Chris_F
29-01-2006, 03:29 PM
I recently had a lightweight JDM flywheel and exedy sports organic clutch fitted to my car so i thought i'd share the results.
I've had it for a few days now and have only just starting taking the revs a bit higher (its good to let the new clutch wear at low rpm for a few days to make sure it's even wear) and the car really revs a lot quicker now.
Driveability:
The engine revs quite smoothly and the car doesn't feel overly jerky or seem to lose speed too quickly in the lower gears. I actually prefer the way the car revs out now, it's defintiely quicker and the engine feels more responsive to more subtle changes in throttle input. The clutch took a bit of getting used to. My stock clutch was quite progressive and you could feather it a bit while reverse parking etc. the exedy unit is very bitey and i found this a bit hard to bgein with. It's probably exagerated because the clutch is so new but it is definitely more on/off than stock. I found slow take offs a fair bit harder because of this, but unlike the stock system you get a lot more feedback during engangment/disengagement.
Performance:
The clutch makes taking off briskly heaps easier, feed a decent bit of throttle as you let the clutch out and it doesnt take off it launches. The first few gears (1,2,3 and to some extent fourth) all seem to rev out noticeably quicker and although i've yet to do a 0-100km or 0-400m test at the track i can tell the car is noticeably quicker (possibly .5 of a second off the 0-100km but that's just an estimate). I think this is a very worthy performance mod, more so than a catback exhaust and easily on par with a good intake :thumbsup:
There'll be some more impresions to come as i have the car for a bit longer but if i missed anything i'm more than happy to answer questions etc. I know not to many ppl have done this mod
besides the clutch and flywheel my car also has 2 more subtle changes and ill be taking some pictures for the appearence/gallery section sometime soon.
Cliffnotes:
Clutch + flywheel = good performance mod :p
I've had it for a few days now and have only just starting taking the revs a bit higher (its good to let the new clutch wear at low rpm for a few days to make sure it's even wear) and the car really revs a lot quicker now.
Driveability:
The engine revs quite smoothly and the car doesn't feel overly jerky or seem to lose speed too quickly in the lower gears. I actually prefer the way the car revs out now, it's defintiely quicker and the engine feels more responsive to more subtle changes in throttle input. The clutch took a bit of getting used to. My stock clutch was quite progressive and you could feather it a bit while reverse parking etc. the exedy unit is very bitey and i found this a bit hard to bgein with. It's probably exagerated because the clutch is so new but it is definitely more on/off than stock. I found slow take offs a fair bit harder because of this, but unlike the stock system you get a lot more feedback during engangment/disengagement.
Performance:
The clutch makes taking off briskly heaps easier, feed a decent bit of throttle as you let the clutch out and it doesnt take off it launches. The first few gears (1,2,3 and to some extent fourth) all seem to rev out noticeably quicker and although i've yet to do a 0-100km or 0-400m test at the track i can tell the car is noticeably quicker (possibly .5 of a second off the 0-100km but that's just an estimate). I think this is a very worthy performance mod, more so than a catback exhaust and easily on par with a good intake :thumbsup:
There'll be some more impresions to come as i have the car for a bit longer but if i missed anything i'm more than happy to answer questions etc. I know not to many ppl have done this mod
besides the clutch and flywheel my car also has 2 more subtle changes and ill be taking some pictures for the appearence/gallery section sometime soon.
Cliffnotes:
Clutch + flywheel = good performance mod :p