My friend said that the clutchmasters stage 4 requires no break in period. And he told me that the stage 3 does however....

 

stage 3 uses an organic disc requires breakin
stage 4 uses a copper disc does not require breakin

does stage 4 use a copper disc?
i know for sure stage 3 is organic

 

Actually, Stage 3 is is kevlar. But yes it does need breaking in.


[Modified by 97CivicFerio, 7:15 PM 2/13/2002]

 

Your clutch break in period should be 400-500 miles.

 

Yep, thats right.

 

how do you break in a clutch? whats the way of doin it?

 

Just take it real easy, NO RACING, or stuff like that. Just drive it around, but try and do mostly stop and go.


[Modified by CR-X, 9:19 PM 2/13/2002]

 

Don't shift it hard and especially no hard downshifts. That's a great way to kill a clutch anyway (and an axle or two). The 3rd gear downshifts on the freeway are so tempting though

 

Brake-in period for CM stage 4 should be 500 miles. Dont forget to resurface your flywheel or the clutch will not mate properly and will damage your clutch over a period of time. My friend didnt do it and it friggin messed up the clutch and everytime he disengaged the clutch it still held on..just a word of advice. yeah and dont do any powershifting or try to do any gear chirps just quite yet.