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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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Just got my car back after having my SPEC Stage 3 installed. This clutch is awesome, it bites beautifully and doesn't make any noise. Shifts are smoother and firmer and it is very jumpy off the line. Definately a great clutch to upgrade to. I don't do much dragracing, I do more roadcourse stuff, and I can tell this clutch is gonna be awesome for that.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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Just got my car back after having my SPEC Stage 3 installed. This clutch is awesome, it bites beautifully and doesn't make any noise. Shifts are smoother and firmer and it is very jumpy off the line. Definately a great clutch to upgrade to. I don't do much dragracing, I do more roadcourse stuff, and I can tell this clutch is gonna be awesome for that.
No chatter at all?

Mine does barely with only 60-ish miles on it. I love it so far.
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 06:54 PM
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did you do the drill mod? and adjustable master?
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 09:13 AM
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No Chatter

Mine was almost undrivable at first

Everytime I let out from a stop, I had to look in my rearview mirror to see if anything fell off!!

It got better after the break-in, but it still seems to chatter at low RPM's

The harder I beat it, the less chatter I get, but after driving normally for a while, it comes back and I have to beat on it again just to get rid of it....

It holds and shifts great though

Enough to get sideways in 3rd and chirp 4th (depending on surface)
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 09:37 AM
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well see how mine does, going to install it in a few weeks .

what flywheel did you go with?
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 11:31 PM
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i have the 3i and it has very little chatter. have about 500 miles or so on it and it does really good. holds like a ****
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 11:22 AM
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I've got a spec stage 3 and a resurfaced flywheel. I've got some bad chatter taking off. I've only got 360 miles on it so far, and a guy in my car club said his chatter went away. Should I expect the chatter much longer?

I noticed if I give the car a little bit of hell (not much since i'm still in break in) that the chatter gets better, but it's still there.
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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I have a fairly new spec 3 and I think it rocks
I had an older spec 2 that chattered and bucked and I hated it. Uprgraded to the spec 3 and it doesn't chatter at all. It is smooth, shifts great and hold like hell. I can always find 1st and reverse - no complaints at all. I have about 1500 miles on it now.
When it starts to chatter a little - you don't have to beat on it, just get your RPMs up around 3K and S L O W L Y let the clutch out - smooths it right out!
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