so how the new stuff feel

 

So you went 6 puck huh... was that the same as your old one?

 

Is that a sprung or un-sprung 6 puck? I drove a friends K20 swapped EG hatch with an upsrung 6 puck...I'd hate to drive that thing all the time. And how the crap did you damage your plate like that? 6k clutch drops?

 

lol, the new one is sprung, yes. the clutch pedal feels just a bit harder than stock. but it grabs like a sonofabitch

as far as damaging the old one...

i put one of the very first (just like every thing else) CM stage1's in my car, that batch wasnt quite right, the clamp load was off, and the clutch burned out in about 2-3k miles. when i replaced the disc i didnt replace the burnt to hell flywheel face or pressure plate. so, 10k miles later, the old burnt up one finally decided to go.

I am very easy on my car, i dont do the clutch dump BS or try and no lift shift it... theres no reason, i want my shit to last. which is why i was able to make it so far on something that was already broke.

 

Awww yours was a CM kit too. I had a stage 2 one on mine that burnt out in about 5000km so just like you. I wouldnt ever buy a CM clutch after that experience.

My plate was cracked to hellp burn(friction) marks on flywheel with also a slight crack in it.


peace

 

Horse if you could throw me a bone on what it takes to drop the tranny on our cars I think you would be helping alot of others out as well. I will end up doing it myself eventually, but would like to know what I'm getting into before I start taking shit apart. I will probly do the clutch/flywheel myself, and bring the tranny to a shop for the LSD.

 

well, CM's new revised stuff is pretty good for us. the pressure plate is a new design and new material. i have faith in the new set-up.

 

Out of curiousity, when did they come out with the new "revised stuff" I got my clutchmasters stage 2 back in May and I just want to make sure that it's not one of the old "bad batches"

 

I hear ya but I got to say that's pretty shitty a company would put out a product and appearantly know it isnt proper, if they have to revise it. Then do basically nothing but tell me to pull it out of my car and send it in if I want to have it looked at. I mean it really was more of a blow off attempt then anything(almost making it sound like I dont know how to drive). They even knew the car was barely driven and only had 5000km when it went, and really didnt care too much. So I guess I just dont like the fact they had to revise something and dont just flat out tell me they will re emburse me for selling me something they knew was not 100% correct.

I should really try calling them up again and actually ship it, only shitty thing is if they do nothing about it like I think they will all the shipping costs I will incur will have been for nothing

I hope it works out better for you this time though.

peace

 

well, heres the deal, they know that first batch was bad, i know 3 people personally that it happened to.

joe sent his stuff back in and got fixed. mine is still sitting in my garage cause im lazy. and the other guy sent his stuff in and got fixed. CM was expecting it, as long as it was parts failure, and not somrthing you did, then you are good.

 

WHAT---THE---FCUK---CARL !!!

Just how much of a beating does your car take on a daily basis??? :lol: I mean, DAMN I would hate to be resurrected as one of your future cars! :wub:

I was gonna say, Bilal... street clutch like that, unlikely to be unsprung. I'd love to have a kev-ceramic multi-puck in the 4G. Just not a great time for me to mess with a perfectly working clutch

The car's friggin' 3 years old already and nothing on the powertrain's needed replacing yet... thank God

 

Not sure, the only thing that really needed changing was the pressure plate material. They are using the same thing for our car as they use in their Pro-Race cars.

 

I'm thinkin about upgrading mine for the six puck. But this time it wont be because i have to, it'll be because i want to.:timja:

 

hahahahahahahahahahaha where you been hiding man? its been boring without my token to mess with!


man this place sucks. hows the fort?

 

I thought mike said puck clutches were bad?
Something about the disc heating up to a point where it trashes the pressure plate/flywheel over time? ( because it can grip while its searing hot) I think I read a thread in which the conclusion was that the disc itself (puck) is bombproof, but will shred the rest of the components if it gets too hot in there.

I need to get this shit straight because I'm going to need a clutch thats good for 350+HP and I want it to be the first and last clutch job I do.

 

haha good luck, if you are planning on keeping the car for more then a year, doing any kind of spirited driving with increased over stock horsepower.... and you think you are only gonna do 1 clutch job? youre fooling yourself.

 

Theres no such thing as a clutch that will hold 350 hp and last 60K miles?
I think I'm just intimidated by the clutch job itself because I've never done it. I'm sure once I've had my tranny out I'll be less paranoid about my clutch. Shit I've done everything else, I might as well try the clutch install. Only thing that worries me is how the TOB/release fork functions with a hydraulic slave. Is it tricky?

 

when you upgrade the clutch/flywheel and later on down the road its time for a new clutch....do you have to replace the flywheel again as well?? if not how often does the flywheel need to be replaced?

 

only the flywheel face needs replaced. you should do that every time you change anything else... it should all be changed at the same time. the flywheel face unbolts from teh flywheel.

 

hmmm....so does the face come with the clutch or where do you buy just the face at?

 

I get all my stuff from Mike... RRE...

 

Is it the CM 6-puck or does RRE produce thier own??, hows the engadgement on the clutch??? loud, noisy, harsh, annoying???? im thinking about upgrading but plan on keep ing my car N/A but still doo everything i can to make it faster...what do you think?