Clutch decision help

Cord

New member
My clutch blew up on me, possibly the flywheel too. I've been searching around for a little while for compatable parts for my GT-four. This is my first time getting parts for a JDM car so i've kinda defaulted to RHDjapan.com. I'm not a hardcore racer or anything, mostly just street driving but toyota can't partmatch anything for me so i need to go aftermarket. I see you guys have pretty good reviews of clutchmasters and stuff but are they compatable with RHD? if no i've narrowed it down to:

OS Giken Super Single:
http://www.rhdjapan.com/os-giken-super- ... yota-51292

or

Exedy Hyper Single:
http://www.rhdjapan.com/exedy-hyper-sin ... -gte-25977

both are pretty pricey but i'm not very good at shopping for parts haha. Any input on decent RHD compatable clutches or which of these you think would be more streetable would be much appreciated :notworthy:
 

Corey

Active member
I've been running an ORC Ogura 409 single plate which I bought from RHDjapan a few years ago.

I've now got ~30,000 km on it and still going strong, although the thin disk has me paranoid that it wont last as long as an organic disk.

It's a great clutch for city driving, very easy to manage on hills. It does rattle however when the clutch is released. It has antirattle springs which you can see around the circumference of the flywheel which help, but it's still audible in the car.

Another ORC option is the ORC 400 single plate with Organic material.

http://www.rhdjapan.com/orc-400-light-h ... -gte-57218

EDIT: Just reading that page on the Organic ORC 400... Im not sure if it comes with a light weight flywheel or not, like the 409's....




Here are some pics of my 409 clutch.

http://www.rhdjapan.com/orc-409-single- ... -gte-14512

DSC01971.JPG


DSC01980.JPG


DSC01986.JPG


0304082255small.JPG


0304082248small.JPG
 
I had an OS Giken super single in my gt4RC up until recently. Long story short, I ended up taking it out not because I wanted to, but as a process of elimination for a problem that ended up being a fatiguing master cylinder. Nothing wrong with the clutch :( a tough lesson in not taking the time to think about my course of action. I was too caught up in trying to get it fixed asap while in the middle of crazy work. Anyways, its got about 18,000km on it, used it for daily driving for one year. Great clutch, does the classic rattle like the ORC of Corey's. Its just sitting in a box now. I'm planning to sell it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Like Corey said, its a metallic disc and it seems thinner than an organic type, but its also harder than organic so it wears differently. I measured the thickness left, can't remember off hand, but I talked to the OS Giken rep for North America, and he said there's still decent life out of it, but can't really predict how long it will last due to different driving styles etc etc. Fyi. You can buy a rebuild kit for it through the rep to which includes a new flywheel and disc.

I've got a oem stock setup with stock flywheel now. I'd put the OS back in, but that requires me to drop the motor again. I'm financially not in the position to do that right now so stock it will have to be for me. When I get some time, I should post my Super Single in the for sale section.
 

Cord

New member
Ok thanks for the help so far guys. I'm leaning towards the os giken so far, the sound isn't my favorite but they seem to be good quality. My main hesitation would be how hard they make the pedal but from your reviews they seem all good.
thanks
 

krogers128

New member
i bought a stage 3 comp clutch, of course i cant drive it yet but my buddy has the same one in his 94 MR2, which btw is what i ordered from them cause those work in st205's, but it drives super smooth. and he's got a solid 350ish hp.
 
Top