Originally Posted by
SE-RMonkey 
Bro, I watched your vids and read your "Shift Technique" thread. You may gain a tenth of a second by "speed shifting", but you're loosing thoose gains by holding your shifts 'til after say 6400-6800 rpms. Max horsepower (140) in a stock DE happens at 6400 rpms, which means there's less before AND less after that. Max torque in a stock DE (132) happens at 4800 rpms which means there's less before AND less after that. You will loose power/time and possibly the race eveytime you shift after 6400-6800 rpms.
I'm not trying to bust your balls, but I think your fancy shifts at/or after redline are partially at fault for the clutch only lasting 20-25k. My grandmom used to say (yell) as she shaked her fist at the people passing her "Slow down, you'll live longer!"
And I'm the one that yells back "No way I'd rather know I lived a fun life" heh and ok, CAI / header / catback = higher rpm. If you were to shift @ 6400-6800 you would be @ 4k and I can bet money on it that you'll be slower than at redline. It all depends on how much HP your @ when your @ red line compared to what your @ when you shift into the next gear. Go look at a dyno chart of a slightly modded sr20de and you'll see that its more of a benifit to shift at the redline because for 1 less time is spent shifting and your getting more mph out of each gear and 2 the hp is higher than when you shift
When I say I drive hard, I mean that I drive hard. I launch it a bunch of times, I go into all the gears quick, everything... I.... Drive... Hard.... That's why my clutch went out. I don't baby my car like oh noes its going to break! I know stuff is going to break and I'm prepared to fix something that goes wrong with it since I have the knowledge and tools to do anything I need to my car.
Now can I get some help with which clutch to choose?
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