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I recently (two weeks ago) had Science of Speeds new clutch offering, the Sport 275 clutch and flywheel installed. A little background, my car is a 97, and thus having the dual mass factory clutch. I daily drive it, and it gets very little track time. The stock clutch would shudder making smooth take-offs tricky and annoying, and my left leg was bigger than my right :smile:.
My stock clutch lasted 95,000 miles and was pretty tired. The stock replacement is exceptionally expensive, around 3k just for parts.
So I was looking for an aftermarket replacement, and looked at several. My front runner was the SOS sport clutch, then Chris at SOS developed a new clutch that is less expensive than even the sport clutch he currently offers, the sport 275 clutch. The main differance between the two SOS clutches was the amount of rated torque. I am not FI, and really dont plan to in the near future, so a clutch that will hold the stock torque will be fine for me. (However according to SOS the sport 275 will still be fine for moderatly boosted cars up to around 275 ft/lbs.)
My first impressions after the install: I was depressing the clutch for the first time and "holly molley!" As I pressed the pedal with the usual pressure and wham my foot smashed into the floor. I thought something was wrong, but no it was just fine. (My left leg loves it.) It revs up (and down) much faster than stock. You need to shift a little quicker with it. When I took off there was absolutly NO SHUDDERING whatsoever. Now my clutch was like honda should have done it, smooth, smooth, smooth. (I cant even make it shudder)
I have not done any "real" hard power upshifts yet, except to get on the freeway, and it grabbs very well. I have rev. matched downshifting, and it preforms as good, or better that the factory clutch. The engagement point is predictable, (and did I say smooth already?). I am interested to see how it wears over time, so we shall see.
Anyone looking for an alternate to the expensive, shuddering, left leg building OEM clutch should look into this clutch.
I am loving this clutch....every day....
I will keep this thread updated as time goes by.
My stock clutch lasted 95,000 miles and was pretty tired. The stock replacement is exceptionally expensive, around 3k just for parts.
So I was looking for an aftermarket replacement, and looked at several. My front runner was the SOS sport clutch, then Chris at SOS developed a new clutch that is less expensive than even the sport clutch he currently offers, the sport 275 clutch. The main differance between the two SOS clutches was the amount of rated torque. I am not FI, and really dont plan to in the near future, so a clutch that will hold the stock torque will be fine for me. (However according to SOS the sport 275 will still be fine for moderatly boosted cars up to around 275 ft/lbs.)
My first impressions after the install: I was depressing the clutch for the first time and "holly molley!" As I pressed the pedal with the usual pressure and wham my foot smashed into the floor. I thought something was wrong, but no it was just fine. (My left leg loves it.) It revs up (and down) much faster than stock. You need to shift a little quicker with it. When I took off there was absolutly NO SHUDDERING whatsoever. Now my clutch was like honda should have done it, smooth, smooth, smooth. (I cant even make it shudder)
I have not done any "real" hard power upshifts yet, except to get on the freeway, and it grabbs very well. I have rev. matched downshifting, and it preforms as good, or better that the factory clutch. The engagement point is predictable, (and did I say smooth already?). I am interested to see how it wears over time, so we shall see.
Anyone looking for an alternate to the expensive, shuddering, left leg building OEM clutch should look into this clutch.
I am loving this clutch....every day....
I will keep this thread updated as time goes by.