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Old 09-18-2006, 03:19 AM
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Default high mileage daily drivers with a stick, clutch?

so how long has your stock clutch lasted?
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Old 09-18-2006, 04:18 AM
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37k and still going strong. Was my first 5 speed too! And i slip the heck out of it. It will last forever!
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Old 09-18-2006, 06:06 AM
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going on 45K no problems im not hard on the car though
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Old 09-18-2006, 01:25 PM
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36,000+ and still just fine with some racing and the clutch stop mod.
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:48 PM
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49,000 miles and feels fine. First time with manual transmission too. Just getting ready for new clutch and lightened flywheel.

By the way I highly recommend the S-pipe (mines megan). Prior to s pipe my header and exhaust had some rasp. All I get now is a deep growl and I must say she picks up a lot faster. I would not go as far to say I can feel the HP ......but I can feel the HP. My Tc pulls a lot quicker. Probably a combination of the header and s-pipe, both megan
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9k miles going strong ;)
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Old 09-19-2006, 06:58 PM
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28,000 hard miles and 80+ time slips.

Still feels like day 1 (super soft)
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Old 09-20-2006, 05:23 AM
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74K miles and still feels good and I drive my car hard.
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Old 09-20-2006, 09:44 AM
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the xA's and xB's are bad for premature clutch wear, going out as soon as 35-40k miles. The tC's on the other hand last a good good while.

Only at 4,000 miles myself
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Old 09-22-2006, 03:59 PM
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29500......

This is my 1st M/T

miles 0-10000 stock
miles 10000-20000 I/H/E
miles 20000-27000 Exhaust only
miles 27000-29500 TRD S/C w/ 9.5psi pully.

Still like day 1.... Not driven too hard, and I only took it to the track when it was stock.... so there hasn't been too much abuse on the clutch.

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i had 54K miles on it a few months ago. it was still running strong
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15200 and feels nice and firm. Short throw helps with that too
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27k - still going strong at 223whp.
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Old 09-23-2006, 05:31 PM
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56K and still going...
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32k and going great
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