[s-cars] The Slippery Slope

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Wow, that's a lot better than making life excessively complicated and
using a lightweight flywheel with 2 carbon/kevlar superricearoni
clutch disks to the tune of 2000 in parts.

Whoever said Japanese cars were cheaper?


On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:21:30 -0500, Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org> wrote:
> 
> I just did the clutch on my RS2ed urS6 and for exactly the same reason,
> Mark.  There is not a thing wrong with the OEM clutch I pulled out except
> it just doesn't clamp strongly enough to handle all the extra torque.  I
> went with Centerforce and I think I'm going to be pretty happy with
> it.  Pedal effort is only very slightly elevated over the OEM clutch it at
> all.  So far I haven't ventured any 4K launches since I'm still in the
> break-in period but it feels like those won't be a problem.  ;-)  ~$380 +
> five hours labor.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 01:43 PM 11/6/2004 -0500, Mark Strangways wrote:
> 
> >Well, I am so glad I did the turbo.
> >Now I get to do the clutch.
> >
> >The latest saga results in clutch slipping at WOT at about 4200 RPM.
> >My latest event was a WOT in third on the highway that netted a lot of
> >noise from a motor doing 6000 RPM, and a car not going anywhere fast.
> >
> >So, I need a clutch... We all know what that means.
> >
> >I now look for input on what type of clutch, and who's LWFW to buy. Lets
> >those opinions fly boys, if I am in there why not put some $$$ into it.
> >On or off list is fine,
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Mark...
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> Bob
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