cut a new clutch master cylinder mounting bracket because it is not likely to be at the correct angle to the pedal brackets.

Yes, it is a lot of work, but hopefully it turns out clean enough to be worth the work. So far it does meet all of my customer requirements, no relocation of the brake master cylinder, no beating up the firewall, pedals in the stock location.

We'll see how it turns out once the clutch master cylinder is installed, for now I'm reserving judgement on the success of the project....

Dale"

 

so the pt clutch will fit and hold up if i decide to turbo my car?

 

Heard nothing but good things about the F1 clutch...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F1-RA...Q5fAccessories

~Nate

 

I checked your link and it has a good review.