can you guess what this used to be attached to?


heres a clue:


is this bad or normal?






guess its new clutch time!

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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?

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02 WRX


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You are somebody special Tim, you matter! - from the admins (but nobody likes you, because your username is just like that other guy's, and you whine a lot)

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

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fuck, i have a spec stage 3...

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

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91 Red TSI AWD (RIP)
02 WRX


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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.

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its a stage 3

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.

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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...

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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.

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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...

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

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You are somebody special Tim, you matter! - from the admins (but nobody likes you, because your username is just like that other guy's, and you whine a lot)

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?

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.

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USED TO HAVE...Everything you wish you had, and then some...

You are somebody special Tim, you matter! - from the admins (but nobody likes you, because your username is just like that other guy's, and you whine a lot)

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

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96 Black ESi
91 Red TSI AWD (RIP)
02 WRX


"turnin wrenches for nine hours in the pouring rain, just to get the beast up and running again"

Aerospace Certified TIG welder for Precision Castparts in Portland, OR.

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