Ok new parts: Spec Stage V race clutch/aasco flywheel

[AccordEpicenter]

Ok i installed this setup last night, its an Aasco aluminum flywheel (8lb i think) and a Spec stage 5 Full race clutch (iron 3 puck race clutch, solid hub) into the accord and its quite a different setup that i was running, much much more agressive. My old one was a stock flywheel with an exedy clutch. The exedy clutch was marginal and starting to get loose around the rivets in the hub from all the thrashing ive given it (20 k miles) and maybe 2mm of clutch material left before the rivets... it was going down. Sooooo.... heres the verdict. I really like the aluminum flywheel, you can rev quicker, revmatch and stuff easier, but the shifts dont hit as hard due to less stored energy in the flywheel... its noticeably quicker in 1st and 2nd gear too... its a nice piece (it better be for $405). I know the full race unsprung 3 puck iron clutch is a bit overkill (414lb-ft rating) for N/A this car will be boosted within the month and i didnt want to blow the stock clutch so.... we will see. When i started the car it grinded all to hell (you could hear the clutch just grinding) loud as fuck i thought i screwed somthing up... but when i re checked everything and then said well im just gonna go for it so i went out for a drive and ever shift it got a little better... its still loud taking off in 1st etc. It really isnt a great street clutch, it has a rough engagement (instant... kinda unpredictable) and it chatters (actually alot less than i expected... but still) and taking off in 1st is a challenge, you either spin the tires to oblivion or violently stall. You can speed shift with this clutch way better than a stock or stock replacement but i can feel the motor mounts squish a little from the violent clutch engagement... It takes a bit of skill to drive around town... we will see what its like when its got 500miles on it... now it only has 50. I really think the car would be alot harder to drive with a stock flywheel with this clutch... revmatching really helps... once you get going its not bad at all

[NXRacer]

i wonder if having a lot more power coming out of the motor if it'll make it harder or easeir to drive it. It sounds like you have quite the clutch there. I'd like to see how long it takes before you get really annoyed with it....

[AZmike]

The stock Honda clutch only has 3 mm of wear (9mm thick new, 6 mm thick down to the rivets) so if your old clutch still had 2 mm left it was probably only about 1/3 worn. Let us know how things are working after the break-in period.