average life expectancy of the clutch
12000 miles on mine, and it was slipping. Replaced it with an aftermarket clutch and flywheel. I got the original clutch back and it was in really bad shape, almost down to the rivets. I have driven manuals most of my life, one thing that I noticed was how much harder my stock clutch was to push in compared to other s2000's. Maybe had something to do with it, and I don't do clutch dumps, but do drive aggressively at autoX and track days.
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Originally Posted by exceltoexcel,Sep 2 2010, 10:21 PM
I've replaced the clutch every 40k miles once at 40k once at 80k and I'll be doing it again soon. I think its because I down shift to slow the car and don't rev match..
still on the stock clutch.
119k
I drive the car hard too.
Rev match, heel-toe a lot.
It's definitely not as firm as it used to be, but I have no real issues to speak of. I'll change it here sooner or later.
119k
I drive the car hard too.
Rev match, heel-toe a lot.
It's definitely not as firm as it used to be, but I have no real issues to speak of. I'll change it here sooner or later.
Originally Posted by TrboLag,Sep 2 2010, 06:28 PM
Nice bump to a 9 year old thread. There ought to be some real input on clutch life after that amount of time!
my ap1 had 67K on the odo with 3 years of autocrossing (launch at 6K), aggressive street driving and winter driven when i sold earlier this year. the clutch showed no signs of slipping and i had no doubt the clutch would have reached the 100k mark had i kept the car.
oh, and A LOT of parallel parking.






