cessblood

Same here lol. I had like 25,000 miles on the stock clutch when it blew. I think my stock clutch hold up pretty well. the stock clutch went from supercharged to turbocharged and it was holding up pretty well until three weeks ago

greddy05tc

the reason i feel they are good times is because i've only had my car boosted on the track a hand full of times. and everytime the car has had the 18's on it. before my current tires i pulled 2.2 60 foots all day long. i did with my stock tires as well. then i went from a 225 to a 235 and was able to drop a 10th off. along with 18's i always run full interior. i don't even take the sub out of the back nothing. besides its hard to do anything about it when the tires start blowing off before i even get to the 60', and then 2nd gear is useless also.

when i pulled the 2.12 60' i was running 235/45/18 dunlop street tires. i only had about 16lbs. of air in them. slipped the clutch as much as possible without actually riding it. launching from 4 grand the car would start pulling out but as soon as it was fully engaged and at wot first gear would just spin till second. once i hit second it would just keep spinning. i would have to wait for it to stop spinning before shifting to third or it would just bog. i wouldn't ever sit in the burnout box and do huge burnouts. i would just drop the clutch in first and then throw it into second and let the car spin up almost to the line without actually going past it. so the second gear burounts probably helped to contribute to the downfall of my stock clutch.

rhythmnsmoke

^^I guess 2.1 would be good for 18 inch street tires/wheels. But yeah, stock clutch won't last on any gear burnouts + boost that long.

greddy05tc

i still have yet to take the car to the track with the new clutch yet

Griever

Wow, I didn't realize turbos shortened clutch life by THIS much! How long do you think a stock clutch would last under 6psi of boost for regular daily driving and occasional racing?

enjoithis

^ agreed, im scared.. i just ordered my turbo and i have a good feeling it will be less than a month when i need a clutch.

rhythmnsmoke

Depends on what your definition of "occasional" is, and how you drive it.

Griever

Occasional would be racing it at the track maybe every 2 weeks?

JL56TC

I give it a bout 2 months

jct

43K and still going strong

06TurboCharged

my 06 TC has 111k on stock clutch. yes 111,000 miles.

Griever

^Osnap, how many miles has it been boosted?

tcengel

If you don't launch the car and feather the clutch, it will last a long time. It all depends how you drive.

kanundrum

With autocrossing and tracking and the occasional drag strip about 60k miles :D Although I did have the TRD clutch since day 1 so that may be the reason why

Syldrin

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2.1 sixty foot?...... i pull 2.3's at altitude.

rhythmnsmoke

I have to agree. MAYBE 2 months.

Syldrin

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Travis how stiff is teh stage 4?

rhythmnsmoke

Stiff as hell that it will give you a headache if you are stuck on a hill in traffic. The only reasonable soluton to that, that I have found was just to pull the ebrake up so I can rest my legs (I usually don't use the brake when sitting on a hill). I'm a clutch/gas balancer kinda driver, to keep the car sitting still on a hill, but obviously you can't really do that with a Stage 4. The engagement is low and stiff (Real Low). The stiffness is real low too, and lightens as you let out further.

Syldrin

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ugh....

rhythmnsmoke

^^at low speeds (pulling into/out of a parking lot low speeds), the combination of a Stage 4 clutch + lightweight flywheel, produces a jerkiness in the car, enough that it will cause you to push in the stiff pedal to stop the jerkin.