I'm bored and can't sleep so did a lil research for ya...

At first, I thought "XTD" was just a mispelling for "Exedy" since they sound similar... come to find out, XTD is a real brand for clutches, lol (excellent marketing strategy, haha). There seems to be a ton of rumors flying around every forum talking about this clutch... the most popular stating that Exedy manufactures the pressure plates for XTD and an Exedy logo can be stamped on 'em. Not sure how true that is... especially since an exedy logo is stamped on every pressure plate involving a pull-type clutch due to their patent on the technology... at least to my knowledge. Hell, even my ACT clutch has Exedy stamped on it somewhere. Guess my point is, just cause it has an Exedy stamp doesn't mean Exedy made it. Oh, another rumor says XTD uses repainted and rebadged OEM pressure plates... and Exedy manufactures a lot of OEM clutches for many cars.

A lot of ppl report that even the 6-puck stage3 XTD clutch feels almost like stock... which is not neccessarily a good thing. Any pressure plate with a higher clamping load than stock should have a more stiff feel and require more pedal effort to operate. This again supports that maybe XTD uses OEM pressure plates... no one's really confirmed it yet.

There is a large majority of ppl from the Honda / 240 / DSM community that are reporting good success for these clutches. However, there seems to be an almost equal amount of unsatisfied customers claiming their clutches begin to slip or completely die under 7,000... some under 5,000, etc.

Oh, and the #1 reason ppl use these is because it is literally the most affordable aftermarket clutch out in the market for most cars. XTD only sells on EBay, they have no real store or online vendor. I guess they can be preceived as the Megan/SSAC of clutches. I, personally, would not trust an EBay clutch... but like I said, there are a lot of success stories with ths clutch.

If I were you, I'd keep it around as a spare in case your stocker all of a sudden dies on you... you can have the car back up 'n running in under 24hrs. No need to replace a clutch that's not dead or near the end of its life... especially since you'll be very hard pressed to get much, if any, money out of a used clutch disc.



Yeah, I'm bored.



Oh, btw, BTEC knows where its at... ACT Street Disc + ACT Xtreme Pressure Plate = the ultimate daily-driven/race clutch combo that'll hold a SHIT TON of torque... and its insanely affordable. Its just not ppl with weenie left legs.