Does anybody know how to tell when your clutch has passed or is near to its expiry date? I have done 82-83K miles and feel that the clutch is getting sloppy and starting to stick.

How much does it cost from Mazda to replace it? or does anyone know where i can get a sports clutch fitted from?

im intrested in a better clutch mine was replace 16k miles ago but i think they used a 2nd hand one as it slips every now and then

Can you get the tension checked?

A garaged checked the tension on the clutch on an old car of mine when I enquired about replacing the clutch and saved me over £200!

Mark

Aparently you can increase the tension but this will only last for a limited period of time and this creates more wear on other parts which could cost more in the long run.

Mazda want £410 to replace it and with no surprise i think VAT is added on top of that.
I found a garage that will supply and fit for £235 all in.
I also may have the option to buy a clutch for £80 and get a mate of a mate to fit it for cheap.

I have looked at www.tdi-plc.com for a performance clutch but with no success. I do not believe that there is one out there, unless it could somehow be matched up with a performance clutch from another car, but by the time this would have been found out, my clutch will be dead.

If anybody else has any ideas, please reply

Thank buggery! My Clutch is fine and so is my CAM belt. My spark plugs were loose and has caused misfiring and carbourising of my ignition leads but now its working a lot better.

I am in the process of new Magnecor ignition leads and performance spark plugs and am also de-carbourizing the engine while im at it! It's gonna run like new!!!

Clutch Brake Australia sell Exedy performance Clutches They make just about all jap cars standard clutchs.

I have one and it hasn't slipped a bit rev your car up to about 5500rpm next time you pull up next to a WRX and dump it and smoke past the competition bouncing down the road.

I just put a new exedy extreme heavy duty clutch in mine,and asked for the old 1 to be returned,and found that the 1 that was pulled out of it was an exedy aswell
I wasnt sure that if the car was made with that brand from standard or not,cause the engine only had done 95,000km,it would be highly unlikely that this is the 3rd clutch,so maybe the astina came with the exedy clutch standard :twisted:

Hallo, my clutch has died a death after only 13000 miles on it, I partially blame my heavy right foot, and swift left foot, and the garage I used to change the clutch, dodgy place, recommended by my own father!

Anyway! I've been in contact with a guy at Exedy UK for about 3 weeks, hes trying to get hold of the heavy duty (sports) clutch "MZK6547HD" from the Aussie part of Exedy (formerly Daikin). He has so far helped me create a UK code for it and going to try and import it as an official UK product soon but has mentioned that no one else has requested for it. The UK item number will be:"MZK2083HD". This is a kit that will provide more clamping force than the standard item, but has a standard 'feel' to it (similiar force when pushing down the clutch pedal). According to the guy, the organic disc is standard, but the assembly/pressure is designed to take on more torque and power that the standard issue version ("MZK6547"). Another issue though, there are two sets of clutches for our BA 323fs/Astinas/Lantis 1.5/1.8ltr (not sure about the V6), the 94-96 models had a 220mm disc, and the 96-98 had changed to the 200mm disc that I am sourcing out. All the Exedy product codes I've listed here are for the 200mm clutch items! But they also do clutch kits for the 220 cars out there. Fiasco!

I recieved an email from the man at Exedy yesterday. Hes going to finalise the price, and delivery time from Australia, but has quoted a possible £238 +VAT & DEL. I know I can get a standard item by EBC for £80, but I like my 323f to move a bit quicker than normal for a bit longer!

http://www.tdi-plc.com/ are fantastic people, I took my 323f there last week. Expensive, but very proffessional. Quoted about £200 for the clutch change, but I need to do the timing belt, servicing etc too. There is almost no limit to what they can do, but then the limit is pretty much how deep your wallet goes! It's £80/hr to go with them! ... They can re-build the entire top-end and lots of the bottom-end with TODA items for a lotta money! Hmm, TODA even makes uprated timing belts, a normal one costs about £20, TODA sells em for around £120!

I digress! Yes! Soon, an uprated clutch will exist for us!