just got my new cluthc in today...will be installing it sometime this weekend...act 6 puck springless with heavy duty pressure plate....what do i have to do.???? 500 miles city driving? or is it more/less...thanx.

 

I asked this question about a month ago on another forum and got the best response ever....


for the first 500 miles, treat the clutch pedal like its made of eggs, at mile number 501, make omelettes!!!!

 

lol haha..

i just found the installation instructions and its in there...."200-300 miles of mild street driving"....not bad..i was looking for instructions...it was under the pressure plate...grr lol.....i can do 300 miles in 1 day...

 

here is the thing.


the clutch disk is a finished piece of material as you can see. all of the fibre's etc in it are all nicely mashed together.

what you are trying to do with the break in period is not overheat it and slick the surface. if you do all you will do is burn the clutch plate away.

so take it easy for a while, let the clutch wear its self in a bit and then beat the **** out of it. that will help to ensure that the surface of the clutch mates well with the flywheel and provides good grip.

oh, and with that clutch it will be hard to break it in. it is an on off switch basically. so you will burn it while "breaking it in". just try to learn it fast to preserve its shallow life.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dreams190 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I asked this question about a month ago on another forum and got the best response ever....


for the first 500 miles, treat the clutch pedal like its made of eggs, at mile number 501, make omelettes!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

i would break it in about 500 miles also...but DONT just get on it at 500. the more mi you u get on it, the more you get on it...

i remember the first clutch we ever did, it was in my friends 97. at 501 we did the same thing and it slipped like hell. we thought we did something wrong at first, but it got better and at ~ 700 mi it griped like hell...

this wasnt a 6 puck so the mi may be a litte different, but apply the same princeapal about gradually breaking it in

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shakes &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">here is the thing.


the clutch disk is a finished piece of material as you can see. all of the fibre's etc in it are all nicely mashed together.

what you are trying to do with the break in period is not overheat it and slick the surface. if you do all you will do is burn the clutch plate away.

so take it easy for a while, let the clutch wear its self in a bit and then beat the **** out of it. that will help to ensure that the surface of the clutch mates well with the flywheel and provides good grip.

oh, and with that clutch it will be hard to break it in. it is an on off switch basically. so you will burn it while "breaking it in". just try to learn it fast to preserve its shallow life.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah i know how to drive with that clutch setup...my friend got a springless 6 puck with extreme pressure plate in a b20 vtec and i love it....its not even all dat hard to drive...but i think i will wait till 500 and then slowly start beating on it...

 

puck style discs require no break in, its just the street discs that need the break in

 

pucks dont need break in. take it to the street and give it a few hard rips and your ready to go.

 

Why would you get a 6 puck for daily driving? I hope you don't run into a lot of stop and go traffic.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jackstands &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would you get a 6 puck for daily driving? I hope you don't run into a lot of stop and go traffic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

because i love my friends 6 puck...and i do fine in traffic....

so i dont need to even break it in at all? damn....good ****

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by h23 killa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">because i love my friends 6 puck...and i do fine in traffic....

so i dont need to even break it in at all? damn....good **** </TD></TR></TABLE>

no break in at all

 

Wow, stop an go traffic with a 6 puck... I wouldn't do it. I don't see it being streetable at all. I broke mine in for about 250 miles and just started beating on it. Seemed fine to me. I might need to change it later due to the turbo setup.

 

6puck bad... i dont think so. i've got a 4puck in mine and it's not that bad.

 

I believe it's the ceramic clutch discs that don't need a break-in, and most puck-style clutches are ceramic-based.

 

Hell yea it needs to be broken in man, the thing would just get toasted if you just start launching that thing like **** since the first day.

I believe that is 500 and gradually up until 3k

 

i need a straight up anwsers....break in or no break in? my friends ls/vtec was never broken in and the clutch after 10,000 miles is doing great still..

 

this is taken straight off the act web site in the faq's

"For organic street discs "00 and SS" we recommend breaking in the clutch for 200-300 miles with mild engagement such as stop and go city driving prior to racing or spirited driving. ACT race discs usually only require a few hard slips to lap in the surfaces prior to normal driving or racing. Do not overheat the clutch during the break in period."

 

I had an ACT 6-puck springless clutch on my 97 del sol (d16y8)... that clutch ROCKED. It's funny, once you drive it for a while, all other clutches seem SOOOO soft and easy to push to the floor... it's like they aren't even connected It was awefully cool to be able to chirp the tires going into third... and I only had about 140hp.

 

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I went from an OEM clutch to a Stage 3, sprung 6-puck, no problem, yeah it is really harsh at first but you get used to it. the instructions said 500 miles break in on it so thats what I'm doin. yeah I do beat the **** out of it occasionally but I'm trying to be good.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flip1199 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">6puck bad... i dont think so. i've got a 4puck in mine and it's not that bad.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I got rid of my 4 puck...Didn't like it...My stage 4 clutchmasters feels better.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by the_nautilus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had an ACT 6-puck springless clutch on my 97 del sol (d16y8)... that clutch ROCKED. It's funny, once you drive it for a while, all other clutches seem SOOOO soft and easy to push to the floor... it's like they aren't even connected It was awefully cool to be able to chirp the tires going into third... and I only had about 140hp. </TD></TR></TABLE>

no that hard if you just go as fast as u can before u hit redline in second. clutch and gas it till it almost hits redline and then let go of the clutch pedal as fast as u can