Went with Clutchnet.

Their standard performance PP



Instead of the 6 puck sprung hub that most of the clutchnet users on here went with, I went with the full disk sprug hub "fiber carbon pro" sp





My I30 is my daily driver, which is 99% of the time on city streets. I really wanted something streetable that was not on/off. I hope this choice works for me.

Also orderd 5qts of Redline's heavy Shock Proof gear oil.

 

good choice i bet youll like it

 

Nice choice. But you forgot to order my 5 quarts of redline as well. Call them back, thanks.

 

Bringing this back up to the top, sorry guys.

How do you like the clutch a year later ?? Should you have gotten the 6 puck sprung hub ? Not sure its needed in my case

-matt

 

Multi-plate clutches, i.e. race, clutches are so much hype mostly. I find that most people just go with them because it's a "race" part. what they don't understand is they are REALLY hard on the flywheel. Kevlar discs ones are also very hard on the flywheel as they do not have the heat transfer of the organic types.
More to the point, many have found that a good organic disc and heavy duty pressure plate will hold more power than most people make with the stock turbo, or even a mild upgrade. This is what I will be doing.

 

The clutch in this post did not hold the torque he was putting down even in a simple highway roll on to WOT. He was smoking the thing at like 7-8psi. He got rid of it and got the 6 puck sprung hub and red PP and loves it so far.

 

I've had the Clutchnet smooth-lock organic clutch with their "yellow" performance pressure plate for about three months now. It's easy to drive and holds great in 2nd-5th gears, but in 1st gear it's kind of iffy. Sometimes the tires spin, but other times I feel like the clutch is slipping. I don't think this combo has enough holding strength for FI.

Conclusion: Do not get the organic disc and yellow pp. Go with the 6-puck and yellow pp, or maybe try the organic disc and the RED pp.

 

Not really correct. When it started slipping was when my input shaft bearing went bad and my clutch housing was full of gear oil. Can't blame the clutch if it's taking a bath in oil. And those highway pulls were @ 10psi with my cutout open. The only time it did not hold was when I tried to use Brians slicks out at your local track. But that was only a few weeks before I found the oil in the clutch housing, so it could have been oil soaked then too. I will never really know which happend first, the clutch slipping on it's own or getting oil soaked then slipping

Either way, I now have their 6-puck sprung hub disk and like it alot. I has held on the street and the dyno so far and I like the feel of it alot. Will find out if it holds on the track with slicks in a few weeks

 

how is the drivability on the 6 puck? I have heard some people say they get chatter w/ that clutch

 

I like it alot. Pedal is very light, but that is more the PP not the disk.

There is a bit of chatter here and there, but none for the most part. One can avoid chatter just by giving it some more revs on take off anyhow.

It won't work with an auto tranny anyhow

 

Smart a$$ , i am doing a manual swap hopefully during spring break.

 

Whats the torque rating on the clutch you are using?

 

Im using an exedy stage one right now. Really never saw any slippage but my tranny is comin out and i kinda wanna upgrade.

I went to clutchnet's website and there is the yellow version, red version. The Red PP's come in 2x and 3x and the disk Im getting is going to be the 6 puck sprung hub because people that i have been talking to have told me it doesnt chatter and is smooth. I think the 2X PP is the correct one.

-matt

 

Well what about the Red 2X PP and the 6-puck sprung hub disk ??

-matt

 

Oh I didn't think we were running that much boost that day we smashed that C5 while your clutch was slipping. I guess it wasn't as long ago as I thought it was.

 

I also had a clutch net 6 puck sprung hub and it was great... I especially liked the pedal feel and engagement... much better than the solid disk 4 puck ACT I had before it.