After a few hundred miles of break-in, we are happy to report the Cusco clutch ticks all our boxes nicely. It is a bit heavier than our old clutch, but still very light overall. The engagement isn’t bad but it can be grabby at stoplights. It bites hard making for great autocross launches. The resurfaced flywheel has solved our high engagement problem as well. The new throwout bearing has removed all of our clutch noises. For a pure street car, I would recommend the clutch that we removed (which I believe is an Exedy OEM replacement clutch) which was featherweight on the left leg and engaged a bit more smoothly. We never had issues with it slipping even with our sticky RE-71R tires. However, for a mixed-use car like our Cappuccino, we believe the Cusco clutch will be the better choice in the long term.
However, we are not yet done with our Cappuccino! While we were under here we replaced a few other things. We’ll be back soon to tell you all about the other driveline parts we installed to help freshen up our 30-year EA-11R.
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I love how tiny everything is.
FYI the oversize gasket is meant to be cut off after installation, just before applying sealant.
Christ on sale, are you sure you used enough silicone on that oil pan?! 🤣
There were two different layers of silicone when I went in there 2 years ago and I reeeeeeeeallly didn’t want to be removing the entire transmission a third time! It may be small but it’s a PITA!
I purchased the adjustable fly wheel tool you used. How did you get it to line up? None of the holes line up with the tool unless I am missing something incredibly simple.
I put one stud in one of the upper transmission bolt holes (I want to say passenger side top but it’s been almost 2 years since I did this so I’m not 100% sure). Other one went into one of the casting recesses. There’s only one it really fits into. Pretty sure I had the tool set at its shortest length or close to it