Transmission & Differential - time has come for clutch

well i have a 98 civic ex.. not any major mods just intake n exhuast... i need a new clutch since im going to be swapping out the motor in a year or so im not sure if i want to spend to over 400 bucks for a stage 1 clutch.. i was thinking more like gettin a oem clutch maybe the one made by exedy like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EXEDY-92-04-HONDA-CIVIC-DEL-SOL-CLUTCH-KIT-NEW-JDM-OEM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33730QQitemZ8020944 778QQrdZ1
and a act street lite flywheel....or maybe u guys could recomend another clutch let me know im really unsure about what i want



thanks

i have seemed to have good luck with the excedy clutch plates. i had a stage 1 clutch set in my ls swapped crx and hated the grabbiness and chatter when cold. currently im running a stage one disc with a comp clutch plate and have yet to experience slippage or grabbiness. i have also tried the clutchmasters systems and have had luck with them. but remember if not properly broken in your clutch can prematurly fail, slip and just plain not work properly.

ummm...how exactly do you break into a clutch?

Talk to Sam@missionspeed, he has a good deals on Exedy clutches and Fidanza flywheels.

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ummm...how exactly do you break into a clutch?


as per clutch manufacturer recomendations. my excedy called for 500 miles of low rpm easy driving in order to break it in. my act 6 puck said nothing about proper break in.


explanation from act-
T: Why is clutch break-in so important?
S: We recommend 200 to 300 miles of mellow usage for our street discs. The purpose of breaking in a clutch is to engage the disc in a controlled, consistent manner to ensure the disc, pressure plate and flywheel all make full surface contact. It's also a chance for the friction material to experience normal heat cycles

full write up-
http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/0407tur_clutch/

i hardly ever have any chatter with my Exedy stage 1. but i also installed a new flywheel, an dif you dont get the flywheeel resurfaced, then it will chatter REALLY bad. i had that problem on the b16 when i had to do an emergency clutch change with a spare 6 puck i had lying around.

my chattering prob was when its cold out, once the clutch got heated a bit it was fine. was coupled to a fidanza lw flywheel. both were purchased at the same time.

spare 6 puck i had lying around.
I guess that was next to the spare cams you have laying around? Maybe a P+P head? ITB's?

What all do you have just laying around? and are you ever gonna put any of it in your car?