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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 10:59 PM
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Hey guys would you believe my clutch started slipping. I mean real bad if just get on fourth a little bit it starts. I dont see any oil or anything like that. It has been on the car for a year. Have you guys ever run into this? I think I just going to buy a six puck. This one is just as harsh and twice the money. It will be going up for sale real soon.

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^ wht kinda tq are you making?
Old Aug 5, 2011 | 01:33 AM
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^ wht kinda tq are you making?
Like 440 or something like that.
Old Aug 5, 2011 | 02:09 AM
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ACT/Clutchmasters hybrid FTW
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If you are going to get another clutch Look into an Exedy Twin Disk.

I'm not lying when I say it had the stock pedal feel. It was the best performance clutch I have ever used

The guy I sold it too was running a Clutch Master Twin disk also and he said it was a night and day difference between the CM and the Exedy
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^ exactly, Ive heard great things about the exedy twin disk clutches
Old Aug 5, 2011 | 02:29 PM
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I've heard of people being left with more to be desired from CM twins. At the same time, I know a handful of people using the Exedy twins and really enjoying them. Exedy FTW
Old Aug 5, 2011 | 03:03 PM
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the exedys i've seen on evo's have been nice. they are a little chatty but not annoyingly so and they don't screech on engagment.
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I already bought a six puck, twin discs or noisy as hell. Anyway it might be oil on the clutch. It is slipping too bad, unless the clutch assmbly its self is hosed up. I going to fix it and sell. The twin disc is just as harsh as a six puck with springs.
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Oops I actually said FX500 but its the 725 thats what I have.

http://www.clutchmasters.com/index.p...v_products.tpl
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how many miles on it
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Originally Posted by tom0613
how many miles on it

7,000
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