recommendations on new clutch kit?

[KaspenOne]

looking at clutch kits for my 96, any recommendations i found a barnett for 100 bucks kevlar plates, steels and springs then a ebc srk brand with same items for 136 any other suggestions

[yamaha_george]

Hi
Unless you are racing a seriously tuned engine a Kevlar setup is overkill= overpriced/

I have used Barnett after market for past 20 -30 years, only once had a problem by not pre-soaking the plates first for 24 Hours at a drag meet where the engine was probably giving out almost double it original HP.
Still have the "grenaded " clutch & case fragment scars on my right thigh !

[reelrazor]

OEM OEM OEM

Cheaper and better than aftermarket. They work well EVERY time.

If you need more hold than stock, add .030" washers on top of the springs.

[KaspenOne]

well the oem is 150 buck the barnett is like 125 and ebc srk is like the same price .. so just figured what was the bateer bang for buck..

[reelrazor]

Well, no.

The OEM is 9x) $6 (Friction plate-3XP-16321-00-00)...$54

5x) Springs 90501-227E0-00 @ $5 per....$25..that's $79 total;

Neither barnett or EBC supply steels in teh FZR applications. I know the description will say "friction plates, steels and springs" but if you open the FZR specific description there will be small print that tells you this.

So, if you need steels (unlikely) you only have OEM as a choice anyway.


so, apples to apples, oranges to oranges OEM saves you at least 49$

[yamaha_george]

OEM OEM OEM

Cheaper and better than aftermarket. They work well EVERY time.

If you need more hold than stock, add .030" washers on top of the springs.

RR,
yeh you are right OEM was always good but we were Barnetts Dealer and they sponsored stuff so.......................

[reelrazor]

Ohh, and Barnett DOES sell steels fro the FZR.

they are

401-90-078045. They are $9+ per(need 8x) , so add another $72 to the Barnett "clutch kit"

And, I was worng about EBC. They DO sell kits with steels....best price I see is $168.

So, OEM= 3XP-16321-00-00 Plate Friction..9x @ $6 ...................$54
131-16324-00-00 PLATE, CLUTCH (steels) 8x @ $9........$72
90501-227E0-00 SPRING, COMPRESSION 5x @ $5.........$25
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$151



That's $17 under EBC and still pretty much $50 shy of Barnett.

And, like i said before, the chances of needing steels is low unless you have seriously abused your clutch thru a couple sets of frictions

[JasonRDfan]

I love the oem clutch, I'm running stiffer springs. Man does it work nice!

[KaspenOne]

Ohh, and Barnett DOES sell steels fro the FZR.

they are

401-90-078045. They are $9+ per(need 8x) , so add another $72 to the Barnett "clutch kit"

And, I was worng about EBC. They DO sell kits with steels....best price I see is $168.

So, OEM= 3XP-16321-00-00 Plate Friction..9x @ $6 ...................$54
131-16324-00-00 PLATE, CLUTCH (steels) 8x @ $9........$72
90501-227E0-00 SPRING, COMPRESSION 5x @ $5.........$25
_________
$151



That's $17 under EBC and still pretty much $50 shy of Barnett.

And, like i said before, the chances of needing steels is low unless you have seriously abused your clutch thru a couple sets of frictions

OMG I had a heart attack! you scared me!
LOL
So if I got a EBC SRK KIT with frictions plates, steels, and springs for $118.ish is that a good price?
I went to cycle gear and price matched them with jc cycles for 139.89 but they couldnt compete with them , how ever they said they could do 148.ish. i decided to go with them becuase the girl that worked thier offered me a $20.00 off coupon if i bought more then 75 dollars of product, so im paying 118 and some change out the door!
GOOOOOD STEEEL IMO
Thanks guys, i really appricate all your help! thanks razor for the price qoutes helps me for future reference

I appriciate all the feed back, I'll try these out and if I dont like them ill go try the oem, Im a big yamaha fan but money tight and this is the best deal I could find, guess I lucked out? I just ordered my headers, next month jet kit (factory pro) !!!
Also I need some replacement hoses mine are brittle and look like they might crack through in the future any suggestions on raidator hoses? seen some on ebay silcon for about 36 bucks just was unsure of them here they are http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-FZR600R- ... 18&vxp=mtr