Bad News about SPEC clutch...

[float_6969]

goto the link at the begining of the thread....

[GoofyATX240]

You lucked out. When I had a similar problem and got a hold of them politely I got a ******* response.

[redamnavit]

Its a little off topic, but how streetable do you find the Stage3 to be? Just a little sharp or downright scary in traffic?

[float_6969]

very easy to drive in traffic. That car is my daily driver and I live in the middle of town. It's still a sprung clutch plate so it only chatters every now and then. The pedal pressure is really light (almost too light) so it's not tiring to drive around all day.

[81na ZX]

Pulling this out of retirement...

I've had much worse problems with SPEC clutches in my DSM.

Clutch #1) Broke it in for 500 miles (got 400 miles on a 14 gallon tank ) Didn't race at all, no launching, spent the next 1500 miles breking in the built engine. But at 1200 miles:SPEC warranties their clutch discs for 120 days, but because the clutch was bought 6 months before the car moved again...

Clutch #2) Broke it in for 500 miles again. Followed that with the last 300 miles of engine break-in. No racing - wanted to but drag strip was rained out. At 1200 miles AGAIN:

Anyway, my DSM clutch kit, a Stage 2, used a Dainkin/Excedy pressure plate and was good for ~350 ft lbs. I was only making about 250-275 ft lbs.

[Vetal]

I've got Spec Stage1 from this board. Clutch has never slipped, BUT after ~2K miles one of clips broke and turned around, thus catching bellhousing. Pics are here:http://community.webshots.com/...YGifaHowever after this I was able to drive again and it still didn't slip. Took it off because I'm rebuilding the engine. Before that I was putting down ~250whp and it held fine