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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Doppelgänger
I have a 6-puck Comp. Clutch and it's not all that bad. Took me a few weeks to learn how to keep shudder to a minimum and going with stiffer engine mounts helped significantly. OP- Do yourself a flavor and get some good engine mounts when you upgrade the clutch....chances are yours are toast by now anyway.

Derp? Maybe this is why I don't really have a problem with my 6 puck? I have mazdaspeed mounts front and rear.
Old Apr 29, 2011 | 09:16 AM
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I have a brand new set of mazdaspeed mounts just waiting for an opportunity to go on. I suppose this is it huh? Those, coupled with the turnbuckle on the drivers side of the engine, should guarantee it Pretty much never moves.
Old Apr 29, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Faeflora
Derp? Maybe this is why I don't really have a problem with my 6 puck? I have mazdaspeed mounts front and rear.
Yes. I had to toss some stock/soft mounts in my car after the engine swap last year and with the 6-puck, it was pretty bad...enough shudder that the turbo was contacting the frame ever so slightly. After tossing in the Mazdaspeed MX-5 (NOT MazdaComp aka Mazdaspeed Motorsports) mounts in, almost all of it has gone away. I'm still on stock diff mounts though.
Old Apr 29, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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solid diff mounts made my 6-puck worse.
Old Apr 30, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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Leatherface has a FM S2 for sale. I may pick it up. I figure if I can at LEAST get a year out of it.. I will get to enjoy the car this summer and be in a better financial position to properly fix it this winter.

Dern missed it.

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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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I thought you guys might get a kick out of the carnage.

The back of the Pressure Plate,
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And of coarse the front,
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The clutch disc is completely devoid of friction material!
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On both sides even!
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And this... I call Harry
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Harry was collected up at the top of the clutch. There is a LOT of Harry there too!
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Notice how the fancy carbon fiber side is what failed.

and like I said before, I was slipping that clutch with ~200rwtq.
Old May 2, 2011 | 09:38 AM
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My 6-puck likes to chatter with stock engine mounts. Seems slightly better with ES poly diff bushings now, but it's probably all in my head.
Old May 2, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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So....how'd that clutch smell when ya took it out? lol
Old May 2, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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Like complete and utter ***. But then the garage already smelled like transmission fluid and burnt clutch.
Old Aug 8, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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So what'd clutch set up did you end up going with?
Old Aug 8, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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Well, unfortunately do to being unemployed at the time.. Started work last week.. I had to sell my beloved little hot rod for the low low low price of $6500...
But it got an ACT 4 puck clutch.
Old Aug 8, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by viriiguy
Well, unfortunately do to being unemployed at the time.. Started work last week.. I had to sell my beloved little hot rod for the low low low price of $6500...
But it got an ACT 4 puck clutch.
Atleast the guy who bought it had *********.
Old Aug 8, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Sorry to hear that. Would have liked to know your feed back on the 4-puck. I had one in a racecar I sold and nothing I did make it drive smoothly.
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