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Old 12-02-2008, 02:53 PM
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Has anyone seen or heard of it? Apparently i've got it on my car, and it's used on the Nissan Cup cars, but i've been searching for about an hour now and haven't heard anything about them.

Has anyone got any info?
Old 12-03-2008, 02:41 PM
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So nobody has heard of this clutch?
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Are you sure they are ceramic? I don't know if this is same company that you are talking about..

http://www.apracing.com/info/index.a...Car+Products_1
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HHMMMMM Funny. Do you think i'm an idiot? my350 was my last resort.
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Originally Posted by Chef-J
Are you sure they are ceramic? I don't know if this is same company that you are talking about..

http://www.apracing.com/info/index.a...Car+Products_1
Yeah, i already tried AP's website, but there's nothing there. Apparently the clutch is Z specific.
I've tried e-mailing them, but i still haven't got a reply from them.
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Originally Posted by ReV2Red
Yeah, i already tried AP's website, but there's nothing there. Apparently the clutch is Z specific.
I've tried e-mailing them, but i still haven't got a reply from them.
That is very intersting.
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Originally Posted by ReV2Red
Has anyone seen or heard of it? Apparently i've got it on my car, and it's used on the Nissan Cup cars, but i've been searching for about an hour now and haven't heard anything about them.

Has anyone got any info?
Wait... WAT? You've got it on your car, but you don't know anything about it? Who installed it? Shouldn't they know something about it?
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Originally Posted by RudeG_v2.0
Wait... WAT? You've got it on your car, but you don't know anything about it? Who installed it? Shouldn't they know something about it?
I bought the car with the clutch already on it. The previous owner had it installed just before he sold it, and he says that it was an AP racing ceramic clutch. That's all i know.
All i can say is that the clutch grabs like a mother *****, and is heavy as hell. It's a nightmare in stop and go traffic.
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Awe... that explains it. Thanks. I was like... WTF??? LOL

Anyway... I've never heard of this clutch. Are you sure the previous owner isn't full of sh*t on this???

You would think such a clutch as your describing would have been mentioned in the FI forum at least a few times, unless this is a brand new product and the clutch in your car is one of the first. How long have you had the car and approx how long ago was this clutch supposed installed?
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I've had the car for a couple of months, and i was literally still breaking in the clutch when he sold it to me. He could be full of ****, but i have nothing else to go by. He told that the clutch cost him nearly 2 grand, which could be a reason why nobody has used it. Also, AP is bigger here in Europe than it is in the US (i think).
I finally got an e-mail from AP, telling me that they have forwarded my e-mail to their technical department. Let's see what they say.
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Originally Posted by ReV2Red
I've had the car for a couple of months, and i was literally still breaking in the clutch when he sold it to me. He could be full of ****, but i have nothing else to go by. He told that the clutch cost him nearly 2 grand, which could be a reason why nobody has used it. Also, AP is bigger here in Europe than it is in the US (i think).
I finally got an e-mail from AP, telling me that they have forwarded my e-mail to their technical department. Let's see what they say.
Awe... Yes, AP is bigger in Europe. Where are you located? You might have something that isn't available or common knowledge to the US market.

Let us know what AP says.
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I don't think Amuse would be happy to see you campaigning their n/a car as a HKS demo vehicle

(just being a stub)
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I know, i know. I just think amuse should have done a bit better (power wise that is)
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that car killed! screw off :P

(my favorite Z besides the Jun AWD)
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I know, i'm just fuking with you. I especially like the noise it makes!
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Update?
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I got a response from AP, and they said that they don't make a specific clutch for the 350Z, but that there skyline clutch (didn't specify which) is directly exchangeable on to the 350Z!! That was something very interesting!!
He said that it was very possible that the guy that did the install used the skyline clutch on the Z.
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That's pretty interesting. Thanks for info
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