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hey all,

its come time to do the whole clutch thing, ive burnt the stock one a few times, and even though it is not slipping, it feels like crap.

so i have two options at the moment, and i am stuck with which one to go with.

1st option is the organic clutch ($350)

2nd option heavy duty ceramic button clutch ($600)

i know there is only a 300 dollar difference, but my mum is lending me 1000 to do this, which i will be paying back of course!!!!!!, so i would prefer to keep within that limit, which would mean i can get the organic clutch/flywheel/labour. for $1050 or go with the h/duty clutch for 1300.

keep in mind i will be getting a chrome moly lightened flywheel with which ever way i go.

i just wanted your opinions, and what kind of clutch you guys use, what they are like, etc

keep in mind that my R34 GT is my daily driver, so i need the give in the clutch, i am not afraid to drive the car hard, but tend to drive like a granny a majority of the time :D as she is also my weekend show car .

so what do u think? please help! as i cant make up my mind!!!

s

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no brainer really... just go with the organic.

with the flywheel that's already going to hinder daily driving, the button will be a bitch - along with the fact that if you're not doing track work and pushing large amounts of power - not to mention you're in your budget range.

just to put a bit of perspective, i use a stock GTR clutch - has served me fine for over 10 skidpan days, 5+ track days (this year) plus daily driving.

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Yip.. as above, button clutches are a B***H in traffic.. and very on/off. It makes for very uncomfortable driving and very unsmooth.

Unless your planning for a REAL big power increase in the future. Dont bother. It will be FAR too much pain for what its woth. Especially if your coupling with a lightened flywheel. How light? I know below a certain weight, lightened flywheels are quite hard to get off the line quickly. Couple this with a brass button and you setting yourself up for high blood pressure.

I have an exedy clutch.. its AWESOME!.. Dumped it a few times with absolutely no slippage. Theres a good feel. Not heavy at all but enough to know when its in or out. I baught mine for ~$280 for the full package of pressure plate, clutch plate and bearing.

Please keep us posted. Im curious how a lightened flywheel stacks up to a stock one.

Just a tip. Theres a bloke in America selling lightened flywheel with postage for about AUD$300.. Not too bad really..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Billet-Stee...sspagenameZWDVW

Hope it helps

how much did the stock gtr clutch cost you?

$100, mate was upgrading.

I have an exedy clutch.. its AWESOME!.. Dumped it a few times with absolutely no slippage.

Just a tip. Theres a bloke in America selling lightened flywheel with postage for about AUD$300.. Not too bad really..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Billet-Stee...sspagenameZWDVW

i've heard of people who are happy with exedys and others who aren't it seems 50/50 though - so i suspect it's more to do with installation than anything. i'd definitely give it a go.

$300 is too exxy for a 5.2kg flywheel, considering the freight costs to send it over here. you can pick up a chrome molly or a billet one from any of the local (or interstate) performance shops for about the same - you'll win on freight though.

i'll be chasing a 4.8kg one in a few months time - fingers crossed, and possibly get jim berry to build be a clutch suited to it. either way, i still don't see the point of a lightened flywheel unless it's for some form of motorsport.

the lightened flywheel is about 5 something kg's. nearly half of the weight of a stock flywheel.

because i will be doing the go to whoa again when it comes up, you need to get a really good launch of the line, so i figured, why not!

it will be interesting to see what happens with the flywheel, i do know that the revs will have to be increased a little to make it easier for general driving, so the car dosent stall at the lights.

i should hopefully be getting it done in the next couple of weeks, so i will let you all know what the end result is :wave:

another vote for organic (thats the way i went) an exedy rb25det organic will happily handle anything you'll throw at it

but mainly because, you said you wanted a bit of give, meaning you want to slip/ride it on occasion??? for smooth take offs etc you need to ride clutches, if you got something like a button, if you were to ride it, they shred really easily (since theres not much friction area) so for smooth daily driving it possibly wouldn't last too long at all. A button would more be suited to a track/drift/high powered car.

ill be going with an Xtreme Clutch and not Exedy, as i have found that Exedy are a fair amount more than the Xtreme Clutches (as in 200-300 more, and thats for an organic clutch too).

and i did ride the clutch a little bit at gazzanats during the go to whoa, and it held up ok (i had burnt the clutch before gazzanats, and was worried that it was gonna shite it self on me...........but took the risk neways LOL)

Skit did you do the flywheel when u did your clutch at all???

has anyone put in a lightened flywheel???

You really do not need a lightened flywheel. For a street car, the stock flywheel is better.

Get onto Kudos Motorsport for an Exedy clutch. From my experience, Exedy shit all over Extreme for drivability.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ge...ts-t114619.html

You may have to PM him as I cant spot anything for R34 in there :(

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has anyone put in a lightened flywheel???

I know this is a bit of an old thread, but I've finially got my $h*t together and had my new organic clutch and 4.8kg flywheel installed. I haven't noticed any adverse effects to driveability, it's a dream to drive now and so much more responsive in the low gears, although I don't know if I'm imagining things but there seems to be a flat spot higher up in the rev range. Anyway can't wait to get it onto the track and give it a real good work out. :blink:

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