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.[/
I fitted my Sachs smf kit in febuary, mines feels like it slips in 5th and 6th when I plant it at low engine speed,,
Iv read a lot of posts on here with the same issue,, I was thinking if some how the traction control has something to do with, cos my new clutch with less then 3k miles on it should not be slipping, it's a 1.8 20vt auq, it's been mapped and a few other bits and bobs running at around 200bhp
Ohh, I had not read up about that as a common issue with the Sachs SMF Performance Clutch. Well, have you tried it with ESP/traction control OFF? Any difference? Although I can’t think how that would cause the clutch to slip; ESP can cut power sure, but not cause the clutch to slip.
Have you asked the supplier about it? Or perhaps the people who fit it? Although it’s doubtful, but maybe it’s faulty or not correctly fitted?
I still have not purchased my new clutch, nor have I made up my mind completely yet. I don't need the new one urgently. So I have time to decide.....for now.
Most of the time, at least from what I've read up on so far, the advice is go Single mass for best performance and least slip than a Dual mass, but to go Dual mass, for more quiet and comfortable softer OEM feel, but always remembering if you have tuned the car up a fair amount, a weaker clutch, even if new, will not last. Then again, (and I know I'm stating the obvious), but fitting and replacing another clutch so soon, is not a good investment.
Feedback from more experienced aftermarket clutch users is welcomed. Is that Sachs one I posted not an awesome clutch? Is it usual for it to slip as has been described by Lowry?