MED RACE PADDLE CLUTCH PLATE

Having fewer pucks on a clutch plate gives a more direct on-and-off feel, so if you were to have three or four, it would save weight but be quite tricky to drive. As a balance between weight and drivability, we've found six paddles to be a perfect compromise. It’s as close to a full organic as you can get, but with improved longevity in competition.

All of our Mini clutch plates are 180mm in diameter. We also use this size on later 1275 cars that would have originally run a 190mm clutch plate, with no problems at all.

In an ideal world, yes, because if you dismantle the Mini's clutch and flywheel to change the friction plate, this can upset the balance of the assembly. However, it really depends on the accuracy of the original balance job, and the application. For standard road use at lower RPM levels, so long as the drive straps are retained in the correct place on the flywheel, the overall balance should not be affected noticeably. For high RPM performance Minis where an accurate balance is desired, always aim to have the complete clutch/flywheel assembly re-balanced after a clutch swap.

This plate is ideally suited to full competition usage, as the friction material is a sintered metallic compound that's designed to cope with higher levels of heat, and general abuse. Although a few of our customers have used this plate in high powered fast road Minis, it will have a more direct engagement that might become tiring in traffic. We would steer you towards the organic competition plate, part number MED-4901-AP, for road use.

We would usually run a grey diaphragm on the pre-Verto system, or one of our special Stage 2 Verto covers if you have a later Mini. We have also used these with orange diaphragms in the past, as an alternative for lower torque applications.

Typically it's more than enough for any A-Series, however, clutch holding ability comes from a combination of the clutch cover, the friction plate material, and flywheel/backplate design. As a result, we can't accurately report how much power/torque this plate will hold when not used within an MED assembly, as there are too many variables.