I'm thinking of replacing the (annoying, over-slip-requiring) 4 puck clutch in my 89 GTU with http://www.racingbeat.com/FRmazda2.htm and http://www.racingbeat.com/FRmazda2.htm, along with the throw-out bearing. Any opinions on this clutch would be welcome, can anyone give me a description of the behavior of it?

I'm pretty sure I'd find it more practical than the 4-puck clutch I have in now, seeing as my car is strictly around town driving ATM, with a few stoplight drags every now and then

 

I have never used that clutch but I bet its a decent clutch being from Racing Beat.
I replaced with a Clutchmaster stock kit and was extremely impressed. If you have no big plans for the car that would also be a much cheaper option.

Replace your Pilot Bearing and Pilot Bearing Seal in addition to the Throw Out Bearing. Kits will come with everything but the Seal.

 

There's a pretty good discussion of clutches here:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ch+replacement

 

If you are doing your clutch, don't get one that's rated for 500 HP if you don't have that much. You'll need the hammer of thor to drive your car at that rate.

 

^^^ Yes dont get something that is to aggressive... you should match the clutch to your setup... if you are running very high power than yes go big. If you go with a big horsepower clutch and are runnin pretty close to stock in my opinion you will not be very happy. It all has to do with what you plan on doin power wise.

 

Haha oh. Well there's no huge plans for the car atm, probably just an exhaust. I'll check out the Clutchmaster kit, thanks guys.

 

Check out the OEM exedy kit, with a NA you won't need anything extra.

I'de also look to invest in a 9.5# flywheel, checking Racing Beat's website for that. A lightweight flywheel seems to really make these cars rev like they should.

 

I have the racing beat clutch in my FC and it's absolutely wonderful. It's taken a lot of beatings at the track. It's endured dirty clutch kicks and launches, but it still grabs very well. My clutch probably has around 30,000 km/15,500 miles on it with about 20% track use, so it's seen a lot of situations. It's really easy to drive and forgiving.

 

L-spec, are you talking about the RB clutch that I linked?

& Jager, I was told that it has a lightweight flywheel installed & my revs are pretty good, I don't know the weight on it though. & I guess this may be the cause of my car dying when it drops revs sometime when I put the clutch in, lowered momentum and whatnot.