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mitchy_

By mitchy_,
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ix9 Grand Master

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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_ Grand Master

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

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.

aussnick Rookie

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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!!! :D

mitchy_ Grand Master

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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 Grand Master

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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

damono Proficient

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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 Grand Master

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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 :D

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