A$H

I'm rebuilding my engine to a complete Toda N/A setup and are looking for a clutch to match this.

What carbon fiber or kevlar clutch would you recommend?

/Christoffer

Hockey

Huh? They make such things?

Bling for inside the drivetrain - what next!?!?

emc2

It is not carbon fiber like what you see on the body parts (hoods, trunk and whatever).

This place...RPS... has good products and though they do not list the S2000 in the product list they will make one for you for no more than what most of the other single clutch setups run. You will be looking close to if not a little more than $2000. http://www.turboclutch.com/carbon-series-begin.htm

The question is are you really going to have that much HP to really need a carbon clutch?

Hockey

$2000 = madness!!

Must be nice.

mxt_77

Not if he's using Toda parts. That means he's staying NA, and I doubt he'll see more than 260-280rwhp with an NA setup. That's less than most of the FI setups are putting down, and most of those guys are still on the stock clutch.

However, if you do make more than 260hp (dynojet HP) on an NA setup, please tell the rest of us how you did it!

emc2

Well $2k is not to bad if you need a carbon clutch but is a bit pricey if you buy it and don't need it. Carbon works better and last longer in high HP...actually high torque applications. We all know that the S is not known to be a torque monster.

jerrypeterson

If my stock clutch will hold over 300hp for 500+ clutch drops... what makes you think you'd need a $2000 clutch for 260hp?

Save your money.

Steve@Evolution

$2k is nothing for a Carbon clutch. Carbon multiplates from Tilton cost around $4000. I would guess $2000 is for single plate carbon with custom carbon insert flywheel as well. Not bad at all. My twin disc metallic from CM cost around $1500 retail, far from carbon setup.

btw...why would you need a set of carbon clutch is you are going N/A? Carbon clutch holds somewhere from 600-1200 Torque to the wheels. I doubt any N/A would need that. Work on your diff, the diff is your weakness from constant clutch drop.

simons2k

I'm assuming the carbon fiber clutch has a longer life, or is the ceramic one?

Steve@Evolution

Well, no one intented to design a carbon clutch for long life usage on mildly modified vehicles. But I would say yes, they do last longer than ceramic clutches at the expense of cost. Carbon clutches also don't expand due to heat so warping problem is solved unlike ceramic. They are also alittle easier to slip at launch than ceramic.
Remember...mulit disc clutches can be rebuildable regardless if it's carbon or ceramic. When ever the disc wears out, just buy replacement disc but first they have shim plates with the clutch so that if you measure the wear and find it out of spec, you swap shim plates. After you ran out of different shim plates, then it's time to buy new discs and repeat the process all over again. I believe the replacement carbon disc is around $250 ( dont' qoute me) a piece. You would probably need couple discs depending on the clutch.