Clutch life stock vs. FRPP

Does anyone know if there is any designed in difference to clutch life
between the stock 4.6L 10.5" clutch and the FRPP king cobra / HD clutch ?

Looking around online the stock OEM clutch disk and pressure plate is a lot
more than even the king cobra clutch kit at LIST. And the king cobra and
HD kits have the release/throw bearing included.

The throw out bearing is making a huge amount of noise on my car, clutch
is fine, but at 151K miles it's probably going to be wise to replace it
while everything is apart. Not going to know until it's opened up of
course.

If I'm not mistaken, FRPP parts are sold without warranty. Years ago I
went to purchase an OEM clutch cable but the parts counter guy
suggested I buy the FRPP clutch cable & yoke kit because it was a lot
cheaper and the same cable as the OEM cable but without warranty.





On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:40:52 -0600,
(Brent P) wrote:

>
>Does anyone know if there is any designed in difference to clutch life
>between the stock 4.6L 10.5" clutch and the FRPP king cobra / HD clutch ?
>
>Looking around online the stock OEM clutch disk and pressure plate is a lot
>more than even the king cobra clutch kit at LIST. And the king cobra and
>HD kits have the release/throw bearing included.
>
>The throw out bearing is making a huge amount of noise on my car, clutch
>is fine, but at 151K miles it's probably going to be wise to replace it
>while everything is apart. Not going to know until it's opened up of
>course.
>
>

In article >, C.J. wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, FRPP parts are sold without warranty. Years ago I
> went to purchase an OEM clutch cable but the parts counter guy
> suggested I buy the FRPP clutch cable & yoke kit because it was a lot
> cheaper and the same cable as the OEM cable but without warranty.

I was able to get them to come down significantly on the stock clutch
parts. Still more than the king cobra kit, but a stock clutch is all I need
and probably will ever need for that car. It's probably that they don't
warranty the FRPP clutches at all, and given what I read about how they
had to be installed perfectly or problems well, the decision was clear.