Type R and VTEC owners
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Well toda is on. Not took it a drive yet as i need to install a radiator (house one) 
All nice new gaskets and fasteners which made fitting go smoothly. I forgot I broke my anti CEL spacer so need to get another to stop the light coming on.
Old vs new and about half the weight so 6kg saving.
Briefly started it and at idle sounds no different from engine. Was worried the thinner pipe wall and no heat shield would make valve train noise louder.
All nice new gaskets and fasteners which made fitting go smoothly. I forgot I broke my anti CEL spacer so need to get another to stop the light coming on.
Old vs new and about half the weight so 6kg saving.
Briefly started it and at idle sounds no different from engine. Was worried the thinner pipe wall and no heat shield would make valve train noise louder.
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its early days yet tbh. nothing confirmed his end.
we have spent a few minutes browsing EP3s but he keeps talking about RX8s
someone needs to slap him.
@lordzed - that RX7 sounds like the end of all things.
mmm rx8's
How much of a job was it? e.g. Just straightforward but time consuming?
They're just so cheap they become disposable. Just drive it till it dies, keeps things consistent
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Just realised you said RX8, i was thinking RX7 and was going to say do it!
Thought you was a cool guy who liked awesome jap cars! Go get a RX7!
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Nath just buy another Supra man. Don't you like the Skyline GTR's?
Hardest bit was the lower heat shield bolt. Was straight forward other than that, I'd recently had the cat off when I changed the secondary lambda sensor so that was easy. The manifold was taken off 4 years ago for the clutch.
Buy another? The one he's got only has a dent in it.
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Oh has it? I'm sure he said it looked unlikely being back on the road because it was excessive to fix even before the suspension was mentioned?
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Strange happenings with my EP3 clutch.
Car is on 75k now so it's at "that time".
- Pedal is getting stiff/uncomfortable to use
- Sometimes it squeaks and creaks as you press it
- More strangely when the revs are high and you press the clutch you get a short high pitched squeak which is also related to pedal pressure... if you keep it in first and roll at a few mph with the clutch in and redline it the pedal tries to push back and squeaks/squeals for a split second whilst you apply more pressure?
- I get a weird rattle at 3000rpm. This aint heatshields as they've all been removed. I can understand release bearing noise but why a rattle?! Press the clutch, away it goes... does this in neutral and if you're driving, so you hear the rattle as you come down the revs for example. It's not real bad but it's enough to think hmm whats that all about. Flywheel noise?
- Mechanic says it's just the release bearing, clutch operation is fine. It doesn't slip.
- Getting a little notchy to get into gear now. 4th especially, moreso when pushing on for first to second also.
Time to change? Are these the common ep3 dead clutch traits?
Car is on 75k now so it's at "that time".
- Pedal is getting stiff/uncomfortable to use
- Sometimes it squeaks and creaks as you press it
- More strangely when the revs are high and you press the clutch you get a short high pitched squeak which is also related to pedal pressure... if you keep it in first and roll at a few mph with the clutch in and redline it the pedal tries to push back and squeaks/squeals for a split second whilst you apply more pressure?
- I get a weird rattle at 3000rpm. This aint heatshields as they've all been removed. I can understand release bearing noise but why a rattle?! Press the clutch, away it goes... does this in neutral and if you're driving, so you hear the rattle as you come down the revs for example. It's not real bad but it's enough to think hmm whats that all about. Flywheel noise?
- Mechanic says it's just the release bearing, clutch operation is fine. It doesn't slip.
- Getting a little notchy to get into gear now. 4th especially, moreso when pushing on for first to second also.
Time to change? Are these the common ep3 dead clutch traits?
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If it ain't slipping drive on.....
Squeaking and creaking when pressing the clutch pedal is a common fault and nothing serious. The other symptoms I don't know about.
My new clutch went on yesterday. Difference is night and day.
Mine was doing every single thing you described Stormster,
Now it's in, everything is going well. Makes me remember the things I love about my car.
Light clutch, precision smooth gear changes.
If you need it doing, just get it sorted. Mine was in real bad shape as the pics will show you.
Last thing you want to happen is for it to give out and leave you stranded when the weather is getting worse.
Fyi, it's not supposed to be like that
Mine was doing every single thing you described Stormster,
Now it's in, everything is going well. Makes me remember the things I love about my car.
Light clutch, precision smooth gear changes.
If you need it doing, just get it sorted. Mine was in real bad shape as the pics will show you.
Last thing you want to happen is for it to give out and leave you stranded when the weather is getting worse.
Fyi, it's not supposed to be like that
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im in the market for an early s2000 for a weekend car that is going to see some light track action over the next 2 years, do you think its worth holding out a few more months to see if the prices drop a bit? im budgeting £4500 - £5000 for the car as id like to spend some cash on brakes and tyres etc.
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Bloomin eck! Is the metal centre of that friction plate blue due to overheating Rjkoneill?!!