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Well, everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion.How many miles are on your transmission?Did the tech that installed the engine follow the Acura instructions? It obviously must make a difference if Acura took the time to develop the procedure and document it in the SM.You're right - there is a huge markup on these clutches and none of them should be worth $2k+. This was way before your time on the board, but Mark Johnson from Dali Racing got into trouble for disclosing some of the markup on the SOS/RPS clutches. The NSX clutch is a bit finicky, and cars with higher mileage and some wear on critical parts (transmission ISB's, clutch fork, throwout bearing collar) only makes it worse.I hate to see someone else go down the path I did. That's why I'm trying to convince others to preventatively-replace some of these critical items (that Kaz does on his rebuilds too) when they are doing a clutch change on a higher-mileage car. It's an expensive job to replace the clutch, and you shouldn't have to settle for one that shudders until your next replacement. After living with one for about 5k miles, I personally know it really puts a damper on driving it around town.
Well, everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion.
How many miles are on your transmission?
Did the tech that installed the engine follow the Acura instructions? It obviously must make a difference if Acura took the time to develop the procedure and document it in the SM.
You're right - there is a huge markup on these clutches and none of them should be worth $2k+. This was way before your time on the board, but Mark Johnson from Dali Racing got into trouble for disclosing some of the markup on the SOS/RPS clutches.
The NSX clutch is a bit finicky, and cars with higher mileage and some wear on critical parts (transmission ISB's, clutch fork, throwout bearing collar) only makes it worse.
I hate to see someone else go down the path I did. That's why I'm trying to convince others to preventatively-replace some of these critical items (that Kaz does on his rebuilds too) when they are doing a clutch change on a higher-mileage car. It's an expensive job to replace the clutch, and you shouldn't have to settle for one that shudders until your next replacement. After living with one for about 5k miles, I personally know it really puts a damper on driving it around town.
