ebay clutches????
 

anyone ever use an ebay clutch? i have heard somewhere that they are just fancy painted stock pressure plates. has anyone here actually used one? i dont care if your sister's boyfriend's cousin knew a guy that he met through OCZC had one. i want real experiences. i will probably just go with LSD stuff, but i am on a tight budget for a few months and im tired of paying insurance on a car im not driving

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i used an xtd 6 puck sprung and it slipped like crazy. but some people seem to have luck....

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I used the XTD "stage 3" sprung 6 puck and it worked great for a few years. It was used for ~200 whp though.

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black hornet has xtd unsprung 6 puck and flywheel. it grabs hard when the motor isnt blown up.

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Gripforce clutches are really good clutch for under 400whp
I installed one i my old setup, when I was low powered 326whp and 214ft lbs . then my last clutch was a with their 6 puck sprung disc with ACT extreme pressure plate. their flywheel is also good. the brand is F1

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xtd = seco

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ACT clutches own. The typical street car will never break that clutch

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<(====big fan of act street disc [full face] with x-tream pressure plate

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My d16z6 w/ sc14 supercharger has been sportin' a "stage 3" 6-puck ceramic XTR clutch with a chromemoly 11.0 lbf flywheel for two and half years.
Only complaint is my clutch acts like a on/off switch so I have to rely on tire slippage. But I use RT-615 tires in the summer. With very little tire slippage and almost no clutch slippage I end up replacing the passanger cv-axle 3 times year and the driver side once a year. Luckly these cv-axles have a liftime warrenty.
I'm still saving up for some DSS axles or I might try the ebay axles listed to handle 400hp.

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I rocked the xtd 6 puck sprung on my 200whp dd for over 2 years. Not a problem untill the end of its life it got a little limp. But I now own a Full face dragger clutch from lsd and all I have to say is. WOW!!! Very nice clutch. My brotherinlaw is running a act 2600 on his gsx and all I have to say is its a slip monster. He wont buy another act ever again.

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A guy I know has been through a lot of those 2600's on his dsm. Just went cintered iron not sure why he doesn't want to go twin. I had an act full face with the xtreme plate and it lasted for 4 days of boost...went with a CC 6 puck after that.

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so, it seems to be better than i thought. maybe i will give it a shot. its cheap

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clutchmaster FX400 or FX500

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I put an xtd 'stage 4' 6 puck unsprung on my b18 with a holset and 12 lbs. It didn't take long at all to start slipping horribly. I won't buy another one personally.

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gripforce stage 2 and 12lb flywheel combo on my stock h22 ......it slips when i slam gears or drop the clutch. Normal driving doesn't make it stink

It could also be because of my master cylinder going bad/leaking, but the only time it spins is in the rain. has smooth engagement tho

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act is just as bad... we had this convo on our local forum, Jmills will say the same, but i've had 2 act clutch setups literally fall apart. 1 in a 198 whp NA car and one in a 266 whp turbo car. ive used the F1 clutches with "some" success, but not for long.

LSD clutches FTW. i beat the ---- out of my last one on 266 whp and it still holds up now after 2 years of pure abuse. the current owner is still beating the piss out of it. think i paid 388 shipped for the clutch/flywheel combo from them.

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I have used them with no complanits but then again all my cars are slow :'(


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Torque/loads kills clutches. Thats why the awd dsm kill the good old 400hp act 2600 clutch.

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I've broken every clutch I've used , except for the current one Competition twin disc.
1st, stock
2nd, exedy stage 2
3rd, ACT stage 3 extreme
4th clutch masters fx500
5th reuse the extreme pressure plate with the fx500 disc.

then I finally gave and fork out the big bucks for the twin plate.
chatter is annoying as ----, and the engagement is neck snapping but it never slipped. all that money wasted up top on failed clutches.

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arent twin disks like $2k+?

Plus, I have never seen one for a D series.

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depends on the brand, competition clutch is $1250
I don't know about the d series part though.

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I had an XTD stage 2 clutch. It held for 6 months and less than 10k miles. It started slipping like a ----------er after that.

This was on a stock accord.

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I guess its hit and miss. I put a XTD 6fuck sprung clutch in my friends 97 lude and its pushing 8lbs and holding no problem. 2 years at that.

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I think competition clutch is a great clutch, whether twing or single. and they are the lowest price for reputable clutches, my friend uses the stage 4. buying multiple cheap clutches that fail adds up.

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yea imma run an el cheapo ebay setup to start with my h2b, then im going straight for the comp twin disk myself.

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I got the xtd 6 puck clutch. It slipped horribly on 170whp. Switched to a lsd pp. Worked much better then.

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i guess xtd's suck as much as std's, and someone said that the F1's werent bad. this is good info

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Don't use a f1.
2 of my friends used a XTD but neither was boosted so I don't know what to tell you.
I have a brand new XTD 6 puck sprung for a d series. I got it with a car I bought and I don't know if I want to put it in my daily. :-\

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The XTD stage 3 with light flywheel is not that bad for an ebay special. But like I said I have never has any thing thats really fast.

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i have the vitara record in mind, so i think LSD will be my weapon of choice.

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good luck. the record holder lives near me lol.

your going to need more than an ebay clutch.

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the clutch daddy.http://www.-------------/catalog/driv...page=2&sort=2a

or its son http://www.-------------/catalog/stag...kit-p-158.html

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Hes rocking a d not a b, so that clutch wont work. :'(

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he's talkin about my eg singlecam. i broke it in the RIGHT way and never had a problem with it. Though it wasnt boosted i sprayed the ---- out of it and it never seemed to slip once. liek everyone says its hit or miss. i would rock one again tho. O0

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I keep forgetting that D series motors exists. my bad. ;)

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I purchased an XTD Stage 3 six puck off Ebay and stuck it in my Accord. Been using it now for 7k miles. It's my daily driver and it's not bad. Has a little butterfly chirp in 1st but everyone said that was normal. I'm running 15lbs on it and it doesn't slip AT ALL.

I guess everyone has a unique experience with it. I'm also using a stock flywheel that has been shaved quite a bit. It's all up to you man. It's cheap, but you get what you pay for.

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i think i am going to go with the most badass LSD clutch.

anyone remember what torque numbers the last vitara record made?

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My friend would have taken the record, but the turbo was MAX out. Lsd clutch I think it is rated at 280something ft. It does not slip a bit :6.

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um, i beleive it was 3xx something.

the guy that has that record now holds the record for the worlds highest d series period.

just a FYI tho. he broke 11 d series trans in 1 year. welded the difs and kept going. Its not really going to be a streetable car anymore.