I was road-tuning my car and my oem started to slip around 10-ish psi at 3rd/4th gear. Didn't really get a chance to dyno yet so no clue what it was torque-wise.
Looking for ideas for clutch, looking to boost as far as pump gas will get me +100hp meth so I guess around 550-600 hp peak.
Need budget version. Too much in it already...

I also know ppl do heavy duty PP+oem clutch. Pros/cons? Or don't bother and go for kit?
What s with flywheel replacement? Do I need it?

Also planning on diy clutch swap. Is it doable by one person in a garage with jack stands? Any pro tips? What s worst part?

Thank you

 

Anything's possible. Will it be easy, no. How long will it take, longer. I would also guess frustration probably being the worst to cope with. I'd say grab a friend. Getting the tranny back on even with a tranny jack will probably drive ya mad. Enough on that.

if ur on a budget for a clutch might just want to lower your goal. Its not easy to change the clutch n if u fry it after a couple thousand miles your gonna pay even more so either save for the right part or do it twice, or lower ur #'s

 

For 600+hp I highly recommend the science of speed carbon on carbon twin disc. It will hold any amount of power and it will drive like stock and the pedal is soft and not hard. That's what I run. I also recommend the act pressure plate with the oem disc. This will drive like stock but with a much heavier clutch pedal but it will not hold 600hp. About 500-550whp would by around the limit.

if you want to go cheep you can get any single disc puck style clutch like the act 6 puck or the competition stage 4. They will hold 600hp with no problem but the car will drive like crap espically in stop and go traffic. Not worth it in my opinion if you drive your car on the street.

As as for doing clutch jobs on your garage floor it's really not that hard. I done at least 10 s2000 clutch jobs all on jack stands. As long as you know what your doing it's not all that bad.

 

The one for 2.5k? Oh, can't affort.
What about sos 400?

 

also any comment on act hd pp + oem clutch stiffness? How much stiffer? How does it do compared to sos 400?

 

Thank you for your recommendations! We strongly recommend against the heavy pressure plate options mentioned here. In our own eyes, we have seen thrust bearings rapidly worn and crankshafts damaged from installing heavy pedal pressure plate clutches like the ones mentioned. This seems to be especially an issue when the thrust washers are new and haven't had surface hardening from use. We recommend these clutches for heavy duty applications:

up to 325 lb/ft: https://www.scienceofspeed.com/index...nda-s2000.html
up to 400 lb/ft: https://www.scienceofspeed.com/index...0-09-1224.html
up to 700 lb/ft: https://www.scienceofspeed.com/index...0-2000-09.html

 

Hi, how does SoS 400 feel compared to OEM? Pedal stiffness? Engagement smoothness?
Thanks

 

Check out this comparison guide. We include the Exedy "OEM" for reference:
https://www.scienceofspeed.com/index...p/clutch-guide

Pedal pressure is very close to factory (approximately 10% increase). Engagement quality is very good and surprisingly similar to factory. No other clutch that handles this torque comes close to easy pedal pressure and smooth engagement - we've tried and experienced nearly everything on the market!

 

Thank you. Torque is shown for flywheel right?

 

That's correct.