Clutchmasters unsprung disc fails at 4k miles, Unsprung disc on 3SGTE w/ S54 Options

[jcbass7]

This is in my progress thread, but thought more people might want to see it/hear about it since some guys have started going with unsprung discs...


The clutch failed right at the center hub rivets. It was in the car for 6 months and only had 4,000 miles on it. Properly broken in and everything. No real hard launches, some hard pulls, but no real hard launches since FWD and crazy wheel hop.

The rep at clutchmaster's said he thinks it died since I was daily driving an unsprung clutch. I can understand the logic, the clutch was made more for weekend racing and not daily driving. Still very disappointed that it happened after only 4k miles. The whole reason I bought the unsprung was because the sprung discs fail at the springs often in this set up.. When I bought the car the clutch was broken and of course it was the springs. That clutch made it 30k so its a better option than the 4k this made it.

I called them to see if I could get it replaced since it failed so soon, they sent me an sprung stage 3 or 4 disc and resurfaced my pressure plate for 220. Not too happy to be dropping more money, but there warranty is only 90 days. lame.

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This post has been edited by jcbass7: Jan 2, 2013 - 4:30 PM

[presure2]

bull****.
the mr2 guys are ALL using this exact clutch setup, lots of them daily drive theyre cars, lots of them have over 20-30k on them.
just like any clutch setup, **** is bound to happen once in a while.
ats racing sells this setup all day, and guys have great results with it, and have been for years now.