bboylito

A while ago i was in my friends car and it's a civic with b18c jdm type r with IHE, anyways the car has a Act 6 puck racing clutch, i asked him to let me drive it and he says that i can't because i won't know how to drive on such an aggressive clutch.

My question is how do you drive racing clutches? are they stiffer, softer, i mean i thought driving stick was driving stick no matter what,

I mean how much harder could it be, i've been driving stick for years now please someone shed some light

dunkd

a racing clutch it harder to push in and when it lets out it LETS OUT

i think the kid just didnt want you to drive his car lol

bboylito

i know that when you release the baby PPUULLLLSSS but i am asking about the actual act of driving what do you do different

amy

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i think so tooo, thats what my boyfriend says when he doesnt want me to drive his car....

E-brake or Handbrake

Clutch is just more "sensitive". Give gas as if you would normally (about 1.5k-3k rpm range) then let go of clutch slowly. It'll initially grab faster than normal clutches so the "sensitivity" is there.

Sprfreek

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that's what i tell everyone who wants to drive my car lol

2trix

i dont let people drive my car...if they ask i say "hell no, the hp alone is gonna make you cream your pants and im not cleanin up that mess!"

skhonda

heh you guys are nicer than i am. i just say no.

Ej1_coupe

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same thing i do, its your car not theirs, tell them to deal with it

diearzte2

I have a 3 puck clutch and it essentially turned into an On/off switch. It takes a little while to get used to, because you dont have the extra room to play with.

MaxSterling

stock clutch material is made of fiber material that slips upon engagement of the flywheel....thus allowing silky smooth honda-typical engagement/acceleration.

puck style is made of metal. will not slip as much...easier to stall motor or smoke tires

94CoupeEJ1

In normal street driving aggressive clutches can become tiresome. Invariably you will kill the engine occasionally. This can be embarassing, but maybe he's insecure, maybe you will be able to pull it off better than him, maybe he doesn't want to risk that.

Tad

what I tell my friends that want to drive my car.. ............................ NO

1hotcivicSi

wow cool question why dont u find out urself and see what the clutch feels like by gettin in and push on it

Red CiViC Hatch

on a unsprung disc the springs are not there to absorb the shock of the pressure plate pushing down on the clutch disc.

engagement is almost instantaneous as everyone was saying on/off switch.

Basically with the full race clutch you are either fully engaged or not engaged, though off the launch u can ride/slip the clutch. This is why some people say not to daily drive on a race clutch because they wear out faster.

If you can drive stick, you can most likely drive with a race clutch with some practice.

If you asked me to drive on my race clutch is what my face would look like.

On a side note, I find my clutch pedal to feel wierd after i let someone drive who is not so good at driving stick

leadfoot78

Race clutch = chatter chatter and more chatter. I had one and I changed it just because of chatter. U had to be on your feel with that clutch all the time, u had to know what gear u are in match the rpm and gently let it out. At one point I decided to see what happened if i just drove it like a normal clutch. I was shifting from 2 to 3 at like 3.5k the clutch engaged so hard i felt it through the whole car, and my glove broke, the damn hinges ripped out, now i don't have a glove box and if i want one id have to replace the whole dash. Race clutches are for racing, racing only.

KiDSoL

Haha i learned on a ACT street disc (assuming stage 1). It's a lot easier to stall and harder to push but It has the gi joe kung fu grip.

Mike_C

i abosulutely hate my clutchnet stage 2. do yourself a favor and get a comfortable clutch unless you're heavily in to drag racing. driving in traffic is miserable, and most people stall the car when they first try to drive it

hair_rice

the 6 puck owns...it is very sensitive, so when u let the clutch out u need to have a lil higher RPMs when shifting rather than stock...when u let the clutch out it catches and if u dont have enough gas it will jerk back and forth and if ppl are watchin they might laugh and say he cant drive worth Sh@#

lohatch

6 puck mated to 8 lb flywheel owns me sometimes

Mike_C

perhaps i just don't understand what "owns" about having to basically drag race the car from every stop light (lots of rpms so it doesn't stall). anyone care to fill me in?

leadfoot78

I had to keep it at like 3k so there was no chatter, but that way the clutch wears out really fast. I drove maybe 5k and took that **** out, I alredy had a noticeable grove in my flywheel and disc, from the looks of it the clutch would last 15-20k. That's not long at all for a clutch. That's why it's race only.

slammed_93_hatch

with an unsprung clutch its either engaged or not there is not engauge ment rang, so you gota get it right on, after having mine for 2 year i still find my self fuckn up somethings

hair_rice

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true true

Archidictus

My car's a ****. Everyone I know has driven it and/or learned how to drive manual on it. You guys are too possessive .

250k miles and counting .