slipping clutch?

[mitchy_]

taynewguy - mine goes in monday, will let you know then

[DCIEVE]

I have an exedy single, three puck ceramic and its on/off. The xtreme should be very smooth being sprung centre with 9pucks..

Havent driven a twin plate though

[SLIPPERY]

well if its a nine puck then yeah, itd be easier

i was thinking 3 (like mine) or 5...then thatd be on/off

[ix9]

Anyone actually running the clutch in question? Input from someone who actually has it would be helpful, as this is my preferred option and it'll be done very soon.

I have a 9-puck Brass button Xtreme clutch, with 2500lbs pressure plate Best $1k I ever spent on the car.

Yeah, it's a pain sometimes in traffic, used to do the peak hour thing every day a while ago - pain.

These days in the wet its more painful than ever, i take off in second with a slippery road or its well too easy to spin. But a little bit of skill and you'll be fine.

[mitchy_]

just went and had a look at the clutch, mmm purple

Strich9 - im used to a quite stiff twin plate, and then a pretty much on/off single plate in my mates wrx, so getting used to this new one shouldnt cause too much of an issue...hopefully.

[ix9]

Yep, it's purple

It's not so much on/off really, it's more of a holy-shit-its-gripped at one point after you slip it, kinda kard to explain

50 bux says you stall it pulling out of the clutch shop hehehehe

[mitchy_]

lol probably...

stalled it twice when i first bought the car... went from the extremely worn in clutch in my old car to a stiff as hell twin plate...

[aussnick]

Haha @ stall it!

Thats exactly what i did when i had mine installed after a standard one....

I have the same clutch too and love it, have been quite brutal to it with NO slip or probs at all for the last 6 mths. You still have a heavy pedal that only really shows itself when in traffic like Strich9 said and i found it can shudder a bit when it warms up in the same situation....but other than that its all good!!!

[mitchy_]

ah cool... ive got ~500km to bed it in and get used to it anyway

[mitchy_]

i didn't stall it!!!!

god damn this clutch is nice... nice and smooth when you want it to be, or let it out a bit quicker (i accidently did after driving home from hyperdrive) and it grabs... oh it grabs.

im with you strich9, best $1000 ive spent on the car.

[gtrken]

Glad you like it Mitchell.

Told you they were good and for the rest of the peoples, the only reason it was $1K is that a s/hand flywheel and bolts were needed as his original one was designed for a single OS Giken.

Cheers

Ken

[taynewguy]

Alrighty then, I'm convinced.

Ken: I'll pop around on yet another one of my time killing expeditions and we'll organise a time.

Cheers,

Tay

[mitchy_]

haha... you wont be disappointed.

just got some new rubber for my car today... new clutch and new tyres, it handles so god damn nice now!

[damono]

i think i need to get myself a new clutch.. it seems to be getting worse too. If i put my foot down in 3rd, 4th or 5th it starts to slip... but doesnt in 1st and 2nd. Im guessing its putting more pressure/torque on the clutch in the higher gears.. but dunno

[APA]

can't understand why some people were saying the xtreme clutch would be hard to drive with........

since having manual conversion thats the first clutch i've had and it has been a beauty since day 1 and still is today......

adrian