rps cluches

i hav an rps paddle clutch n my 180 and supra twin turbo, both are new (sub 2500 miles ish each). both clutches have 'welded' themselves to the flywheel. leaving me without gears. great.

this is without much abuse

has anyone else had the same problem?

I have my first 'problematic' RPS coming back in this week, but yet to find out the exact problem with it until its with us. Who supplied yours out of interest?

What RPS do you have ... a max street one ???

It suprises me as I have a RPS max street clutch with RPS lightened flywheel. Paul Whiffin recommended this one ... Whifbitz runs RPS clutches on 2 of their Time Attack Supra's.

i had an rps organic on my last car for about a year, 20k miles. had no probs whatsoever

rather not say. it was from a well known supplier on here. what is the reported fault with yours out of intrest?

yes it is a max street one

This is exactly what has happened to my 200SX and I have an RPS max street clutch fitted.

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=155791

Has created a bill for appx £500, I have went back to a stock nissan clutch.

hummm interesting, not that i know much but don't RPS clutch handle at least 500bhp? as that why there the more common swap on a supra

I run a RPS Stage 3, not suffered with that type of problem in a year of BPU level power & a year of big single power.

i have had my rps street max around 2 years with up to 600bhp with no problems, just changed it for the same one and there is still life in the old one

It's not a problem related to rps, as all clutches who run a metalic puck/plate will suffer from this. HKS triple plates are reported to weld themselves to the flywheels, as well. High slippage lends to high heat which lends to the two metals bonding.

Eric

Stage 1 Sport Street for 93-98 TT Supra, i have this one recently fitted my car feels ok so far and its standard tt, i hope i wont suffer this problem

Stage 1 Sport Street for 93-98 TT Supra, i have this one recently fitted my car feels ok so far and its standard tt, i hope i wont suffer this problem

Seeing as you do about 3 miles a year it's not likely to be an issue

Seeing as you do about 3 miles a year it's not likely to be an issue

Lol....

Umm interesting as im having a few dificulties with my RPS Street max finding it very hard to engage gears at times

Umm interesting as im having a few dificulties with my RPS Street max finding it very hard to engage gears at times

Get that checked out mate, I got no warning on my SX.

Getting quite nervous now - had an n/a TT swap and installed the RPS STREET MAX as is the norm ( advised) and gear selection has steadily got worse over past couple of months - im still running my 5 speed box with the original thrust bearing..

is that why they were going cheap:(, seriously does that mean all supras will be affected or only the puck type ones?

is that why they were going cheap, seriously does that mean all supras will be affected or only the puck type ones?

More than likely not, people have also stated they have no issues with them.

I bought my 200sx with an RPS max street already fitted with lightened flywheel and the previous owner said it had been in the car for about 12 months before he sold it, so that makes it appx 15 months old and car has only done 5k (ish) miles.

once i freed them off the fly, (by jerking the engine) they both work away fine again.