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Location: sydney
Registered: March 2004
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how to drive a sports clutch?
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Wed, 17 November 2004 08:23
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i asked this because i've had puck brass button on both my old and current clutch and i drive it normally. like ride it a bit and take off. but someone had told me i shouldnt ride it because its not good on a sports clutch and that i should just rev it and jump the car forward and slowly roll off that. now thats very annoying driving style.
anyone can tell me if im gonna prematurely wear my clutch out by riding it? whats also got me asking is that my last clutch seems very good then all of sudden 20 000kms later it died
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Location: South Australia
Registered: July 2002
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Re: how to drive a sports clutch?
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Wed, 17 November 2004 08:37

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Can't really answer the question - I would assume that it is designed to be used in a sports fashion, ie just grip and go (no riding/slipping), but why put a button clutch on a car that you plan on driving around on the street?
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Location: Sydney
Registered: September 2004
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Re: how to drive a sports clutch?
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Wed, 17 November 2004 08:42

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When you start getting into ceramic and sports clutches they begin to move away from a streetable clutch that is designed to last years of street use, hundreds of take offs, but a sports clutch is more 'life hard - die young' because its more meant for races, and with many race application parts are designed to cot a beating for maybe 1 or 2 races, then be replaced.
A standard clutch is deisgned to take years of 'regular' take offs, by regular i mean enough slippage to break the cars inertia then to full grip. This process shouldnt take anymore than a second. The trade off is its performance, the ability to transfer bis KW's to the wheels, the clamping force and compund cant hold up to the strain of a much more powerful motor.
Because of the extra clamping force and grippier (for the want of a better word hehe) compounds, which are designed to handle bigger KW's, normal or 'street' starts become more difficult as the slippage factor previously mentioned is done away with, because who wants slippage when your in a race?
To answer your question a sports clutch is designed for sports application, and if you have installed one in a daily driver, with no serious mods, because you were told you it was 'better' than a standard, or heavy duty organic then you will just have to learn the new balance between slippage, and transferring power. Either way with a sports clutch your starts will be harder, and place more stress on driveline components as it will have less give in it. Car manufacturers spent a lot of money designing clutch components to give the best streetable performance for reliability.
Hope this helps.
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Location: sydney
Registered: March 2004
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Re: how to drive a sports clutch?
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Wed, 17 November 2004 09:02

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i didnt choose my last clutch, it was already in the car when came to australia. with my current one i really didnt choose it either. i had left my car too late and clutch was almost undrivable. friend had a suitable clutch he sold to me so i took it. i didnt really researched much and was too lazy. so if i bought a standard spec clutch will i still be able to do hard launches and not slip? the current clutch is very easy to drive, not as on/off like the last one i had but i was wondering if riding it will wear it out quicker
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: May 2002
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Re: how to drive a sports clutch?
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Wed, 17 November 2004 23:17

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You should minimise clutch slippage with a button clutch; this sort of behaviour will increase the wear of any clutch, but a button clutch is more sensitive to it. Once you get used to it though it's pretty easy to get around without slipping the clutch much at all.
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Location: Canberra
Registered: May 2002
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Re: how to drive a sports clutch?
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Thu, 18 November 2004 05:21
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More nasty than the wear on the clutch, is the wear on the flywheel & pressureplate. I was amazed the first time I pulled apart my button clutch to see how much it had eaten the flywheel And my car is not a daily driver.
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