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An area I know little to nothing about, and just want the easy button!!! I've been helping people with stuff I do know something about on here for 6 years now, so I don't feel too bad making one of those "do the work for me, I just want the easy button" posts 
So the stock clutch is... well... distinguishable from brand new at this point. I have a sneaking suspicion my wife is hard on the clutch at launch instead of the tires..... I don't know crap about clutches. I want a clutch that I can install, and never worry about again. I know that clutch mass is more important than flywheel mass, even though nobody ever says so, but I'll easily put a premium on other factors.
I want, in order of priority:
1.) Bulletproof reliability even under relatively abusive use. The stock clutch made it 62k miles. Some of them were hard miles, but still... Even so, I almost could see just doing another stock clutch, but for #2. I know some race clutches last well under hard launches, but do poorly in street use. That sounds like a bad compromise to me.
2.) To not have to change the clutch immediately if power ever suddenly happens to jumps up to say 225 ft lb / 250 hp.
3.) As minimal increase in effort/finickiness as possible. I have knee problems that usually aren't too bad most of the time, but they are rapidly getting worse as I get older.
4.) I'm not sure, but, did I mention not wanting to do the clutch replacement ever again?
So, "learn me some clutches"
Richard
So the stock clutch is... well... distinguishable from brand new at this point. I have a sneaking suspicion my wife is hard on the clutch at launch instead of the tires..... I don't know crap about clutches. I want a clutch that I can install, and never worry about again. I know that clutch mass is more important than flywheel mass, even though nobody ever says so, but I'll easily put a premium on other factors.
I want, in order of priority:
1.) Bulletproof reliability even under relatively abusive use. The stock clutch made it 62k miles. Some of them were hard miles, but still... Even so, I almost could see just doing another stock clutch, but for #2. I know some race clutches last well under hard launches, but do poorly in street use. That sounds like a bad compromise to me.
2.) To not have to change the clutch immediately if power ever suddenly happens to jumps up to say 225 ft lb / 250 hp.
3.) As minimal increase in effort/finickiness as possible. I have knee problems that usually aren't too bad most of the time, but they are rapidly getting worse as I get older.
4.) I'm not sure, but, did I mention not wanting to do the clutch replacement ever again?
So, "learn me some clutches"
Richard