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For years, we have been preaching to our customers to not get puck clutches. Even those with turbo setups were told not to do so. Ive tried to post numerous articles about it but no luck in response. Here is an article from Overboost.com that explains why puck clutches are not useful for street applications. I will add some commentary at the end.

"Why Pucks Were Meant For Hockey:

One issue rarely touched when it comes to getting your car away from the starting line in a hurry is the clutch and flywheel. Most people see it as of it works, then it is fine and thats it. They don't think about how important the clutch is to driving the car out of the hole.

How do you expect to get a car out of the hole gently with a clutch that engages like an on/off switch? There is no better way to break the tires loose than just dropping the clutch, right? Sprung center or not, after speaking to reps at ACT and Clutch Masters they both said a puck disc is not going to be very forgiving on engagement. This means the only time you should be running a puck disc, is when you absolutely need one.


When we say need one, we mean you tried a Stage 3 ACT full face organic disc and fried it not because you drive like an ***, but because you actually have too much power. We don't see that happening for 90 percent of most dual purpose cars. Don't buy a puck clutch thinking it will impress your friends. All it does is make you look like an idiot, give us someone new to make fun of on Dr. Bentrod and give the clutch techs a good chuckle." [You Need to Hook It Up Part IV, Overboost.com]

Commentary: As you guys can see, puck clutches are not that useful. Here is more info on puck clutches:

1. Wear out about 2-3x as fast as organic disc due to less surface area (10,000-15,000 miles on medim driven car)
2. Do a number on your trans mounts and not to mention are hard on gears
3. On/off like drivability. Smoothness goes right out the window

Hope someone stickies this.

 
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I don't like harsh engagements myself

 
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how many points do i need to sticky this?

 
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hey! thanks eddie, you sold me the HD00 a month back and im glad that you talked me out of the puck setup like i origionally wanted. im putting everything in this friday and hopefully posting a DIY for some of these guys.

THANKS MAN

 
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Enjoy bud, wow thats been a while.

 
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well you learn something new every day

one of my embarassing moments was when my friend let me drive his 240sx with an sr20det engine and a stage 2 clutch and a lightened flywheel i thought it would be the same as the civic but i just kept stalling in front of a bunch of people because i looked as if ive never driven a stickshif before

so yeah i cant imagine how hard it is to engage one of those clutches even a stage 3