Southbendclutch vs. Specclutch

 Alright guys I'm looking to upgrade my stock/original clutch on my new project car and need some advice. I ran a Spec stage three on my old ride and found the pedal feel to be ****ing lame. I heard many wonderful things about southbend, too include 'free strippers with purchase', their relative stock pedal feel, and long term usage. I am looking for another stage three but wanted to get some input before I purchase... If anyone knows a good rep at Southbend please let me know. May the debate begin.
 
Old ride...
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I've heard nothing but bad things about spec, and nothing but good things about southbend clutches.

You can PM Jeff on audizine, he's who I talked to when I bought my sb stg 3. It's not installed yet so I can't tell you how it feels though.

Southbend uses better parts.  I seen way more spec clutches eating themselves to make me want to use them

not a fan of my spec.... it has zero resistance to it compared to my old clutch... i think it was an ecs

Thanks for the input guys. I sourced a stage three kit here http://www.dxdracingclutches.com/home.html but I believe it was an organic compound and I'm not sure if that is good or bad, any wisdom? Also wondering if the AWE kits -SB- are worth the $$$$$$$?

You can get that or the stg4 from kineticmotorsport.com.  The stg4 is a 6puck if you want that.  However the stg3 organic should last a bit longer

what happened to your old car, that thing is soo good looking. hopefully you didnt crash it?

i have a SB clutch, even though i love it, it slipped very bad today, which means ill probably send it back, and get a stage 3 or 4 and pay the difference, since they have a warrentee. 
 
but either way, ill stick with SB

and i have the stage 2 kevlar (TZ) from SB, i was surprised when it slipped today

Well it sounds like I will go with the stage three setup due to my future gt28rs setup. The old car was sold due too FWD... Nothing like 250 fwhp and smoking through first and second before it hooks up... STUPID
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Some day...

southbend is actually having a 10% off deal right now. just need to talk to slayerrule on audizine. i got mine from him at a sick price.

if you could wait a while tho, there's gona be a new clutch coming out soon that is equivalent to the sb stage 5 and has stock pedal pressure

Well I'm going through Kinetic for the stage three setup without the flywheel though... Southbend, but I was wondering if the OEM/stock fly would be enough? Thinking of going aluminum even though you can't resurface, any options here would be helpful????????????

i ran a spec stg 3+ and had no problems with it. i drove it very hard and did lots of launches and i cant remember it slipping

Anyone running a stage three with the stock flywheel? Need some advice on the aluminum kit or the stock unit... Help!!!!

if your in there might as well get a lwfw

just to add really nice old car cant wait to see what you do with your new one 

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ORIGINAL: Jeff

i ran a spec stg 3+ and had no problems with it. i drove it very hard and did lots of launches and i cant remember it slipping

yea, i dont havde any problems with it, i just dont like the feel. it actually works damn well

ya the feel on my exedy i think is much better. but i cant complain about the spec. i did some wicked dumps on that thing and it grabed every time

im going stage 4 once i send my stage 2 back
 
and im keeping stock flywheel

I picked up a stage three -SB- today and will post all the pics later next week when the job is done. Thanks for all the input guys.

Update of the weekend...
 
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More to follow.

i had a spec stage 3 in my mustang and literally fell apart, the pressure plate fell apart in 2 pcs

Well I got the clutch and 034 mount in today and the car rocks... Grabs nice and hard and it still has a stock feel to it, even though it is a stage 3... Southbend is by far the way to go for your 'performance' needs. I will write back in a week or so once it has broken in.

dont get a spec clutch!!!!! Never Never Never!!! they suck. I personally know of 4 different people with 4 different cars who have tried spec clutches and three of them have had significant problems to where the clutch had to be replaced again. it doesn’t seem like its a problem with the clutch but rather with quality control. i know they offer a guarantee but trust me you don’t want to replace you clutch and find out its bad and have to take it out again. its not like you can just pop it out and send it back to spec especially if you are paying someone to do the work.