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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Dont know the after market much. What's a bronze clutch?
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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A bronze or puck clutch disc is a racing clutch. Harsh engagement, difficult to feather and chews up flywheels and pressure plates before it will slip. Great for drag launches, poor for daily street driving. If you want a balance in between an organic and bronze, look into a ceramic/kevlar disc. Near stock engagement and much better holding power when compared to a puck disc. I believe ReSpeed sells them.
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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A bronze or puck clutch disc is a racing clutch. Harsh engagement, difficult to feather and chews up flywheels and pressure plates before it will slip. Great for drag launches, poor for daily street driving. If you want a balance in between an organic and bronze, look into a ceramic/kevlar disc. Near stock engagement and much better holding power when compared to a puck disc. I believe ReSpeed sells them.
That helps me decide not to bid on an RX7 on ebay. I want smooth engagement and a light pedal feel, due to ankle and back problems. I always liked the pedal feel of my stock GSL SEs and the others I test drove.
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 09:54 AM
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A good street/strip clutch package with an organic disc should do you fine, I have a ceramic disc with an upgraded pressure plate in the widebody. Pedal feel and engagement point are very close to stock. Pressure plate clamping is 30% over stock, iirc.
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