Cushioned Button Sports Clutch -exedy

[taiphan]

Hi Guys,

Just put the exedy CUSHIONED BUTTON SPORTS CLUTCH.

This seem soft to me.. i expected it to be a bit harder..

does anyone else have this in their car and what is your opion of it?

[Bass Junky]

dude.

I was about to ask exactly the same question.

WOW

I have just picked up my Extra Heavy Duty Cushioned Button clutch and it's lighter than my Fiance's new GTI.

It's very off putting.

How many Ks have you done in it and it is run in yet?

Has it changed at all?

[turboedsloth]

there supposed to be like that. or you have problems somewhere else in the clutch line

[HKS-R33]

hey mate, i have one of these in my car and it is just slightly heavier than the standard one but clamps down way harder.

Did you lose your fluid when u changed the clutch or did u just disconnect the slave cylinder from the box. If you left the slave in place and disconnected the fluid line, you may not have bled it properly or you may have a stuffed master or slave cylinder that wont bleed up properly.

Mike.

Edited July 1, 2006 by HKS-R33

[nuR.spec]

i have 1 also in my car at first it felt like a hyundail clutch... i bled it a few times and i also adjusted the clutch master clylinder so that there was hardly any slack wen i depressd the clutch pedal in... besides its better than gettn leg cramps specially in stop go traffic

[r33_racer]

I also have one in my 33 and i drive a toyota hilux work ute all day long.when i jump in the r33 at nights or on weekends it feels about 5 times heavier then the ute. But for a ceramic button clutch they are light, and grip well...i was doing redline drops at QR with 255 semi slicks and had no clutch problems at all. Still havent. Full slicks will put it to the test someday when i get back out there

[Bass Junky]

After many more running kilometers and a week in a Toyota Echo in Broome, I can say that my clutch does actually feel quite good.

Still not as solid as my last clutch, but still nice.

Progressive and only shudders slightly.

BASS OUT

[siksII]

are these the ones that c&b is selling in the group buy section?

[Bass Junky]

Nope.

the Group buys ones are the organic heavy duty.

Mine is a Sports Tuff, cusioned Ceramic Button.

Totally different clutch.

Massive bloody price difference too.

[siksII]

Nope.

the Group buys ones are the organic heavy duty.

Mine is a Sports Tuff, cusioned Ceramic Button.

Totally different clutch.

Massive bloody price difference too.

hey bass, you may not have seen the clutch i was talking about, there are two available, the one i was reffering to is:

2. Exedy Button Kit incl:

* Exedy 5 puk plate

* Daiken Pressure Plate

* New Bearings

This kit can handle 300rwkw

$425

that sound like the ones u guys are talking about doesnt it?

[Bass Junky]

nope

different.

The one you are talking about there is a Heavy Duty.

The sports tuff is different again.

See pics.

It's a much more developed clutch.

Mine was about $1200

[Beer Baron]

i have to say i'm not 100% confident in that clutch. very few rivets holding the centre together = possible failure point. i've seen a number of exedy sprung centre clutches fail with springs popping out etc. and solid centre ones fail with the rivets shearing in half. but to be fair you could not 100% exclude improper installation in all cases.

[siksII]

nope

different.

The one you are talking about there is a Heavy Duty.

The sports tuff is different again.

See pics.

It's a much more developed clutch.

Mine was about $1200

ah ok i see what u mean by 'developed' it certainly looks fancy!

so for ~3x the price what is the real world difference between the two?

[Bass Junky]

More Clamp Pressure

Different pivot point for lighter pdeal feel

Ceramic buttons

[Syphon]

If you look closely at the new exedy range, sports tuff is nothing more than a name which covers a particular range of "sports" clutch kits.

From their website, it seems the Sports tuff units are australian made, although I have just put a HD unit in a mates r31, it was a sports tuff kit with the homosexual colored pressure plate, but the clutch plate was still a exedy japan unit.

As you can see in these links, it explains the different units, but not all of them.

http://www.exedy.com.au/products2.asp?type=sports%20tuff

http://www.exedy.com.au/products2.asp?type=racing

This link shows the part numbers for an R33 GTS-t.

http://www.exedy.com.au/catalogue-details.asp?id=38999997

Bass Junky, I am not sure exactly what your clutch is, but I know that predator just recently put a Cushioned Button Sports in his R32, and the clutch plate is identical to yours. His pressure plate was different, but I assume you have a later model 33 with push-type arrangement?

That being said, predator paid around $450 for his......

Gee exedy know how to make it confusing hehe

[Col-GTSX]

I am so confused by this whole situation...

I killed my clutch last thursday at the sau qld drag night...

I need something new anyway due to the upgrades im undergoing atm. So i need a clutch to handle 300rwkw and still stand up for a drag or a circuit. Plus i dont wanta spend a fortune. But after all the searching i have done i am more confused than when i started...

Obviouslly i want the cheapest option possible but dont want to have a clutch that is a bit borderline either.

[Bass Junky]

If you are in Vic, then come along to the August Club meeting.

The Exedy head designer (in Aust) is speaking at our meeting.

Should be really really good.

My car is an R34. hence why things are a little more expensive, pull type.

[Syphon]

I am so confused by this whole situation...

I killed my clutch last thursday at the sau qld drag night...

I need something new anyway due to the upgrades im undergoing atm. So i need a clutch to handle 300rwkw and still stand up for a drag or a circuit. Plus i dont wanta spend a fortune. But after all the searching i have done i am more confused than when i started...

Obviouslly i want the cheapest option possible but dont want to have a clutch that is a bit borderline either.

Col, you probably been told this a few times already, speak to Jim Berry. Although i presume you might have and got a fright at the cost?

I am no clutch expert myself, but thought for that kind of power level, you be looking at atleast some sort of button clutch in the exedy range. Jim Berry clutch is suppose to hold a heap of power and still have a nice pedal feel and easy to drive on the street....i did say supposedly

He is in qld, go have a chat to him hehe

[Col-GTSX]

Yeah i had a chat to Jim on Monday...

HE has a clutch setup he can do that will hold 300rwkw but he was not confident it would hold up at the drags.

He suggested to go to a twin plate, but the down side is that their noisy and expensive...

So im sorta stuck atm.

I also spoke to direct clutch which said they could make up a custom organic clutch for about 800 which would do the job but again, not recomended for drag racing.

So im sorta doing heaps of research from US websites about drag clutchs and their street applications.

So give me time.

[Col-GTSX]

I have sent an email to them giving them every detail possible about the way i drive and the power figures and so forth.

Ive asked them to tell me whick one is the best one to get.

So ill post up their responce once i get it.