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Sometime around the spring of 2005 I had gone to Englishtown, NJ to Raceway Park. I had met a kinda gentleman named Chris Jewel and he had a booth to show his new clutch company - Competition Clutches. I was a bit skepticle at first and talked to him further and he seemed to know a good bit and seemed very involved with the production line. He also addressed some issues that none of the other clutch companies seemed to be aware about. Such as the pedal pressure of some of the kits being too high to the point where the slave cylinder started to leak. I actually didn't believe it until I had seen it recently with my own eyes on a friends car (I wont mention which clutch company and clutch). Even though I didn't believe that part, I liked the way he presented his line up for me and he had an application for the S2000 which also was sprung which would put less strain on the differential. I ordered the Comp. Clutch Ironman setup which was good to hold upto 500whp of abuse. I also purchased their flywheel at the same time.

After getting the new engine in and everything, I tried the clutch out. I was in awe....the pedal was SIGNIFICANTLY softer than stock. I don't even mean a tiny bit softer but I mean I can probably press the pedal down with my pinky if I wanted to. At first I even thought something was wrong because it was so light. The car moved as I let it go but I took the gearbox off and double checked. Everything was on there correctly. The pedal feel was pretty darn smooth as well...especially for being a puck style clutch (though still on/off-ish since it is a puck style). After going to the "tuner" and making 460whp, I drove it around for a little bit but VERY hard. The clutch wouldn't budge. It held on no matter what I threw at it. There was also NO chatter from my setup as well which was what I was afraid of.

Now on my civic, it was time for a clutch change (heh...it needs a lot more than that actually) and I went back to competition clutches for one for the stock D16. Bolted it on and nothing but smiles from me. Very smooth, light engagement, no noise. After that point I decided to just go for it and sell the kits as well and not have a problem putting my name behind them. A big for competition clutches for making such great clutches that I will keep going back to them for my clutch needs.

It's a great clutch manufacturer and a great alternative to many other clutches that are out there. I think if more people switched over and used their stuff, it'd be pretty hard to go back.


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awesome...something to look into if my ACT/Comptech setup ever dies

 

I think these are a great alternative to some of the other stuff that people are buying.

 

After my leg-press of a clutch wears out you know what I'm gonna do.

 

No rattle?

Does it drive like a stock clutch (slippable with smooth engagement), like a 4 puck iron clutch, or somewhere in between?

Thanks.

Tim

 

There are various stages from that brand. Stage 1 is basically for stock cars, stage 2 for upto 300whp range, stage 3 for the upto 400whp range. I recommend the ironman for anything above that upto 500whp because the ironman does not have the stiff pressure plate or as harsh of an engagement as the puck styles.

Ironman: Pedal is soft...very soft. Softer than OEM by a good amount. The engagement is in between that of the organics and standard copper puck discs. Leaning closer to the copper puck style but really not as bad as the ACT 6-puck I once had on a car. Though for the performance of it I think it is excellent. I personally have not had any chatter with my civic nor my S2000. I wont go off to say that none of them chatter though because a large portion of that depends on the install as well as other factors.

You can check out a brief descriptions of each one on here:
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the stage 3 looks almost like the clutch masters stage 3 i was aiming for. but it looks like if there's no chatter on these, this would be the better choice.. .ive been hearing too much negative on the clutch masters.

 

Actually, the owners of Competition Clutches used to be partners at clutchmasters but I guess they had some weird ordeals in their business and they split up. The new company basically went out to fix the problems that clutchmasters products have had.

BTW, as I had stated, I have been using their clutches from years before I ever started my store. I'm not advocating their products to make me money because I had recommended them to a lot of people before. They also are not my sponsors. I could have carried any of the other clutch brands but I am a fan of these so that's why I recommend them and carry them instead of other brands.

 

After someone commenting on how they didn't like the idea of having an aluminum flywheel on the car due to possibility of breakage, I went ahead and looked at my listing for comp. clutch and found a steel flywheel on there so I went ahead and actually removed the aluminum one from my site/store.

 

I just installed one of these in my last customers car. 7psi Comptech SC with a ported head/bigger valves. CC black pressure plate, sprung 6 puck disc.

I was a little skeptical, as the pedal effort is as soft, or maybe even softer than OEM.

The bite is unbelieveable. I was able to consistently bang sencond and drift the rear end out everytime.

This is definitely my next clutch.