I have a possibly assinine qeustion. Does modulating the stock clutch on an EVO lead to it wearing faster? I have been told that they have been designed to grab so hard that modulating just tears them up.

I honestly have no idea as to whether this is true or not so I thought I would bounce it off you guys.

 

I don't even know what you're talking about. You lost me when you said "modulating," and then as soon as you said the stock clutch was designed to grab hard, I stopped reading...

 

yes it will wear faster.

 

Modulation is basically "fiddling" or partially engaging the clutch, wheather or not you know what it's called we all do it to get out of parking spaces, through the drive through, etc. My question comes from the fact that my friend claims modulating his clutch caused it to burn out around about 3-5K miles, and when they took the assembly apart they found scorch marks on the fly wheel. He doesn't launch the car hardly at all so he claimed it was because he was trying to drive it like a regular car. And yes, when you compare the EVO's clutch to a regular car like a Civic or Sentra, hell, anything eccept another purpose built sports car the clutch grabs very hard.

 

You might want to say "slipping" instead of "modulating". That's the word most people use.

The stock Evo clutch does not "grab hard" at all. It's very easy to slip -much like factory clutches on other cars. Some racing clutches, on the other hand, are essentially on/off and don't slip. Now those clutches grab hard. Not a good choice for daily driving (I speak from experience).

 

So, back to my original question then. Does "slipping" the stock clutch like in a regular vehicle cause premature clutch destruction, cause I saw photos and I can honestly say I've never seen a clutch look that bad.