CodyItaliano Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 i bought my LGT back in december. and before i bought the car, this ACT street clutch had a supposed mileage of about 5000 miles on it. so the most it should have had was about 8000 miles. by the looks of it you can obviously tell that this is bs. not to mention the car has been in the shop more than i've owned it. but none the less it needed a new clutch. which is going to be an OEM subaru clutch set. oh and when they put this clutch in, looks like they used the original throw out bearing. what morons. as you can see there are plenty of hot spots in the pressure plate friction surface. the clutch material is very worn out, looks like this would have 80000 miles of hard driving. the car only has about 54000 miles on it. but it was auto crossed and run with the local porsche club fairly often by the previous owner. so that would explain the excess clutch wear. anyways, both techs at the shop said that ACT is crap and to go with Centerforce if i wanted a real performance clutch. which i may do later on. but as of now just trying to actually be able to drive the damn thing. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/HondaBoySi87/Engine%20Stuff/DSC07537.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/HondaBoySi87/Engine%20Stuff/DSC07538.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/HondaBoySi87/Engine%20Stuff/DSC07539.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/HondaBoySi87/Engine%20Stuff/DSC07540.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/HondaBoySi87/Engine%20Stuff/DSC07541.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katers01 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 yikes. looks abused to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue GT Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I will respectfully disagree with both "techs" I have had great luck with ACT clutches in my other cars. With wear like that its deffinitly driver abuse and possibly inability to drive not the clutch itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolutions Performance Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 We put ACT clutches on a lot of high horsepower cars and don't have issues with them. In fact, we've done a ton of act clutches and never have issues with them. Just an FYI. Adam & Matt Revolutions Performance 417 E. Vermijo Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Store | Contact Info | Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyItaliano Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 yeah, i thought differently too. although centerforce offers great performance clutches. but yeah, definately didnt help that it was auto crossed frequently. oh well, at least now i will be able to drive it with more confidence of reliability once i get it back. so new clutch and flywheel to go in next week. i'll be keeping the light weight flywheel for later use if i decide to get another clutch. but for now OEM is ok since i'm going to be daily driving it and not racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I thought the OEM clutch was going to be plenty good too since I don't race or launch whatsoever........ I don't drive hard and don't slip the clutch to get the car moving at all. Never really downshifted much. and at 30,000 miles mine went. I hope yours lasts longer than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyItaliano Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 that is if i have this clutch for 30000 miles. i may get an aftermarket clutch set once i've driven the car a while. apparently clutches are a problem for a lot of subarus. almost every single person i know that had either an Impreza or Legacy has had to replace their clutch at least once. all turbo models. i'm guessing the heavy drivetrain has something to do with it plus a lot of power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy7 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Ive been at Stage 2.5 since 5000 miles, have 40000 on it now, and still stock clutch! If I do a very aggressive launch it will slip, but I can hammer it in 4th and 5th all day long and not a slip at all. Sh*t, now the old lady is gonna call and say the clutch is slipping:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyItaliano Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 ^so you may be making as much or more power than i am and are using an OEM clutch? as i see, you are driveing a spec B? does the clutch have any difference between an LGT and spec B? well i hope with the power i'm making, the OEM pieces will hold up well. i'll be asking for my light weight flywheel back because i may later want to put in a performance oriented clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy7 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Well, my full mod list -Perrin TMIC -Perrin Light Crank pulley -GT Spec headers and up-pipe -Gutted downpipe -Hawgzaust -DMH exhaust dump (for when Hawgzaust isnt loud enough!) -AEM intake -Accessport w/TDC map So, however much power that may be. Spec-B uses the same clutch as all GT's. It will slip during a hard launch on pavement with the 18's on it. It held up enough the other night to spin the tires into 4th on wet pavement, no slippage of clutch whatsoever! I just wont ask for it to go by taking it to the track though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinlsb Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 That clutch was rode hard and put away wet! "Belief does not make truth. Evidence makes truth. And belief does not make evidence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepin gt Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 correct me if im wrong but this looks like the SB2-HDSS. this was the baindaid fix for the legacy before the real ACT legacy clutch came out. It is for a 2.5rs and doesnt have the torque capacity for a turbo car. Mine lasted 8k as well. .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyItaliano Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 i dont know. hmm, that may be. i'm guessing this clutch was installed around the beginning of '06, or mid '06. well it did pretty well when i first got the car. would spin through first on grippy dry pavement and into 3rd when wet. i'll be looking into what clutch and flywheel that is. this could very well be for the 2.5 n/a. was that one smaller than for the turbo engine? if so then this is likely it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunburnNYC Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 ACT have always been good to me. The scoring on the pressure plate looks like plain abuse to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepyman Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I have ACT in both my cars, and never had a problem. But my friends RSti had a catastrophic failure with his centerforce clutch, and I've read about it else ware. I really like the idea of centerforces dual friction clutch but I just got scared away by the stories. My ACT is super easy to drive in the LGT,(not so much in the accord) got about 10-12k miles on it w/380whp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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