New buggy/truggy clutch

[HAGASAN]

Bruce, coming to the 1/8 world of racing, thats good. Although I have seen ads for this clutch I have yet to see it in action. Werks, SVM and Vega have the similar clutch with 4 shoes. I have ran that clutch set-up and it does work very good (Tony Dribble swears buy it) but I have had problems with it a few times and a few times is enough to not run it. But thats me. You will not see a real benefit from it and its only going to cost money and trial and error to get the thing figured out and tuned right for the performance. This clutch does not act as a slipper in any way, it offers tuning adjustment for engagment for the type of dirt and motor. You can do the same with a standard clutch by changing the springs. Im not trying to shy you away from what you think is the better choice, just giving you info from experience. As for changing bearings every two rounds, I dont know where you get your info but it is incorrect. Some bearings last for gallons and gallons, some last for 1 minute, its a gamble so you change them out before a big main like a 45min A-main that we run up here in this region all the time. The RCPS has 45min a-mains and 30min B-mains also LH has run 45min as well for there classic races. The K-race also runs 45min mains too. You need to travel more to get the real story of whats going on at different tracks and events. One Monster truck race in Texas is not enough info to pass judgement on anything.
Welcome to the real racing class, Good luck.