New owner , clutch question

[heydude348]

Bought a 2000 GSr for my son. While he has never driven a stick, I grew up on them. I was told by the previous owner and I have the pics to back up the work, that the motor was rebuilt with skunk this and skunk that, etc,etc. It also has an aftermarket clutch. I am not sure what "stage" or pressure plate or etc., etc.Here's the question, while driving, mainly 1st-2nd, 2nd-3rd, the car engages hard with very little room for error. If your not dead on it will give you a good kidney shot. Could this be an adjustment in the clutch/pressure plate/ throw out bearing or can this only be corrected by changing the one of those? Or Is this just the nature of the beast?

 

[The Panch]

its a proformance clutch. id swap it for a stock or stage 2

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

Sounds like a stage 3+ clutch. Gotta swap it out with a lower one to change the intensity of the grab. Go for oem or stage 1. Don't go higher unless you race a lot.

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[NemesisCBR]

Concur. Its an aggressive clutch he put in and probably isnt even built enough to warrant that clutch. Swap to oem and it'll shift like butter. You can throw a lot of bolt ons at it and still run on a stock clutch.

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

Concur. Its an aggressive clutch he put in and probably isnt even built enough to warrant that clutch. Swap to oem and it'll shift like butter. You can throw a lot of bolt ons at it and still run on a stock clutch.

Yeah that plus having a stage 3+ clutch and not shifting slowly can destroy a stock flywheel, tranny...etc.

My teg came with a stage 3 springless clutch so it grabs hard. I purposely shift slowly so I don't damage anything...but man that thing can grab HARD. When I drive it most people in my car think it's a stock clutch because of how good I've gotten at letting off the clutch easily.

Until you get a lower stage clutch, just learn where it starts to catch, and practice letting off of it very easily. Eventually you can make it feel like shifting on an oem clutch.

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[heydude348]

How involved is changing a clutch? I have a limited knowledge of Integras and a limited knowledge of mechanics, but I do have friends.So.Is it a big undertaking?

 

[99TegLs]

not especially. you remove 16 bolts from the tranny case, 2 mounts holding the tranny, and voila, the clutch is accessed!

 

[99TegLs]

obviously there's a little more than that to it... but its a very basic 3 hour procedure