Best to check the EPC on this question. If you expect a clutch to work, I would say that conventional wisdom is that a pressure plate is required. The pressure plate clamps the clutch to the flywheel- pressing on the clutch pedal pushes the pressure plate away from the flywheel allowing the clutch to slip and/or spin.

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