Personally I like the design and bolt on functionality of the bbi slave cylinder less modification, less parts, and easier to return to stock if needed. I do this for a living 60-70hrs a week and that usually leaves me working on my personal cars at crazy hours of the night. In my case it's just more feasible to spend an extra few hundred dollars rather than extra time.

 

agreed - it also has amazing feel and simplifies everything. i've heard of 0 issues arising from the BBi unit.

 

I don't know what you're planning, but I plan on keeping my car for a long time. If you still have yours, let us talk in 15 years, when bbi has long since quit producing the slave cylinder and yours has gone out (or, if you've sold the car, I can chat with your successor - who,will be hating life).

That was a tad exaggerated - I actually think bbi has done a nice job with this. It is 3x the cost of the OEM conversion, tho (new mc included). And there are zero issues with the OEM conversion as well. Saying "there have been zero issues" implies that there have been with the OEM conversion.

 

Lol God bless any slave cylinder that survives 15 years especially with an aftermarket clutch

 

That's not what I was trying to say. For the slave replacements in the next couple of years, I seriously hope bbi has you covered. But they are a small company with lots of things to focus on. I assume they will still be here in 15 years - but will they still be offering parts for this?

 

If the engine is staying in the car, do the BBI one.

If you're gonna pull the engine it makes ZERO sense to use the BBI unit and not get rid of all the extra lines, etc. Not to mention one is OEM and the other is an A/M.


People here are just trying to justify the BBI setup, but I would take (and have) the OEM

 

Get yourself a metal plug from Lowe's/Home Depot to snap into the old hole where the slave was.

 

thanks for the fox news version.

but really, it's not 3x the cost if you have to tap the tranny and do a TRUE gt2 conversion. also, we're talking 100s of dollars, not 1000s...so it's more about what you're more comfortable with and your perception of simple.

talk to you in 15 years

 

how do you figure its 100's if not 1000's? i posted the prices. less than 700 for everything oem and 1100 for bbi . tapping the trans is a 12$ tap and 2 1.00$ studs. clearancing the belhousing was a 1.00$ bit from harbor freight.
the oem setup has been tested since 1999. how long has the bbi unit been tested for?

 

um, you answered your own question.

1100 - 700 = 400...that would be "100s not 1000s"...guess it wasn't clear i was speaking in price difference, my bad.

dude said bbi is 3x the cost which it's not even 2x...you said it yourself 700 vs 1100. donezo.

 

I think the key to the longevity of the bbi is in the prep of getting all the chf flushed out. Other than that I don't see why it would fail any faster than an oem slave there really is not much to it and bbi is a quality manufacturer I'm sure they're not using garbage Chinese seals.....

 

gotcha. i misunderstood what you were trying to say. of course im guessing the other post was a sarcastic exaggeration. but then 400 buys me more parts !