couple things:
I meant racing on the track.
I said "even when not slamming" in my previous comment.
LOL, VTECH is a phone! oversight on my part.

When you shift near redline (while already going fast) do you drop the clutch at all?

 

It all comes down to timing. If you get on the gas before the clutch is fully disengaged, you're going to burn the clutch form slippage - if you learn to time your pedal movements correctly (for the car, not saying those who have CDV problems are bad drivers), you shouldn't have a problem - this is why some people have the CDV problems and other don't.

Personally, when I first got the car, I had a lot of problems with the CDV - including hitting the rev limiter through 4th and 5th while the - the revs would just shoot up and I wouldn't be gaining any speed at all. Redline in 5th going 70 - right...

Granted, this was when doing some 3rd-4th gear pulls on the highway against a buddy in his AP1. I thought I broke something, because the car just smelt horrible - come to find out it was just unburned fuel burning in my cat.

I've since learned to time my shifts better, and the problem has been eliminated.

 

did the CDV mod on my 04 and its definitely worth it.. only roadblock you might run into is getting that stupid clip out of the slave cylinder.. took a bit, but I eventually got it out..

 

I friend of mine didnt want to take his out and he blew his clutch out in 42k miles. if you drive your car hard the CDV will ruin your clutch

 

if you dont know whether or not your car has a CDV, then you dont need to replace it

 

it wont make the actual tranny shift quicker, but lets the clutch grab quicker when letting off the clutch pedal.

i did this mod, its awesome. i took the cdv out of my 08 slave cylinder. FREE MOD!!! cant go wrong. its just a pain in the ass to get the ring clip out to take the valve out. but definatley worth the heassle for a free upgrade, IMO

its not a necessary mod but feels so much better than stock, feels like a whole new clutch, im so glad i did it and dont know why honda would try to ruin the new cars just so ladies can drive them easily, lol

 

I haven't been driven to do this mod yet but you can't slam they guys who do it. It is a mechanism that slightly insulates the car's response. Taken to an extreme, why not drive an automatic tranny? So I get the point and value. If you want a raw sports car then you don't want the CDV.

 

This was the first mod I did to my car. Makes a big difference at high RPM shifts, otherwise I don't notice much difference.