02TT clutch was getting bad...last night on the way home it finished...almost didnt make it. I'm in the Long Beach /OC or Pasadena area of southern Cal. Need someone good to do a clutch..at a fair price. Any suggestions...
Thanks
JB

 

Call Kevin at ultimatemotorwerks.com in the AM and he'll fedex a box to you with all the parts. Did that for me...no issues. I happened to also get a LWFW. Ask him about the flywheel....


No issues for me since then. Every little bolt is in the box. It all works first time...and it can handle more than stock power. Feels exactly like stock too.

You'll be happy.


Jeff

 

+1 (This will also be my next clutch)

 

IMO, I would recommend against a lightweight flywheel. I've heard too many problems with chatter and hill starts, with no real benefit tangible or otherwise. Stick with OEM, and if you want to upgrade, go with the GT2 set-up.

 

Dont waste your money on an OEM frankenstein clutch that costs you $3000. Trust me on this. Clutch Masters Stage 3 Full Disk and use the stock dual mass flywheel. Easy engagement, Sachs components, holds 700HP, no chatter. - http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/c...5-p-49671.html

 

Dan, the advantages of the kit being recommended by others are numerous... The faster reving of the motor with Kevin's clutch (Which Clutchmasters makes for him, and comes with an OEM LWFW ala porsche) is more than enough reason to NOT use the crap oem dual mass flywheel... Gotta go against you on this one dude!

Mike

 

Mike my lover

For most DD the chatter is annoying. So we recommend just doing a standard dual mass only if yours is hot spotted and unusable. For those on the track that want to have the motor rev out faster and reduce rotational weight, a single mass is a good idea. But you will have chatter. Now the chatter will only be when the car is in neutral. So if your on the track, who cares, but if you are at a red light or in rush hour traffic and your Bon Jovi is not loud enough, you might get annoyed.

Again support a 6speed sponsor and save some $$$. Go with the Aasco lightweight flywheel. http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/a...5-p-46731.html

 

[quote=vividracing;2285451] But you will have chatter. Now the chatter will only be when the car is in neutral..

I think that is just noise, not chatter. Chatter happens on engagement...

 

I could be wrong, I could be right

 

You're wrong on that one... Chatter is indeed what you feel/hear when letting the clutch pedal out. The "rattle" of the LWFW can be avoided by pushing the clutch pedal in. The only time I experience the noise some complain about is when the car is idling in Neutral.

Mike

 

So Mike, you and I are right

 

My LWFW doesn't and never did chatter, thankfully. But I've driven some that do. The chatter is a combination of things, I think mostly disk material composition, not so much LWFW?

 

What are the symptoms of a failing clutch? Basically, how do you know it is going out? Is it subtle or you know for sure? Thanks!

 

99.9% of the time it just starts slipping and not holding the power...you'll know it. If you smell it, it's wayyy too far gone. If it fails because of the other.1% of the time, it usually mechanical failure, very rare.

 

Why yes, Dan, Yes WE are!

Mike