Customer Reviews
I was driving home and decided it was a good idea to kick the clutch in third something I normally do. but this time I broke my transmission . The only gear I had left was fourth I was an hour from home and drove back in fourth having to start at stop at lights . Made it home put in a new transmission now I’ve had the same stage one clutch on my car for 20000 miles and most of them are drifting. My car is a 1.6 that makes 270hp . Never had a problem. This picture is after 20000 milels and lots of clutch kicks.
I have a turbo weekend car, that over a few years has had less than 10k miles put on it. The clutxh never slipped, did great. However, I pulled it, and it is very work, and cracking. I've had other clutches last way longer. Flywheel is in perfect shape though.
This is pretty unusual, my personal car has well over 50k on the clutch (~250 whp). It's possible that the clutch wasn't adjusted properly, and was slightly slipping - not enough to be noticeable, but enough to generate excess heat. If our instructions are carefully followed, incorrect adjustment will be caught and fixed.
I had a flyin miata stage 1 clutch on my 2002 special edition, it was naturally aspirated. Clutch kit lasted only 8k miles until the pressure plate started to lose pressure. I just bought a 2005 mazdaspeed miata highly modified, 380whp/315lbfttq, this one has a stage 2 clutch kit. SAME EXACT PROBLEM! Pressure plate has no more pressure. Spend your money elsewhere, not worth wasting labor hours dealing with flyin miata clutch kits.
We reached out to Raza to try to figure out what was going on, but were never able to fully connect. Raza, if you'd still like to investigate this please let us know.
I�ve had a FM1 and FM2 clutch. My FM2 clutch was a tank and never had any issues in the year I had it on a 220hp Miata. I�m currently running a FM1 on a 346hp/303tq Miata. This is my daily and I do get on it everyday, a few times a day. No crazy burnouts or clutch dumps, usually rolling throttle pulls with maybe 1 gear change (2-3 or 3-4 usually)
I started to notice my clutch slipping in 4th gear. It�s intermittent and probably doesn�t slip unless it�s heated up pretty good, but I have noticed it slip a few times in the last week or two and even a very very small amount in 3rd gear. The clutch is rated to 318tq. Maybe that�s flywheel torque? I�ve got 303wtq and it�s slipping. I didn�t expect the FM1 to hold once I built the engine, so I�m not upset. Always good experiences with FM clutches. Will be going ceramic, puck clutch now, though.
I've been running this clutch in my nicely upgraded MSM (~250whp) for about 6 months. I had it installed by a local shop that specializes in Miatas, Coyote Motors in Boulder. Installation requires some precision, Coyote's install certainly contributes to the excellence of this clutch package.
Short version: I've been duly impressed with this clutch package.
What's there to say? This package beats stock in every possible way.
Engagement is smooth, predictable, consistent. Grab is excellent, and easy to manipulate under all conditions. It's easy to get silky-smooth shifts under normal driving, both upshift and downshift (assuming using heel-toe to rev-match, of course). It's easy to modulate for faster shifting, and for shifting under power. It handles the abuse of on-power shifts with surprising tolerance - even grace.
Pedal feel is light and smooth with good feedback around friction point and full engagement. It's good enough to take some of the sting out of stop-and-go traffic. If I had any criticisms, it'd be that the pedal feels subjectively too light; a little more resistance wouldn't hurt, at least for my tastes.
My old clutch was nearing end of life when I replaced it. Even so, the difference is night-and-day. I'd never, ever, consider going back.