I'm wondering if one can generalize on about how long a typical S2000 clutch lasts? I know it would vary a good bit depending on how the car was used but I'm wondering at what point the typical street car needs to have its clutch replaced?

Thanks so much!


dave

 

Based on browsing around Craigslist, 75-125K seemed the be the average range an S2K's would get their second clutch. It's really hard to generalize though and possibly not all of them wore out (modded, was easy to replace clutch due to other repairs, etc). Though 400 miles of a road trip is easily less clutch wear than 10 miles in stop-and-go. That's what makes estimation so hard. City driving can involve plenty of cruising or tons of accel/decel

 

A properly driven vehicle should get you at least 100k miles on the clutch. Many have been abused or incorrectly driven and we've seen them fail as early as 12k miles. Of course many have gone beyond 100k miles but I'd use that as an average give or take. After that it doesn't owe you a dime

 

Mine is at 140k. Normal use 50/50 city and highway. I like to do a 9k run at least once every trip. Still going strong despite a bit of clutch buzz.

 

You are right, a huge difference in life span with different driving. I recently did transmission work and decided to order a new friction disk since I would have the opportunity to do the clutch... waste of money, the nine year old FD with over 50K miles was only 1mm thinner than the brand new disk. It would have been good for the life of the car.

 

I agree - average is hard to define. I'm currently at 302,000 miles on the original clutch with mostly highway driving.

Using the clutch properly helps too. High RPM launches, feathering the clutch (really slow grab) and slow uphill launches significantly increase wear.

 

I got about 100,000 miles on the clutch, and so far it's still good...

 

That is awesome . Slalom I think you will end up having one of the longest running s2000's of all time. Maybe Honda will buy you a new car when you get to 1 million miles

When I was part of the SRT4 group one member burned out his clutch on his brand new car the first day that he owned it, less than 200 miles, lol. It surely wasn't the car's fault.

 

Thanks so much for the replies - this give me a rough idea and is very helpful.

All the best,

dave