What's a good "first" clutch?
03-11-2003, 11:41 PM
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What's a good "first" clutch?
Study break time... 
Once the engine is back together, I'll have ~380+ at the wheels going through a totally stock A4 drivetrain with salad shooters and OEM radials. Eventually I'll swap in a T56 if I can handle working a month of 60-hour weeks at my summer job.
Anyways, what kind of clutch should I go with for this setup? As far as a shifter I know I'll probably go with a Pro 5.0 and a short stick. The car will see a little track time here and there over the summer, but will mostly be a street car.
As far as skill goes, I can granny shift and make it around town without stalling and looking like a complete rod, but other than that I suck.
...and it's back to the books for me.
Once the engine is back together, I'll have ~380+ at the wheels going through a totally stock A4 drivetrain with salad shooters and OEM radials. Eventually I'll swap in a T56 if I can handle working a month of 60-hour weeks at my summer job.
Anyways, what kind of clutch should I go with for this setup? As far as a shifter I know I'll probably go with a Pro 5.0 and a short stick. The car will see a little track time here and there over the summer, but will mostly be a street car.
As far as skill goes, I can granny shift and make it around town without stalling and looking like a complete rod, but other than that I suck.
...and it's back to the books for me.
03-11-2003, 11:52 PM
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I learned on a crappy clutch, and when I got my car now i had to get used to the clutch that i had in it. Basically what is comes down to is that inless you are going burn it up a lot learning, i would get a clutch that you would like to have later down the road b/c you are not going to want to replace it then.
03-12-2003, 12:02 AM
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Yea my stock clutch is starting to go now at 100,000miles...
I don't think i'll be anything over 300WHP anytime soon so im just looking for something that will last real strong for a couple years and not cost me like 800bux, any sugestions?
I don't think i'll be anything over 300WHP anytime soon so im just looking for something that will last real strong for a couple years and not cost me like 800bux, any sugestions?
03-12-2003, 12:10 AM
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My suggestion. When I bought my car the clutch went out on it right away. I didn't have much money so I bought a cheap clutch (OEM cluch from GM was about $1000CND at my dealer 
). Ever hear of dynapak? Any way, it only lasted about 10,000 miles of little abuse. So then I got smart and bought a SPEC stage 3 ceramic. Definatly easy to drive, maybe not as nice as stock but its very streetable. It has take a fair amount of abuse so far, so Im happy with it. Buy a good clutch now, or keep plans for a new one sometime soon in the future. BTW my car is pretty much stock. Just exhast work.
). Ever hear of dynapak? Any way, it only lasted about 10,000 miles of little abuse. So then I got smart and bought a SPEC stage 3 ceramic. Definatly easy to drive, maybe not as nice as stock but its very streetable. It has take a fair amount of abuse so far, so Im happy with it. Buy a good clutch now, or keep plans for a new one sometime soon in the future. BTW my car is pretty much stock. Just exhast work.
03-12-2003, 12:42 AM
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i got the borg warner brute power clutch for 340 it comes with everything you need. it is meant for something moe powerful than stock. it is very very easy to drive and its made by the same people who made your tranny so it shoudl be decent
03-12-2003, 09:20 AM
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Originally posted by Dr.Mudge
Stock replacement clutch works great for me. I've been running it for about 30k miles.
Stock replacement clutch works great for me. I've been running it for about 30k miles.
I've seen Valeo brand clutch sets go on Ebay for like $200 for an LT1, thats a steal IMO.
03-12-2003, 10:09 AM
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111k stock clutch is toast.. ill have my SLP one in, in about a week. if you can wait that long i can let you know how it works.. only problem is i think im getting 3.73s at the same time so i dunno how ill be able to gage the difference.. (and a pro 5.0) so well see..
03-12-2003, 10:27 AM
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I went with the SLP clutch when my stocker went out at 50K. I've had it in for a year now with 7000 miles on it, abuse it pretty hard, 30 launches on DR's from 2-4K and still holding great, no signs of slipping. I was around 300rwhp last year before the cam. Well see how it holds up this year with a little more power
03-12-2003, 01:25 PM
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Originally posted by bachehbad
so dynapak is garbage???
so dynapak is garbage???
