I'm changing out my clutch and need some advice.

It's going to be for a mild boost application and I want something streetable - ie a bit stiffer pedal feel but nothing crazy. Relatively easy modulation. No chattering / buzzing.

I've been looking at the Competition Stage 2 clutch and it's a full-face carbon kevlar friction material. Does anyone have any experience with using a kevlar clutch? I've read that these things glaze if you use it in stop-and-go traffic. Is it really as unusable as people say it is?

Other options I've looked at:
ACT HDSS reportedly has a ton of issues like buzzing / chattering etc.
SoS clutch kit is apparently even lighter pedal feel than stock - I'm not too keen on that.
Competition Stage 1 is a 6 puck - wtf? Less streetable than Stage 2 then?
Exedy only makes an OEM replacement clutch for us? Other than their really crazy stuff?

Any other suggestions?

 

What is mild boost. If your talking 300 or less, stay with the stocker and change to an ultralight flywheel. Much more than that and your need to buy based on your torque output. Most people seem to have great success with the act hd pressure plate and a stock disk up to about 400hp275tq. Past that your gonna have to sacrafice some driveability for holding power. I will say this. I'm at 400hp and I just pulled out my competition stg4 and put a new stock setup with a 11 lb flywheel back in. I'm about 1000 miles in and its holding just fine. After 15k miles on the puck clutch I couldn't take it anymore. Way to aggravating for regular street use. Now I don't track or really abuse the car, if I did I would have stayed with the other clutch as it was super strong. It really depends on your power and what your gonna do with it. If money is no object go with a multiplate clutch setup. They have good driveability but will hold massive power, but at a massive cost unfortuneately. Good luck with whatever you choose.

 

I don't plan on going past 220tq. The stock clutch with stock pressure plate will be fine then?

 

Yeah I second the stock clutch with ACT Pressure plate. I have that with 240tq/406whp. Holds great. Drives like stock. That combo is good for over 300ft lbs.

 

http://www.20squared.com/product_p/5.22.707.htm

anything less wont hold the power.



totally kidding...on a serious note i have a SOS sport clutch with the 8lb flywheel, pedal feel is lighter then stock. The whole clutch and feel is great. at first i hated it but not its broken and im loving it.

 

http://www.hardtopguy.com/store/prod...4&cat=0&page=1

that is a pretty popular setup and people are running it with boost just fine.

-Ian