Who has the cheapest new stock ITR clutch available? I know the fellas at Baranco Acura have a good deal, and I would go with them outright, but I may already be taking a bite of $300 on the ACT one I already bought, so I'm looking to be saving as much money as possible. Anyone? And anyone running the ACT HD setup on a stock setup have problems? I hadn't heard of any...until now, with my car...

 

i think the act HD will be too much.

 

I would stick with stock. It's more than enough clutch for street, and occasional track use.

Talk to Len @ Baranco Acura . .

 

Yep, stock is what I have to go back to now. I didn't think ACT HD would be that big of a difference in holding capacity, I thought it was like a Stage I type of upgrade... Maybe that's part of the harsh engagement while I was driving, eh, Bryan? Or maybe it's just my crappy shifting, heh heh...

 

What kind of problems have you had? I have an HDSS setup with the prolite flywheel onmy basically stock ITR... I haven't had any problems as of yet?

 

About how many miles did you guys replace the clutch? I don't auto x my car but do some 1/4 drag here and there....nothing much....Mostly Just a daily driver with 43k miles. Clutch makes anyoing noise when its hot....

 

I had up around 34K on my stock clutch and it was beginning to "click" whatever that meant. it has since been replaced with a HyperClutch and I fuggin love it...feels just like stock only smoother if thats possible.

 

I had 35k or so on my stock clutch, but I think it was defective. To my dismay, Acura disagreed.

 

How much does the OEM Clutch go for? Is it hard to swap out?

 

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i've been considering an itr clutch to match up with a jun lightweight fw that i've got, but i hear that the jun will eat up the pp and clutch pretty easily?

 

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don't know the going rate on one, ask Len for a price on that.

as for the swap, you need an engine hoist to get to the clutch

 

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I have the ACT xtss in mine and works well, Only have about 2k miles on it tho...

 

I have the HDSS setup, been on for maybe 2000 miles, and as of last Monday, here's what happened: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=476557

Take it to Schaeffer's, says the ACT is too much for a stock engine, a few others have now as well. Prior to the transmission locking up thing, I had no problems at all, and I loved the quick and smooth engagement. But if it's screwing up my engine, back to stock.

 

That's the first I've heard of this... makes me a little worried, I'll be honest.

 

If you decide to go with stock, I have a brand new ITR friction disk I'm selling here:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=472497

It might save you a little money.

 

Curious, any problems with using a used stock clutch from another R, or a new disc with a used pressure plate?

 

Little bit of a repost, but I thought it should be seen here:

Ok, here's what happened. Because the ACT clutch is so strong, when engaging/disengaging, it pulls so hard on the crankshaft, that after awhile, these metal thingies (I can't remember their name) get squished again and again, and eventually fail and shred thousands of little bitty metal shavings all into the oil pan, which is then picked up by the oil pickup and sent through the whole engine. When those thingies fail, the crank can move from side to side, causing more problems. In addition, all the little metal shavings get in the bearings and mess those up. So now that all my bearings are shot, they need to be replaced, though luckily my crankshaft isn't too messed up.
As far as the transmission is concerned, a similar thing, although the stress was apparently placed on the bearings, synchros, and shift forks, all of which are messed up with mine. So now that needs to be rebuilt as well.
What all of this comes down to is that the ACT HD clutch is just too damn strong for a stock engine/transmission. With that said, anyone with a TRACK-ONLY CAR interested in my ACT setup, let me know. Only like 2000 miles on it, I loved it before it cost me $2200. Again, TRACK-ONLY people, or at least cars with a strengthened bottom end, and I mean strengthened.
I have to give a huge to Ben Schaeffer, awesome guy and a huge help.

By the way, who needs an engine hoist to swap a clutch? Floorjack and some jackstands will cut it...

 

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110% Agreed!

 

Has anyone else had this problem with there ACT HDSS setup? I know a lot of people are running this and I have run this setup in the past on my Civic hybrid with no problems.

 

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I was also kind of wondering how much they cost, i am thinking of putting an oem itr clutch into my Si tranny.

 

Craig at Baranco quoted me about $300 with the HT discount, give him a call. Great guys to deal with too.

 

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Did the clutch come with everything you need to swap out.....??

 

That price was for the clutch disc, pressure plate, and throw-out bearing, so yes, everything included.

 

&lt;---- 77,000 miles on orginal OEM clutch...still holding strong...for now