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Old May 31, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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what the hell is the difference between an unsprung clutch and a sprung clutch
Old May 31, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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the little springs in the clutch disc. they help smooth out engagement.
Old May 31, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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so a sprung is better. i was looking at them for my crx and didn't know the diff thanx
Old May 31, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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Depends what the car is going to be used for...if its a daily driver get a sprung disc if a weekend racer/track car the unspring I believe grip better just not realy for street driving
Old May 31, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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Unsprung. Doesn't make to muc difference, and do you want a Cadillac or a Turboed Car??
Old May 31, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JK_Motorsports
Unsprung. Doesn't make to muc difference, and do you want a Cadillac or a Turboed Car??
i'd like a turbo caddilac please. thanks.
Old May 31, 2006 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by AgentMurdoc
i'd like a turbo caddilac please. thanks.
that would be very nice...
Old May 31, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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I believe the springs do help the life of the transmission quite a bit.
Old May 31, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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Unsprung disk is more like an on off switch, its either on or off and you can`t really "ride"/slip it as easy as a sprung clutch, it makes noise, it shock your drive train but who really cares, like Dustin (turbohf) said : "it ain`t no taxi"

either way you can still drive it like a regular car but take some practice to start off smooth.
Old May 31, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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Go with the sprung, Unless you building a real race car, you wont go wrong.



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