i was driving my car sunday and it felt weird, when i punched it. Well today my clutch is slippn real bad and give it a few more miles its ganna be gone. I have been looking around for diff types of clutches and stuff and seeing whats best for my car. I was looking at the ACT 6 puck clutch??? If anyone can give me some yess or nooos to thats clutch or if yall know of any clutches that evo guys use in there cars.
thanks for the help yall.

 

I recommend the Exedy Twin HD. It's expensive, but it includes a chromoly flywheel and will take anything you can give it. The ACT 6-puck is very harsh, but it does work well. I haven't heard of many people using it, but I do know one guy locally who does 7k rpm clutch dumps on it all the dump while running 11.7s @ 117mph. He's a nut, but his clutch holds.

So, did my response to the other thread help? At the time, you didn't mention your clutch slipping, but now you mention it as if you knew all along. Was the other problem unrelated or was this the problem?

 

hey do you know any about the F1 RACING STAGE 3 Clutch Kit / 03-06 LANCER EVO 8 RS MR ????

thanks man

 

Coming from a MR stock clutch which me and Warrtalon ran them to the bone I can tell you ahead of time that the Exedy will change completly the feeling of the clutch pedal. Forget about smooothness but welcome to the hardcore.

The clutch Warrtalon is refering too is what I have and what a lot of people recommended. If you are willing to sacrifice comfort for reliability then perhaps this is the clutch.

Carlos

 

No, I've never even heard of it. I recommend sticking with clutches that are well-known and used quite often on Evos with great success.

 

Clayton, I am sure you remember the f1racing shop, I believe to be the same shop were that guy had a MR running 11's with a turbokit.

Carlos

 

I couldn't agree any better to that, I tried to buy parts/upgrades that are well known to last and are well tested by other Evo owners. Exedy is perhaps a Giant on this industry...

Carlos

 

Is there a happy medium (comfort and durability/reliability) for those of us who can count our 6k RPM clutch drops on one hand but put a lot of miles on the car? Sorry for the hijack but I'm going to be in the same boat shortly. I have an '05 RS with about 300whp and 24k miles.

 

Yeah, in that case, you can do a single disk, especially if you're never going to race.

 

No matter what Way you look at it There is some highs and lows. I personally like a smooth clutch because I drive the Evo everyday but there is always a compromise.

Per instance, like you just said, you don't really need a double disc clutch if you don't have the power for it, perhaps with basic mods the stock clutch does the job fine without loosing comfort or performance.

I heard that the Tilton hydraulic clutch system enhances the pedal feeling and that is a plus. If you are planning on having mild mods I would then suggest a step up stage I clutch from any major manufacturer like ACT street, Exedy single Disc, HKS single etc.

I had not much choice, I know that a Evo 8 MR stock clutch for my car can't do the job for a long time due to my Torque numbers.

Buy your clutch based on your power application first.

Carlos

 

get the Exedy Twin or ACT HDSS, either one will do the job.

 

Thanks for the help yall.......I called the dealership today and talked to the owner and i was like man, i have come in here so many times with my car and the service dept always gives me problems and then i talked to owner of mitsu and i was like man, im not tryn to be mean or anything but you know i have had problems and now i have 11,000 miles on my car and now my clutch is slipping reallllll bad and its about to be gone. He said kk im sorry and bring it up here and my tech guy will look at it and its either the clutch was bad in the first palce or its you the "driver"......i dont even drive my car hard at all...i might launch my car sometimes but not at 5 thou, maybe at like 3 and thats not even launching my car.........but you know, if yall have had problems with yalls stock clutch just tell me because i need to tell my dad or somethn because hes pissed and i need to tell him something..

thanks..,.

 

it's not the clutch that is the problem. there are a ton of people with a lot of miles on the stock clutch myself included.

 

yah i know but i dont drive my car hard and im not a bad driver!!!

thanks for the help....

 

Sorry, man, but saying you launch at 3k means you slip the hell out of it. This is what prematurely kills the clutch. Just launching at high rpm isn't the only thing that wears out the clutch. Many people have worn out their clutch this early, but with proper driving, it is capable of lasing up to 95k miles as proven by RedCloud.

It is highly likely that they will determine that your driving was the cause for the clutch failure, so if you let them take it apart and look, then you'll end up paying the full Mitsu clutch installation price, which is probably 10 hours of labor at $100 an hour.

I'm not trying to be mean, but if you drive an Evo and have to worry about your Dad being mad, then suffice it to say you probably shouldn't be driving an Evo in the first place. It is a high-powered, high-maintenance, race car right off the showroom floor. It should only be owned by those capable of maintaining it 100% on their own without any supervision, imo.