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Originally Posted by joec500
I re-used my DMFW with my Horepower Freaks Stage 1 clutch without any issues and I am doing 460+ WHP and 533 WTQ. I just resurfaced it. I wanted to maintain stock driveablity as possible. No issues with here.
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That's what I did (with a HPF Stage 2 clutch) for about 15k miles. Thought I had no issues. And I'm running RB turbos on a E50 mix with 500+ WHP.
However 2 months ago the stock DMFW completely disintegrated while doing a full throttle 6th gear acceleration @ 120+ mph, and it almost destroyed my transmission and my crank shaft at the same time as well. Had to have repairs made to the gear box. The HPF Stage 2 clutch however survived. My original DMFW had about 85k miles on it when it happened.
I now run a SPEC stage 3+ clutch and a SPEC steel SMFW, and after breaking it in I can certainly say that this is what I should have done in the first place. So much easier to launch the car properly every time, and chatter isn't really anything to worry about IMO. Everyday driveability isn't really an issue either, not for me at least.
In retrospect I had way too many concerns about going for a SMFW solution in the first place, the SPEC combo really works great. Of course I have only used it for 2k miles yet, but many others have used it for a long time without issues.