sauceyI986

my clutch in my car is burned out and no longer working anymore. I will be replacing it with a SPEC Stage 3+ with a fidenza aluminum flywheel with in a couple of weeks..

whenson417

be sure to get the spec lightweight pressure plate and post pics of the engine reving. I was going to get the Spec stage 3 clutch but the clutch masters stage 3 was about $200 or so cheaper and the guy at Ultrarev said spec's customer service was as easy to deal with when it comes to warranty issues. good luck. I love the kevlar clutch!!

Razz1

Is that a heavy duty clutch or racing clutch?

sauceyI986

well I finally got all my parts orderd and wen with the clutchmasters stage 3 clutch with the fidenza flywheel will post pics and vids later on after the install.

RX927

iTrader: (1)

how many miles to the burnt clutch? And how was your driving?

sauceyI986

I had about 35,000miles driving style kinda crazy at times had to replace both clutch and flywheel the clutch was slipping at 27,000miles

california style

did u do lots of clutch dumping draggy starts? or just generally bizzare driving?

sauceyI986

generally bizzare driving i kinda slowed a bit, did a couple of donuts but tires goes to dam fast and to much doe to keep replaceing every 3months . a couple of draggy starts or maybe its just me i had a 04 mazda 6s and blew out the transmission and coulple of gears in it when it said it was ment to do 125mph and no more the instuction book was right. think im going to find me a beat up civic and push that around because i really want to do a custom turbo to my car. and being without a car for a month in AZ heat is not fum at all. Just cant wait till my parts come in.

sauceyI986

received parts yesterday around 2oclock finally

sauceyI986

I didnt know it was this bad

quickice4

Wow, you ripped that thing apart. I thought the clutches on these cars are super strong. Looks like the clutch from my srt-4

cas2themoe

WTF were you doing in the car? Only 35,000 and your clutch looks like that!!!!

You were abusing the hell out of it.

Socket7

Good job. You clearly had more then your fair share of fun to accomplish that.

map

Is the color saturation off on that camera? With that much wear in 35,000 miles I'd expect that thing to be bright blue in the center. Isn't that how Mazda determines abuse?

sauceyI986

no I took pic from my cell phone but that is the color that is on the disk so what u are seeing if u saw it in person..

dannobre

iTrader: (3)

I think the chunks missing is a better determination of abuse .....the stock discs are blue from the factory...

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

THE OE clutch disc seems to have some QC issues, they have fallen apart on a few RX-8s. It's not just an abuse thing ...

swoope

iTrader: (5)

yep,

bad disk..


beers

chickenwafer

iTrader: (9)

that's crazy.

So how do you like the Spec clutch? I've heard a few people don't like Spec stuff. And why get the Stage 3?