5ktq Clutch upgrades? and car update...

[Eric]

-----Original Message-----
From: cody at 500tq.com

>Well after some recent headwork my cutch has given up the chost. To the best of
>my knowladge it very well may be the original and now at roughly 200,000 miles
>, so I dont really blame it for going. The thing is though, that since I'm goign
>to
>be replacing it I would like to go with something better. I contacted a few
>places, and from what I can find Centerforce is the only company that makes any
>5cyl clutch upgrades, and they only have one for the AAN motor.

At the bottom of the page on this link their is a picture of my clutch:

http://sofadog.net/4ktq/Step5.html

I am still using the JT flywheel.  This is a SPEC clutch.  I got the pressure plate from them also.  The center section of the clutch disk is Sachs, but it is segmented as you can see.

I am still running stock boost now almost a year after the swap due to lack of time to work on it.  It is amazing what a baby will do to your free time.  Even with stock boost however I have not been really nice to it.  To merge in traffic from a stop I will occationally modulate RPM with the throttle and modulate forward speed with the clutch.  This causes excessive clutch slippage for a few seconds.  I have yet to smell a thing and it launches great.  The only complaint is trying to start slowly as it is a little grabby (if that is a word), but once you are used to it you can compensate.

I was lucky and got mine for a steal from a friend who was a distributor.  It was cheaper to go with the SPEC than to buy a new Sachs turbo clutch.  I don't know what they run retail however.

They had a lot of applications however.  You might give them a call.

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Eric Sanborn
http://sofadog.net/4ktq/