I understand this depends on the way the car is being driven, but how long does the cluth last is both cases... driving it normal and drivening it hard (releasing cluth quickly, burning cluth etc...)?

 

I can say firsthand that if you abuse it, it does not last long. A lot of people here switch the ACT Street/Strip clutch. IT's a little stronger and does not reuire much more pedal force to operate. In my experience it has lasted me longer.

 

The previous owner of my car did a lot of autox'ing, which isn't terribly hard on the clutch, yet he toasted two stock clutches in 40k. He switched to the ACT S/S and it's been on the car for 25k and has plenty of life left. The stock clutch just doesn't last long on anything beyond tame street driving.

Dave

 

I probably will get flame for saying this...my 1994 FD is still on its stock clutch and still holding up really good considering the mods. 53K miles BTW. Of course first 12 yrs the car was driven by my little brother (he isn't like me when come to car).

Have a ACT SS / SR flywheel on standby. It will get installed along with Bonez hi flow cat, 550/1200cc injectors, supra fuel pump.

 

I'm at about 85k now with all records from original purchase to last week. I have no records of a clutch replacement, and I've had zero issues. And it's not because I don't recognize symptoms, being that my last TII burned out most of the tranny on the 120 mile drive home (previous owner neglected to tell me there were merely DROPS of fluid in the tranny).

 

Im at 126,XXX on the chasis and drivetrain, and my clutch is still holdin! lol...5th gear sync just went out though

 

About 60K miles for normal street and some spirited driving.

 

Mine went out as soon as I started auto xing. I think the official demise mileage was 59K. I switched to ACT. Grabs harder, but not too much harder. I also changed the slave line to a stainless one. Does launching on slicks put that much more stress on the clutch? My first event on V710s destroyed the stock one. My buddy's Miata has about toasted his since he swtiched to V710s, also.

 

Do you have a lisp?

 

Is there a way to check how much clutch you have left?

 

No, not really. You can get a look at the pressure plate thru the bellhousing covers, but I don't think you can actually see any of the disc underneath.

And pulling the clutch to inspect the thickness would be silly unless you have a full replacement ready to go in when you find it's wearing out.

Dave

 

You kind of just feel it when it starts slipping. Depending on how bad it is, you change it.

 

Mine was about 86k on some what normal driving.