clutch break in period...BS??
 

i swear the last time i bought a clutch it said that you had to break in the clutch for 300-500 miles or something. but i know several people that say they have never done that with any clutch (performance or not) and ususally start out with a burnout...

Re:clutch break in period...BS??
 

i thought it was 500 miles also?? are the people that are saying it's not, the ones that are always on here asking which clutch to try next because their current one is slipping?? just wondering.

Re:clutch break in period...BS??
 

I also thought it needed a 300-500 mile break-in. I guess I have never risked it and just tried to beat it from the start. :-\ I would rather take it easy for 300 miles and be safe instead of burning my clutch up within that 300 miles. :-\
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Re:clutch break in period...BS??
 

i hate babying it though, i want to go rape on my car...but i guess i will be nice if i have to...

btw the clutch i have is a AI2-XTSS from ACT

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yeah, you could just drive on the highway for like 3 hrs. then turn around and come back, this would prolly be about 4-500 miles, but it seems like it would be 3-500 city miles cause you're not really using the clutch on the highway ???

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geez, you can't just go drive somewhere this weekend? It may save your new clutch in the long run so I would just drive like a granny. ;) Turbohf is the most throttle happy person ever. :)

Re:clutch break in period...BS??
 

i saw some write up saying u can run it any non-springs hubed clutch by lapping it hard.

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I just got done breaking my exedy in 500 miles. I just drove all over the place. ;X

Re:clutch break in period...BS??
 

I'm not sure if this is absolutly accurate, but i just recently read on turboford.org (see https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=12046 if you have any conserns as to why i was there) that if you do not break the clutch in, it will glaze over and it will continually slip, i'm guessing it overheats and like melts, ruining the whole fucken thing and then you would have to go ahead and buy a new one ( major $) and then go ahead and drop the tranny and redo the clutch again...
Form experiance, my buddy did not break his in, and it slipped like hell forever! It did evntually start grabbing though, but only after like 3 months or babying it and not driving it as much. Me, on the other hand, did break my exedy one in and never had it slip yet (but i'm not boosted... but that is a whole nother story.)

Re:clutch break in period...BS??
 

I've never broken in a clutch in my life..