Learned to drive stick on my Oct '07-build R56S, usually fairly spirited driving (but rarely boy-racer), with lots of downshifting instead of using brakes. 63,500 miles and no transmission issues (though the engine needed a new short block at 62,500...)

 

^^^ I'm hoping that one was covered under warranty.

 

Stage 2.5 SPEC Clutch and pressure plate are going in today. I'll let you know how it is once i break it in

 

Warranty is only 50k...I hope so too but idk

 

Yes, although I didn't have the extended warranty, MINI agreed to pay for a new short block; I just had to pay the dealer $2200 (including tax) for installation and now have a 2 yr warranty on the new engine. I think MINI's willingness to provide the remanufactured short block shows admission to a faulty original engine, based on problems I'd reported under warranty (cold start/death rattle, excessive oil burn, loss of pep.)

Now that I think about it, I did notice a loss of power accelerating in 2nd & 3rd gears last night on my home - hope that's not the start of gear slippage... (63,500 miles)

 

My stage 2.5 clutch and pressure plate are in. Stage 2 flywheel side, stage 3 pp side.
Flywheel was cut down, lost a few pounds off of it.

Clutch feels great. Must better grab than stock, lower grab point, smooth engagement (which surprised me) and a very light pedal feel (Also surprising, didnt like it at first but within 50 miles i was loving it)

WORD TO THE WISE:::::
Change your rear main seal when you do a clutch. Mine just went in for a rear main seal 2 days after the clutch and has to be taken apart all over again now.

 

Dec 08 picked up, 60k miles, so far so good. Disregarding the leaky transmission seal at 1k miles that was fixed.

 

07' R56
1st Clutch- 10k miles total on it
2nd Clutch- 20k miles total on it
3rd Clutch- 15k miles so far lets see how long this one last...
Got to love it

 

48K and all is fine here.

 

Just turned over 60k yesterday and clutch is still working great on my 2007 MCS.

 

2008 -16k miles
So far so good.

 

Around 50K miles on my Cooper and no problems. I get a bit of clutch slip occasionally just heading out of the driveway but it clears up almost immediately - been doing it for ages now with no worsening.

 

Getting a new OS giken clutch. I started getting a little slipage and it is starting to get worse.

 

2010 MCS 11,500 K and runs like new. The only vehicle I had to replace the clutch in was my 1975 Chevy Blazer rock crawler. I lasted 3 engines. It should never need to be redone if it is not abused.