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No not yet. My clutch is still pretty decent was toying with the idea when i go stage 2 as i heard the standard clutch doesnt last long with the power
Iv got a Sachs smf kit fitted, only thing Iv noticed is theres more vibration on the clutch pedal when pressing the clutch down, and a slight clutch chatter when accerating hard from low engine speed, fades out after a couple of seconds, doesn't bother me what so ever
Hi mate I had a mk4 golf 1.8t anniversary 6 speed I used valeo kit from eurocarparts online which I think was £280.00 around that anyway smf kit fitted it and tbf it was fairly good and quiet on idle OBVS the lighter the flywheel the more rattle you will get on idle so for me it was a good kit revs were ABIT better but it all depends if you can deal with a little rattle noise on idle mate
I'm running the valeo kit on my stage 2 LCR. Running 312 ibft torque and the clutch has been fine for 9 months. You do get a slight rattle due to the flywheel being slightly lighter but this is only on idle or when labouring the engine in low rpm. Not very noticable at all.
If you look on the valeo website it says the clutch and flywheel kits for the cupra R are rated to 330 ibft torque.
If you look on the valeo website it says the clutch and flywheel kits for the cupra R are rated to 330 ibft torque.
Hi Lowry. I see this clutch kit is on offer: http://fr-rtuning-shop.co.uk/index.php?_a=product&product_id=1011 Is this the one you fitted?
Right I knew I was gonna regret saying what I said in my earlier post. Looks like the clutch is giving up already. Slipping on full chat in 3rd 4th 5th and 6th! Not happy
That's exactly what’s happening to mine. 2nd is awesome, but slipping WOT in 3rd 4th 5th 6th, not nice. 10 years old on stock clutch and after reading up for some weeks now, I believe SMF is the way to go to avoid the slipping clutch and maintaining no slipping for the long term. I have recently begun tuning my 1.8T BAM. You see, once you start to tune the car, any new clutch will feel fine to start with without slipping, but it will burn out so quickly if you drive hard, quality and rated tolerances of clutch will impact the duration before early life slipping. This is why I thought of the Sachs Performance SMF, because it will last and can handle high power, so plenty of room for tuning without the worry the clutch might not handle it.
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At least yours is the stock clutch. I changed my stock clutch earlier this year for the valeo kit because the stock one started to let go. Now the new clutch is slipping. Oh well onwards and upwards I spose
Can't remember if it was a racing clutch,, it was just a Sachs solid flywheel conversion kit, clutch and concentric bearing were all part of it!
At the bottom of the description for the clutch I posted, it says for 'motorsports use only'. If it was that one, then I'd say, yes it is a racing one. Also, they do offer two types of materials, according to Sachs, but the more grippy material apparently wears faster if using it as an everyday city car.
There is also what seems to be a lower cost option for use with quite a lot of power, but for a DMF set-up, as has been discussed here: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=411140. Perhaps going in that direction will still provide plenty of grip and being DMF, should be less noisy? It's also a more cost effective than the complete SMF i posted. I'm still unsure.
The dmf is better for car, if you can get a clutch that can handle the power using a dmf then that's what I'd go for,
Smf causes more noise, more vibration which in turn gets sent down the crankshaft, lay shaft
Smf causes more noise, more vibration which in turn gets sent down the crankshaft, lay shaft
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