hey,
i have a 93 prelude SR (customized), my clutch has fully failed because my gears are refusing to go into place.

"i was wondering wht the difference between a race clutch and and original clutch is"?

if theres anyone wit an answer.....that would be really helpful

thnks

 

it really depends on how "customised" your car is. there are many different stages. a full blown race clutch is not something you want on a daily driver.

 

yea but im jus tring to figure out the difference between a regular and a race clutch
whts so great about a race clutch and wht makes it more expensive?

 

well a race clutch hold alot more torque than a standard clutch. they use different compounds. things like that are what makes a race clutch more expensive.

 

o i c
i sent my car into the garage last nite
i bought a race clutch so it should give me a better feel to shift

anywayz thnx for the tip

 

Please tell me your car is modified to death and i mean the engine. If not your pedal feel is going to feel like your kicking a brick wall all the time and your going to hate daily driving.

 

lol
honestly they only modified the torque but not the engine
i dont have a vtec
mine is a 93 SR
but it had a hard clutch wen i bought it so i dont thik itll give me to much jerking

 

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honestly they only modified the torque but not the engine
i dont have a vtec
mine is a 93 SR
but it had a hard clutch wen i bought it so i dont thik itll give me to much jerking
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What does that mean in English?

A stronger clutch for racing is going t have a harder and harder engagement than an OEM or street clutch. What modifications are done to your engine?

 

a race clutch has very harsh engagement. unless your turbo or have an astonishing na motor a racing clutch is unneeded

 

so u sayin
it will be uncomfortable??

 

i got it installed
its not too bad

 

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its not too bad
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I hope youre taking it easy in the Break In or you will be replacing your clutch again soon.
I'll tell you though, from what I have seen out of Honda OEM clutches, I am a HUGE fan. If youre running an i/h/e combo, I would go right back to Honda.
My CM Stage 3 hurts my leg when Im stuck in traffic.....
i have seen 145k miles out of a stock Honda clutch on a Prelude that was making ~175whp and did about 75 AutoX events+daily driving. At 95k miles when we tokk mine out, it was still very meaty.
Racing type clutch.......different friction compounds and springs, less surface I.E. 3-4-6 puck VS full disc. I like Full Discs for any street car.

 

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honestly they only modified the torque but not the engine
i dont have a vtec
mine is a 93 SR
but it had a hard clutch wen i bought it so i dont thik itll give me to much jerking</TD></TR></TABLE>

How does one modify the torque without modifying the engine? I think it's safe to assume you probaly have minimum mods and a H23A powerplant. For you a race clutch is overkill unless you already have major engine mods or have ambitions of modifying your engine. What you probaly got as a "race clutch" was just still a full faced disk that's made with a better compound. I assume this because you said it's not to bad. When you get into serious race clutchs you get into puck clutches, 6 puck, 4 puck etc. These are the type of clutchs on which most would prefer not to DD on because of their harsh near instaneous engagement, and it's a lot harsher on your drivetrain due to this. So it's not that comfortable to DD around town on, especially if you live in a city and/or in a mountainous area. Do some reading on clutches you can find out a lot about them such as sprung/unsprung, what the difference between compounds used on the disk are, to the difference between full faced, and puck clutches.

 

thx bro