[s-cars] Subject:

[Robert Myers]

For about the same price (<$400) you can also get a Centerforce 
clutch which, as far as my osteoarthritic knee is concerned, is 
identical in feel to the OEM clutch and which grabs better than stock 
and holds up well to RS2 level power.  This is a very viable option 
to the OEM clutch, IMO.

Bob

At 09:27 AM 5/8/2007, Ivan Demkovitch wrote:
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>Chuck, for your car stock clutch will be just fine. I used Sachs 
>heavy duty on mine and it works excellent.
>Clutch already on a heavy side in our Audis. I wouldn't do any 
>stronger pressure plates just because it's daily driver and there is 
>no point to destroy my knee over it :) Sachs is $370 at authausaz right now.
>
>Labor price sounds pretty good but I suspect it's because of high 
>parts cost. Wonder what they will tell you when you will ask about your part..
>
>Thanks,
>Ivan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: crose24 at gmail.com
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Sent: Mon, 7 May 2007 9:08 PM
>Subject: [s-cars] Clutch Replacement
>
>
>Hey guys,
>
>My car has reached 147k miles and it is time to replace the clutch.  I do
>most of the work on my car myself but when it comes time for somebody else
>to touch her I wont give her to just anyone, so I will be heading to
>northern European automotive in NH tomorrow morning for the replacement.
>The previous owner had work done there and from what I understand they are
>good guys and they know their way around an s-car.
>
>My question is they told me a stock clutch would be the best solution as my
>car is only lightly modified (MTM 1+, stromung, samcos, suspension.) and
>that the clutch will cost around $600 with about $600 in labor.  Does this
>sound right?  Seems a little high for the clutch to be $600, blauparts and
>autohausaz have some saches ones for around $350 but I'm not sure if they
>are OEM, are they?  Is there a cheaper way to source a stock clutch?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chuck
>
>'93 S4
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