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Old 25 November 2017 | 04:02 PM
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Default Limit of stock 6spd STI clutch

What's the general consensus on the torque limits of a stock 6spd clutch?
The car in question is a 2003 blobeye Spec-C. Not sure if there's any differences between model years regarding the clutch.
Old 25 November 2017 | 04:20 PM
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Based on Exedy Figures...Around 280/300 lb/ft.SJ.
Old 25 November 2017 | 05:17 PM
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Based on Exedy Figures...Around 280/300 lb/ft.SJ.
Wait are you talking at the wheels?
Because crank that's below what the car actually does stock
Old 25 November 2017 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by stonejedi
Based on Exedy Figures...Around 280/300 lb/ft.SJ.

is the stock 6 speed clutch an exedy ?
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been running over 500bhp on the stock clutch for around 2 and a half years now ,, don't launch it , but don't baby it around either
Old 26 November 2017 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by domino46
been running over 500bhp on the stock clutch for around 2 and a half years now ,, don't launch it , but don't baby it around either
My O.E 6 speed clutch was finished on just TSL 333 upgrade and my STI was 1 year old at the time I was not launching my car one bit just normal fast road driving....500+ horse power you will have to teach me that trick,Driving miss daisy comes to mind.SJ.
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Originally Posted by stonejedi
My O.E 6 speed clutch was finished on just TSL 333 upgrade and my STI was 1 year old at the time I was not launching my car one bit just normal fast road driving....500+ horse power you will have to teach me that trick,Driving miss daisy comes to mind.SJ.
no trick , don't drive it like miss daisy at all but I don't launch it, done events in it with 600bhp scoobs and Ferrari 458's so had to play keep up and never slipped once , done hill climb stuff aswell as driving around with my mates who all have high power motors so someone would know if I drove my cars like a girl lol

had plenty of scoobs over the years and always found the 6 speed clutch to be a good bit of kit and most people swap it out far to early ,,and had plenty of 400+ scoobs running it for ages just fine so I think we will just have to agree to disagree on this one
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Fair play to you dom,thats a good achievement.SJ.
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Think it may be the launches that shorten the life of the clutch.
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Originally Posted by scoobiepaul
Think it may be the launches that shorten the life of the clutch.
Yes I agree with you that aggressive launches can be a clutch breaker, but more Torque then your clutch can physically take is the usual clutch killer.SJ.
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i was running 488/460 for a couple of years on my hawk sti with a pink box clutch ! drove it hard but never really launced it much ! sold it on last year and its still ok !




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