well well the ebay cheap simple build ran 100's of passes and the clutch was overheated in 5th doing several 5th gear pulls. my track time is also affected and was never at max potential anyway.

Stock gremlin B16a....T3T4 ebay turbo on 7 soon to be 10 PSI. LSD B16 tranny.

I want to know what the racers suggest. the car has ocasional work/daily use....and will probably see 400HP at some point but is mainly for drag racing at 200torque or less (1.6)...for now I do have a gsr for later.

from my research a stage 3 or 4 XTD or Yonaka would do the trick, but I can get deals on ACT, Excedy, competetion. I will not use a bully.

suggestions? I need to bang into the 12's, my clutch, using chrome, and a B16 trans is limiting me right now. we knock off one thing at a time and practice driving along the way

thanks!

key points:

what clutch, should i upgrade the flywheel or resurface the stock one? this clutch/flywheel is over 10 years old trans shifts really well I do not want to lose the smooth shifts i have right now

 

ive become a big fan of the comp clutch. ive got the stage 5 in my car, and one of my friends has a stage 4 in his boosted b16. ive owned exedy and act clutches in the past and the comp by far takes the cake

 

I have a center force stage 3 had couple years love it had same set up u have and no w have a bigger rd build still holds nice

 

I was leaning toward a competition...does the logevity of the clutch plate change with a higher stage? & would an aftermarket flywheel benefit my time over stock?

competetion stage 4? hmmm

 

Ive only used ACT so I cant comment on any other brand..

but I have the 4 puck unsprung for 3 years now and still holding up to 241lbs/tq

 

Running ACTs in both my cars. Never an issue

 

image whats your car running this year at the track? 241tq now wow I havent been following its a stock gsr running high boost now ? im going to have to continue tuning once the clutch goes in.

 

best was 1.93 60" @ 12.6 on slicks

 

i used to go through 2 act disks a year, or about every 5000-6000 miles. when id replace them there would be fingernail size chunks of the friction material missing. my power numbers are in my sig, its nothing out of the ordinary

 

^^

Mine was mostly DD with a strip pass here and there..

 

Do you have to keep your rpms high to get it out of first with your stage 5?
How long is the break in times ?

 

ACT FTW...i had a comp clutch for 3k miles it failed and the company didnt event want to fix or warranty it out..never again

 

i have had a ACT in my da and a ACT in my dc2
during my rebuild i went with CC
i never had a problem with either. sorry to hear about your mishap rico

my CC has been performing much better after i got tuned with my turbo.

 

its all good..i really like the feel of the act xtream PP with 6puck disc..would love to switch to a twin disc soon

 

 

na not really. its no different than any other 6 puck that ive driven in that regard. ive noticed though that problems getting in an out of gear and such are probably the pressure plate and not necessarily the disk itself.


for break in i just didnt kick its *** for the first few hundred miles. i kept the boost a little lower and didnt launch or bang gears, but i was still driving it pretty good. comp recommended a long break in and i think act recommended a shorter break in. take it as you will, but i really think its just about lapping or getting the friction material on the surfaces of the flywheel and pressure plate evenly without any excess heat or warpage

 

still undecided, my torque shouldnt burn any clutch up for atleast 50k how long do they last?

 

I had a stage 5 in for about 2-3k miles, it wasnt to stiff on the pedal. Never NOTICEABLEY slipped, but due to having to pull the motor out due to bearing issues, there were three pretty big chunks missing out of it. Buddy pulled his off the same time as i did and it was the exact same results. We made a little more than 400lbs of torque, but CC says they are good for 450ft. I got a 6 puck (heard of more people having luck with those) and had everything resurfaced to see if that helps out any. If not, time to never use CC again...

 

when you're near the limits of a clutch like that and drive it hard, things happen... its almost time for a twin plate for you

 

excedy doesnt come into this? what about the cheapys a stage 3 yonaka lol it would get me by?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yonaka-Heavy...0c5a99&vxp=mtr

 

reliable>cheap

 

6 puck ACT for $500 plus $$$ for install. stupid clutch.

I saw two different 6 puck disks, one rated at 410 and one at 3 something. same PN on ebay too

 

Xtss is the choice... Hope it lasts

 

Stop being a girl and install the clutch yourself.
Bam! Instant savings

 

Its easy im running a stage4 competition clutch in my hatch and it just fine