Moé Moé Rabu

As some of you know, I went drag racing last month and I happened to have killed my clutch. Though luckily I didn’t kill it entirely so I could still drive around normally, but just driving with a literally dead clutch was a pain. Stepping on the accelerator would result in power from the engine, but most of it not going to the wheels. So obviously I had to get it changed. Most people would just get take it to a mechanic or dealership service and get the stock one. Well not me. What I wanted was an upgrade and with me killing my clutch, it was a sign to do so, and that I have, partially.

The first thing I have to do is source the parts to get my clutch change. Luckily for me, being a part of the PGA club, there was a vast amount of information that I could read up on about what type of clutch to get but as well as where to buy such parts. GC Corp Performance Parts is actually owned by a PGA member and has a vast variety of parts to suit not just Pulsars, but a variety of Nissan vehicles. Anyway, this was the first part that I bought and I actually bought it about two weeks ago, but got lazy about making a post about it.

What I bought here is an Exedy Heavy Duty Organic clutch. Pretty much what that means is that this clutch can take a bit more punishment than the stock clutch in my car. The above pictures show the clutch plate and this is only one major part of a clutch kit.

These next pictures here is the second part of a clutch kit, and it is called the clutch disc. I won’t go into detail of how a clutch works since I really don’t know myself either, lol. But lets say that once this is in the car, it’s going to be awesome. But of course since this is an upgrade from stock and a performance part, this didn’t come cheap. $280 AU was the damage to my bank account.

Getting the clutch replaced was good and all, but getting a clutch changed isn’t exactly a easy job, not to mention an expensive one. Since the gearbox had to be removed I thought that it would also be a good idea to upgrade to this:

Now what is this you ask? Quite simple, it’s a PAR Billet Racing Flywheel (or just a lightened flywheel). What does it do? That is also simple. By replacing the stock flywheel with this I will get faster acceleration out of my car but also the added bonus of less weight in the car overall. The stock flywheel weighs at 12 kgs whilst this weighs in at only 4 kgs. Now for a bit of physics - with rotating mass, the less mass means the less amount of time it will require to spin as well as less power required. But of course the opposite occurs where less rotating mass means the quicker it will slow down.

This I also bought from GC Corp but this time I decided to head down to their shop to pick it up, but it was an opportunity to meet with Gerad, the owner of GC Corp. Top bloke he is. He showed me around the factory and showed me all the products that PAR (Precision Automation and Robotics) build such as conrods, gearsets, camshafts, etc. It was pretty awesome to see all these components that I would love to have in my car. Of course once I got this as they just finished some final touches, it was just a thing of beauty to hold. It was shiny and smooth and really, it’s a quality engineering piece of equipment. This is actually a revamped version of the original one as the original had engravings where this is a totally redesigned piece. By far this is the most expensive piece with a whopping $550 AU price tag, but rest assured, this will so be worth it once I get it all installed. I’m really eager to get it all done and test it out.

With all the parts required to get this installed all I have left is to save money to get it installed. However with some recent figure releases that has been a little difficult. My current job still isn’t giving me enough work and I managed to buy these due to a recent slip up in my pay which was beneficial to me, but I won’t disclose it here. Either way I’m really excited about getting these installed as I’ve wanted to spend money on my car rather than figures for a while. All I need is just another $300 AU to get this installed and it’ll be complete! But if you want to see this another way:

$280 (clutch kit) + $550 (lightened flywheel) + $300 (installation) = $1130 (or a SHITLOAD OF FIGURES!!!!!!!)