can you guess what this used to be attached to?


heres a clue:


is this bad or normal?






guess its new clutch time!

Normal but still not good. Most flywheels/pressure plates/brake rotors are cracked like that after only a few miles of hard use.

Scroll down to "Bad Cores": http://www.roadraceengineering.com/clutchandflywheeltech.htm

holy crap...

what clutch was that?

Originally posted by turbo8u
holy crap... what clutch was that?

spec stage 3(?) with Luk clutch disc

arn't the spec clutches a piece of shit and keep blowing up on people?

Originally posted by Blizare
arn't the spec clutches a piece of shit and keep blowing up on people?

Hit and miss. Some simply pop from abuse just like any other clutch.

fuck, i have a spec stage 3...

modular or non modular? howd you get the luk disc in there?

anyone want to say i told you so?

if you go spec, go with the stage 4-5. no springs = none of these problems.

Those are heat cracks, you must have been slipping the clutch alot more then you ment to. It's common but not good being they can break there and give you more grief.

Originally posted by grain
anyone want to say i told you so? if you go spec, go with the stage 4-5. no springs = none of these problems.

Originally posted by turbo8u
fuck, i have a spec stage 3... modular or non modular? howd you get the luk disc in there?

non-modular. its the clutch i got with a tranny swap from an old member when i did my rebuild. i say i "think" its a stage 3 cause thats what i was told, however the clutch disc doen't look like the spec stage 3 disc i've seen in pics. its a 6 puck design, whereas other pics of the spec stage 3 are 4 puck...? :shrug

its a stage 3

Originally posted by grain
anyone want to say i told you so? if you go spec, go with the stage 4-5. no springs = none of these problems.

And you know the stage5 is so good by the whole 200 miles on yours? lol

same thing happen to me with my satge 3 spec clutch(one of the spring came lose)and i sent mine off to get it warranty and hopefuly they will give me another one.

I have a custom southbend DXDF clutch made for me. Call up Andy at Southbend and tell him Veasna from CT sent you. His clutches are superbly made. I like the fact that it's a bolted modular set up for the ease of install and changing out the clutch.

Well, just spoke with andy, i ordered the OFE series with feramic something-or-other for 335.00. he was very nice and helpful. clutch sips tomorrow. I think i shall be quite happy with his product! thanx DSM...

you're gonna love it Tim. Fyramic is great, when you have the tendency to ride the clutch. It lasts so much longer. I had it on for a year now and I'm still spinning all 3 gears and snapping my neck. I've had CM4 and I can honestly tell you that Southbend far exceeds clutchmasters.

I may have to look into the Southbend clutch, I mean afterall they are only about 30-40 mins north of me. I'm doing a 5spd swap and this is gonna be the first time owning a car thats MTX. Im starting to read a lot of bad posts about spec clutches lately.


Gotta love winter

SBC-DXD clutches have a tendancy to overheart very easily and start to warp the pressure plate. I know (being from South Bend) that alot of people have this problem around here. Maybe it's not the same with the way our clutches are made but more than one person has told me this with cars ranging from honda to nissan to mitsubishi...

good thing i got the OFE series.. hope it aint the same.

I'll stick with my Clutch Masters stage 4. The only PROVEN clutch for our application. Why do you guys put so much money into your motor and skimp on the clutch?

Originally posted by tim97rs

Originally posted by turbo8u holy crap... what clutch was that?

spec stage 3(?) with Luk clutch disc

dude, LUK makes our oem clutches. thats why it broke. Don't blame spec, blame a disc that wasnt supposed to be in there

their new fyramic disks don't overheat like their standard DXD series clutch. I had the CM4 and the quailty of SBC new fyramic plates is much better than the CM. I beat on the DXDF and it still performs the way it did the first time I had it on. Plus when it goes, all you have to do is take it apart and just order a new disk. for a little over a hundred. Andy has been doing clutches for years and he know's his clutches. He makes them for pro racers and released the fyramic one to the public after having so much sucess with the one he made for a nascar vehicle.

Originally posted by SILVERNT

Originally posted by tim97rs

Originally posted by turbo8u holy crap... what clutch was that?

spec stage 3(?) with Luk clutch disc

dude, LUK makes our oem clutches. thats why it broke. Don't blame spec, blame a disc that wasnt supposed to be in there

well, either way it needs to be replaced and theres enough questionable to negative things floating around about spec to give me reasonable doubt. i guess the "stock" luk disc held up to some good abuse over the last year+ considering i bought it used. o well....onward and upward

does anyone have pics of the southbend clutch? i also have a spec 3 clutch and it starting to rattle on me, but only in neutral...?? anybody else have this problem? i might be back in the market here soon, tia...chris

Originally posted by 2point4
does anyone have pics of the southbend clutch? i also have a spec 3 clutch and it starting to rattle on me, but only in neutral...?? anybody else have this problem? i might be back in the market here soon, tia...chris

the 4 flexplate bolts holding the clutch on torqued to spec? mine was making odd vibrations at idle too and i tightened the 4 bolts and it went away....just throwing out a suggestion