Yeh they altered the clutch design on the 8th gen, so they won't fail prematurely like they did on the ctdi's, that isn't to say some won't as I have read stories of some that have.
But the engines can take more power, maybe the other components can't, but usually people fit uprated clutches to go with the increase in power, but theres other issues related to do that.
Perhaps speak to some tuning companies, Premier Tuning and Celtic tuning do some well known remap for the Accords.
DTEC are 9th gen.
8th gen were updated in the 2010 facelift which had all the updates including the 'upgraded' clutch. Engine still ctdi.