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Stix37867 08-29-07 12:26 AM

Can anyone confirm this clutch?
 
I bought a used "ACT Extreme SS" clutch but after getting it, it looks stockish. I really don't see any real difference between it and the old one. I did some searching through the "for sale" section to look at other pictures and it looks like, from the best i could tell, the others look the same. Now is there any identification marks on it or numbers? The only numbers i found were OE17 and something like 183000. The other one had different numbers for the first but same for the second too.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...29-07_0006.jpg
The yellow paint definetly isn't spray painted or anything like that.

MR_Rick 08-29-07 12:33 AM

I guess you will see if there is any difference when you try it out.

GARCO MOTORWORKS 08-29-07 12:47 AM

The ACT should be 40% more pressure , the diaphragm will be the differance . It could be the preload curve or the thickness .Take both plates to a clutch rebuilder and have the clamping force measured .

Stix37867 08-29-07 01:58 PM


Originally Posted by GARCO MOTORWORKS (Post 7282338)
The ACT should be 40% more pressure , the diaphragm will be the differance . It could be the preload curve or the thickness .Take both plates to a clutch rebuilder and have the clamping force measured .

Alright thanks. Hopefully i'll find one around here.

93FD3S 08-29-07 02:10 PM

^ that is a ACT pressure plate. Post a pic of the clutch disc and we can tell you more.

Stix37867 08-29-07 03:40 PM

Here's the disk...
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...29-07_1503.jpg

After doing some measuring, it does have a preload on it. I was just too tired last night to notice it.

fdeeznutz 08-29-07 03:59 PM

Looks like a stock disk.

Davin 08-29-07 04:04 PM

stock, see the four spring things? the REAL act one has 6...

Stix37867 08-29-07 04:22 PM

Isn't that what the Street/strip clutch is supposed to be?

Every place i went to says it's mated with a stock disk. Even the ACT website shows a pic of a stock disk with 4 springs...

Mahjik 08-29-07 04:31 PM


Originally Posted by Stix37867 (Post 7284332)
Isn't that what the Street/strip clutch is supposed to be?

Every place i went to says it's mated with a stock disk. Even the ACT website shows a pic of a stock disk with 4 springs...

I believe so. I have the clutch disc which came with my ACT S/S kit laying out. I'll take a look when I get home but I do believe the ACT S/S kit is just an OEM clutch disc with a stronger PP.

GoodfellaFD3S 08-29-07 04:54 PM

You bought the ACT Extreme p/p with stock disc, I saw it in the FS section. They do indeed come with a stock disc. It looks like the real deal to me.

Stix37867 08-29-07 05:01 PM

Yeah i couldn't pass up a deal like that. I was just getting paranoid.


Thanks guys for the help. God i love this forum........:rock:

fdeeznutz 08-29-07 05:14 PM

I just purchased an S/S HD ACT clutch and the disk looks nothing like that. The center section looks more substantial. The build date is 8-10-2007 on the package, I thought it might just be a new disk design. :dunno:

fdeeznutz 08-29-07 07:08 PM

The disk that came with the kit.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...z/DSC05563.jpg
Both stock and ACT disk
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...z/DSC05564.jpg

Mahjik 08-29-07 08:03 PM

3 Attachment(s)
Attached are pics of my ACT S/S:

fdeeznutz 08-29-07 09:35 PM

I e-mailed ACT to verify that it was the correct disk for the FD and it was. I sent out another today asking him if this was an improved disk, meaning not a version of the stock disk.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...z/DSC05565.jpg

Heisenberg 08-29-07 09:40 PM

It was my understanding that they used the same disk, just different pressure plates on the disk.

Mahjik 08-29-07 10:40 PM


Originally Posted by fdeeznutz (Post 7284515)
I just purchased an S/S HD ACT clutch and the disk looks nothing like that. The center section looks more substantial. The build date is 8-10-2007 on the package, I thought it might just be a new disk design. :dunno:

Are you sure you have the S/S Clutch kit and not the "Extreme Clutch" kit? The Extreme Clutch kit comes with an upgraded clutch. The S/S is an OEM or "Street Disc" as they put it.

fdeeznutz 08-29-07 11:02 PM

Yea, the part number (mz011) is the right p/p HD. I think the guy I ordered if from might have received an extreme disk, although from all of the sites I looked at, the p/n was the same between the two.

Edit: Just looked at the ACT site and it has three options for the disk. stock, modified, and performance.

Stix37867 08-30-07 12:11 AM

Act only has the shows them having the stock disk available. Now does that mean they don't make more....no. There site also doesn't show them making a sprung hub 6 puck for the FD either.

Let us know what they tell you on whether or not it's an upgraded disk or not?

fdeeznutz 08-31-07 05:41 PM

Good news from ACT.


It depends on whether or not the part you have is actually the 3000206.
In the past we the only disc that we offered for the RX7 was a stock
disc which was either a MZSD069 or 1000204 part number. Given your
description, this sounds like what you have. We then moved production of
the discs solely in-house which is when the 3000206 superceded the
1000204. As you noticed, the in-house disc is more substantial then the
stock units previously offered.

Regards,

Richard Barzaghi
Customer Service/Sponsorships

Advanced Clutch Technology, Inc.
206 East Avenue K-4
Lancaster, CA 93535
(661) 940-7555 Ext.107
http://www.advancedclutch.com/

Due to the large volume of e-mails we receive daily, PLEASE include all
previous e-mails when responding...Thank You!

Heisenberg 08-31-07 06:19 PM


Originally Posted by fdeeznutz (Post 7291981)
Good news from ACT.


It depends on whether or not the part you have is actually the 3000206.
In the past we the only disc that we offered for the RX7 was a stock
disc which was either a MZSD069 or 1000204 part number. Given your
description, this sounds like what you have. We then moved production of
the discs solely in-house which is when the 3000206 superceded the
1000204. As you noticed, the in-house disc is more substantial then the
stock units previously offered.

Regards,

Richard Barzaghi
Customer Service/Sponsorships

Advanced Clutch Technology, Inc.
206 East Avenue K-4
Lancaster, CA 93535
(661) 940-7555 Ext.107
http://www.advancedclutch.com/

Due to the large volume of e-mails we receive daily, PLEASE include all
previous e-mails when responding...Thank You!

Thats cool that they upgraded there disks. Sucks that they did it after i got mine. At the time it was the same disk, only different pressure plates to go with it.


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