I was just curious how hard it is to actually install a clutch. If its a real pain like how much would it be to get it installed? Last question..... how is it possible that you have faster 1/4 mile times after getting a new clutch this just doesn't make any sense to me... somebody please explain
Turbo Clutch Installation
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install is usually 3/4 of a day at a mechanic place and usually is 300-400, i know honda quoted me mid 600 for a factory clutch. My uncle and I put in an exedy single organic in mine ran me like $220, wasn't to hard, there are a few extra tools we needed to buy and all but took a good day. W/ a new clutch it snaps the car into gear so quick its unreal, i'm guessing that hows the 1/4 mile times increases, the feel of a new clutch is so sexy, gotta love it
its a b***h. im in the middle of removing the trans right now, and i can tell you taht its mechanically simple, but it takes a lot of time and a good manual (which i dont have.. f**k haynes pos). and imo.. its not something that you could do. come to think of it.. no offense or anything.. but if i were you i wouldnt even change my own oil, let alone try a clutch job.
^werd, what he said.....lol
I had my tranny, clutch out and installed in 4 1/2 hours, but then again I'm a mekanik. So to answer your question for me it was relatively easy.
It also engages faster/harder/stronger than your stock clutch. If you do it make damn sure you shave the flywheel to what the specs are, or you'll be taking it back out 1 more time!!!
I had my tranny, clutch out and installed in 4 1/2 hours, but then again I'm a mekanik. So to answer your question for me it was relatively easy.
It also engages faster/harder/stronger than your stock clutch. If you do it make damn sure you shave the flywheel to what the specs are, or you'll be taking it back out 1 more time!!!
How many miles do you have on your stock clutch? With the greddy kit which i think is what your getting i dont see a reason for you to even get a new clutch, you wont be pushing an insane amount of power, honda factory clutches are stronge enough for the amount of power that you will have.
no they arent. a stock clutch is gonna die a very quick and very painful death on boost. it will not stand up to the abuse of a turbo. upgrade is pretty much mandatory.
Handle you seriously disagree with everything i am told, no joke im not mad i think its funny. The guy who i got my cams and manfiold off of, that works at honda argued with me about what i just said. I said i wanted to get a new clutch soon, and he asked why and told me that honda clutches are stronger then people give them credit for being, and it would easly be good up to 200hp. But im not even going ot argue with you this time ill just go by what you say.
mechanically its simple, unbolt the transmission, drop it, and boom there is your clutch. You'll encounter so many lil b***h problms though so they bug the hell out of you. When you first start, you car has to be on the ground so you can crack the nut on your half shafts, take wheels off, use a wishbone and undo your brake assembly so it will swing out so you can pull out your half shafts completly, then unbolt the transmission, take off the starter, undo your engine mounts, drop that b***h, put on new clutch, i think you needed 12 pt rachets for that if i'mm correct, then redo my expert steps backwards...mechanically simple yes, the aggrivation of it...priceless
so its going to be $3-400??? isn't that kind of overpriced to get it installed??? does anybody else know anything better prices...? also would honda ever install an after market clutch?
also do you have to jack up the car to install an aftermarket clutch becaues a lot of the places i take my car they cannot do it becaues my car is too low
honda would install an aftermarket clutch for you, but im pretty sure they would charge the hell out of you since you arent using their parts, they quoted me 500-600 for a honda clutch without labor, so you go from there...my friend put an ACT clutch and flywheel is his 1st gen eclipse himself, he dropped the tranny out 3 times in the matter of 24 hours, sleepin for 8 of those...edhgreatone said:so its going to be $3-400??? isn't that kind of overpriced to get it installed??? does anybody else know anything better prices...? also would honda ever install an after market clutch?
i just put the front end of my car up on like 1 ft jack stand and dropped my transmission right on the ground just so I could get in and mess w/ the clutch. Honda will install it aftermarket items, they just wount insure them if I am correct...i'd recommend you finding someone who is a mechanic and paying them to do it, it gets you away from paying the $75 an hour or whatever godly amount is it that honda charges
i agree with handlebarsfsr , any force induction, wheather its n2o, supercharged, or turbo. once its installed, its always a good idea to install a after market clutch that is stronger then stock. the stock clutch cannot handle the burst of power. plus when changing clutch, change the flywheel also, for boost, its better to get like a 12lb flywheel, the 8lbs flywheels are for N/a
There is actually alot of people running stock clutches with the greddy turbo kit and not haveing any problems at all. So its not a must, but it is a good idea. If you dont belive me you can go to clubsi.com and you will see there are tons of people with stock clutches putting down good numbers. I have heard that leaving the stock flywheel is best for turbo. Any other has a better chance of brakeing. And if you are going to go for a lighter flywheel, there is no point in buying a new just machine your stock one to a lighter wieght.
lightening a stock fly is what makes them blow up smartie. and yes, you can run stock greddy boost, if your careful on a b series. not a d, which is what this clown has. the d series clutch is f**kin weak, there is no way in hell you can tell me that thing can hold up to boost.
True i was going with B series greddy kit, i thought for some reason this kid was running a b16, and i wouldnt lighten the flywheel at all, i was just saying if your going to lighten the flywheel why get a new one when you can just lighten your stock one. So it blows up instead of buying a new one, so it can blow up instead.
do you really want 15lbs of shrapnel spinning at several thousand rpm right near you exploding? how on earth can you justify that being an ok thing? not only will it probably frag your engine and trans, but it may take you out too. if you want a light flywheel, which is pointless with boost, get one built from a stronger material to be light- an aftermarket one. if you want stock, get stock- and leave it the weight that it is.
Is that towards me? Because i did say it was pointless to lighten the flywheel in the first place.handlebarsfsr said:do you really want 15lbs of shrapnel spinning at several thousand rpm right near you exploding? how on earth can you justify that being an ok thing? not only will it probably frag your engine and trans, but it may take you out too. if you want a light flywheel, which is pointless with boost, get one built from a stronger material to be light- an aftermarket one. if you want stock, get stock- and leave it the weight that it is.
baby99si said:if your going to lighten the flywheel why get a new one when you can just lighten your stock one.
i was responding to that.