Need a replacement clutch; which one?

[ryanMIL]

Hi All,

I've got a NA 1.6 Eunos.

Although the car is normally aspirated, it does bring out the hooligan in me; so the clutch tends to get a bit of abuse (mainly to induce slides in 2nd) and is now on it's last legs. There are some organic/stage 1 kits on mx5 parts which are out of my budget, but I know that a 1.8 clutch can be fitted if the flywheel is changed over.

I suppose what I'm basically asking is; will the standard Exedy 1.8 clutch withstand much more abuse over the equivalent 1.6 clutch? If so, is it worth the extra ~£50 or will a 1.6 clutch still put up with a lot of abuse?

[fatjon]

The MX5 clutches are pretty puny and undersized affairs. Not take much abuse so if you don't want to abuse it go for something uprated or buy a spare plate as the flywheel and cover plate don't seem to suffer much wear even when the friction plate is well past its sell buy date.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Only the 1.6. The 1.8 clutch is fine and can be fitted to the 1.6 with a flywheel swap. Mine is still running the stock Mazda 1.8 clutch (whatever it is they used, fitted in 2003 as a warranty replacement due to judder on the original) despite having well over 200bhp (242bhp currently) for nearly 10 years.