fm clutch failure

[urban]

Yeah i abuse the clutch. What.
Originally i had an act extreme. it seemed to hold up well,but was very much done
.i replaced it with a used fm stage 2 in very good shape. after 6 months .
this.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/urbanofsocal/2011-12-23140118.jpg

ive never seen this before.
what is the specific cause of this? Clutch kicks at 15psi ?
it happened while running in the mountain, generally alot nicer then at the track

Also.
who makes fm's clutch.?

[Soledad]

Wow. Nice. I don't know what to tell you about that. Perhaps a call to Keith at FM may be in order?

[Phatmiata]

Never seen that before, however when it comes to something like a clutch im kinda leery on installing a previously used one unless I know the owners car it came from. Not sure who makes the one for FM, but I had an ACT clutch in my last miata and it would bite down like a pitbull on crack, I would get yourself another ACT if you do a lot of track racing.

[kung fu jesus]

what color is the PP, leonard?

[recklessabandon]

i agree, i'm all about the ACT clutch. i had one back in the piston engine, and it was amazing for drifting and racing. then when i got rid of the engine, i sold it and the guy who bought it is still running that clutch today. that was probably 2004-2005ish.
in the rotary i run a 6puck ACT and its been great despite the abuse it receives.

[urban]

The pp is purple.
i couldnt afford an act this time. Or couldnt wait to locate one. however i do believe thats the only clutch that will take the abuse without crying.
Unfortunately, i had to install a gripforce 6 puck sprung.
the cheaper clutch does have 6 smaller springs,which i think will distrubute the madness more evenly. i feel the large springs that broke the cap were to heavy.
Im hoping this last about 20 events and maybe 3/4k miles till the end of the year.

[Flyineunos]

ACT clutches are made by Exedy...ACT dosent even remove the Exedy stamp on them, they just repackage them....just buy exedy.

[urban]

Exedy doesnt offer anything with a high enough torque rating

[Caoboy]

Leonard, are you using a 1.6 or a 1.8 clutch?

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Perhaps the heat exposed a weakness in the metal? I've never seen one fail in that manner either.

Another nod for ACT set-ups. That's what we run.