New Clutch

[The Dan]

Funny you said this Dan, my single plate felt like a sledgehammer hitting the engine whereas the twin plate has a much softer engagement.

I never truly appreciated the physical size difference between these clutches until I put my old single plate side-by-side to the NPC twin plate - it was dead easy to see which was the stronger/better engineered unit. The NPC must have weighed twice as much.

But keep in mind that the NPC twin plate includes the flywheel as part of it. The other one, after attaching to the Nissan flywheel I think actually weighs slightly more.

[neil_se]

Turns out the clutch in my car was the bog stocko nissan organic single plate that they came out with, the gearbox had never been opened.

I'd never had a "twin-plate" before either which is why i was amazed at how nicely it engaged. I can't believe the standard clutch lasted 100 odd kms. I can't find the mechanics report i got with the car, but i did save the Yahoo auction ad and the J-spec ad which clearly said it had a Nismo clutch.

As for the remodelling point the R34GTR turbine, the carbon bonnet, the carbon fender, the carbon door, the strengthening clutch (the ニスモ make), the BLITZ 17 inch wheel, the imitation brake pad, the turbo timer, the imitation muffler and the front pipe et cetera have been attached perhaps. The engine, the blowing rising and idling are satisfactory. There is a year type fit scar and dent et cetera. There is no either section and oil leak et cetera, it is the vehicle whose service is very good.

Sorry if you felt i mislead you, without taking apart the entire car i could only go on the information i was given.

[IanB]

Its all good now neil, dont worry, im not holding it against you. The rebuild price and the price to put in the new 6 button were comperable, and I highly doubt I will ever chuck enough power at the 6 button to break it.

I also think the clutch has been slipping since I got the car, and prehaps before then. The original clutch was very, very worn as was the flywheel. Driving the car home tonight was an intresting experciance, with the car happily chirping 2nd and 3rd before I learnt how to drive the button clutch properly (And you could almost hear the sigh of relief from my gearbox when I did) - the car feels much, much faster now too. Giving it stick from 1st to 2nd taking off from the lights in the 80 zone on the way home, it happily spun the back wheels up on the gear change and for half a second the car wanted to step out before attessa kicked in and corrected. Something I must be careful of in the future, thank god I was the only car on the road.

All in all, dans effort on this was 110% - He had the car finished well ahead of when he first said he would, the job seems to be very through with dan replacing the spigot bush and the throwout bearing in the car, and of course a machined flywheel, along with a few other odds and ends. The whole car drives and feels quite smooth, and once you get used to the feeling of the new clutch its actually quite pleasureable to drive.

Two thumbs up for Elite Racing Developments