how long can this clutch last in a daily driven car?

 

does the sintered iron hurt the flywheel?
should I get it in the 6 puck version. should last longer


Modified by alexsracing at 11:11 PM 5/17/2005

 

bump

 

I had a friend who drove around for over a year. With stage 5 4 puck.

 

over a year , thats what i like
i might get it with the 4 or 6 puck

 

just don't launch too hard with it...mine lasted 3 runs and granaded...

 

I got 10passes out of mine then it blew up my diff. Then about 7,000miles of daily driving later, it glazed over.

 

I hope it's a better clutch then what people are saying on here....i just bought one and i'm going to install one soon! We'll see what happens.....

Bump this up because i want more reviews on this!!!

 

bump, wondering how it glazed daily driving

 

just save you money and get a twin disc

 

I have a CM stage 5 3puck, daily driven for over a year... ran a couple of times at the track with 522whp and it's still holding up.

btw, did I mention I bought this clutch used !

 

clutchs don't blow diffs. sliping the clutch will glaze the clutch stage 5's are not for dayley drivers ?

 

it glazed over from slipping it too much on the street, it didnt allow any slippage at the track it just engaged too hard and put too much stress on the diff.

 

I ran the FX500 3 puck for almost 2 years, it went great until you make anything more than 350 ft/lb and it started slipping.

For street daily driven car and making less than 350 ft/lb, I think that's the best option.

stan

 

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I had one last roughly 3 years; first it was in st00pid's old 10.9 hatch for about 6-8 months.. then we pulled it out and ran it in my car for about two and a half years (daily driven + track time 2 or 3 days a week) before it finally died. Like Stan stated, I think the stage 5's longevity has more to do with driving style and torque numbers more than anything.

 

was yours the 3,4,6 puck or sintered iron?

 

 

Im using the stage 5 clutchmasters now. I will be upgrading soon to exedy twin disc. I ran the stage5 when i had my nitrous car...it lasted until i sold the swap. So IMO for the $$ is a excellent clutch

 

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3 puck

 

what kinda set-up do u have...is stage 5 really necessary

 

Fully built d16z6 and adding a precision SC5252e turbo at around 20 psi and a 50 shot of nos.
I was killing stage3's in a few months with a stock eclipse turbo at 12 spi