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Turbo Coupe clutch slippage. Looking for new clutch

I have a 88 turbo coupe And it's clutch is starting to slip on 4th and 5th gears.      My question you everyone is do I put the stock clutch in again or should I go performance with a center force? And cam we even get a center force one for out cars?
On my 5.0 Mustang I put a dual friction center force on and I'm very pleased with it. 
Do we use 5.0 parts?

Turbo Coupe clutch slippage. Looking for new clutch

Reply #1 –
Unless you have all kinds of power, and don't gun it at all until 4th gear, I think you might have another issue. Hydraulic clutch, or the cable kind?
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Turbo Coupe clutch slippage. Looking for new clutch

Reply #2 –
Haystack, a worn out clutch will slip in the top gears under any acceleration.

I have over 40k on my zoom Kevlar clutch from Napa. It still grabs like mad. It was around $300 for the kit though.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Turbo Coupe clutch slippage. Looking for new clutch

Reply #3 –
I used a Ram HD. I loved it.
It's Gumby's fault.

Turbo Coupe clutch slippage. Looking for new clutch

Reply #4 –
im gonna look into it,  center force clutch and pressure plate is 450$$  wow