I've got a 1990 Prelude 2.0 si w/165,000 and as far as I know the
original clutch. I'm the second owner, bought it w/ 78,000 miles on
it. Having replaced a few clutches, I wouldn't and won't until it
starts slipping.

Cheers,
Mike Davis


r2000swler@hotmail.com (Terry) wrote in message news:<d17275c.0409240349.36ecccc9@posting.google.c om>...
> Rivergoat <goat@goathead.com> wrote in message news:<t33vk0pn20gisqcnm3fqhrctl94ok5v1j6@4ax.com>. ..
> > While talking to a friend at work over the many things I've had to do
> > to my '90 Prelude over the last year (143K miles now), it was asked
> > whether I'd done a clutch. Well, no, nothing showing a sign of wear,
> > though I'm told, "...oh, that'll be next."
> >
> > So how many miles have YOU gotten out of a clutch? (I've had the 'Lude
> > since new BTW).
>
> I have a 1985 Toyota Celica ST that had about 100K when I bought it in
> 1990. A local machanic sold it to me and he had rebuilt the engine and
> replaced the clutch. I put another 285K before the oddometer quit. I
> drove it for another 3+ years before retiring her. The body looks like
> like it has been in a war zone, but the engine, tranny and clutch are in
> great shape. I have hopes of restoring the car.
> The 1985 Celica ST has rear wheel drive, and I think, with little proof,
> that RWD vehicals are easier on the clutch the FWD.
> I drove VW bugs a lifetime ago and always got over 100K on the clutch.
> The enignes always failed before the clutch. The main weaknes for air
> cooled VW engines was number three cyl got hot air from the oil cooler
> and this was a bad idea. My last BUG is still running, the kid I sold it
> to in 1981, is no longer a kid, and still driving it. The trick was adding
> an external oil cooler.
> Terry