Coops's Black Leon Cupra R - UPDATE: Miltek De-Cat Fitted and sounding sweet!

Shame this happened right now, just when you were enjoying the new found performance. Think it makes sense to go for the set up Dan's suggesting. Your cars at that stage now and seen as you need to change it you might as well go for something which isn't going to let go anytime soon

Your clutch will go again on a standard unit it needs to be an updated one other wise your be buying new clutches all the time , spend big make it last spend cheap get another one soon lol it is a big spend but with uprated power you have to expect things to need upgrading with it

Hope my clutch is going to be ok! Not sure whether to get this 3" TIP fitted now in the hunt for more power, which could ruin my clutch lol.

Hope you get it sorted soon mate.

For the extra few hundred quid, i'd go for an uprated clutch as with that power for peace of mind

Uprated then no need to worry

I tend to agree with Dan now though mate. If you think about it, a new standard clutch is only going to struggle after time (more so if it's an everyday driver) and eventually going to do the same. That's 800 x2 for me which will surely be x2 as I can't see it lasting with the torque your running now I know what they're rated to!

Go the Helix route me thinks and have that peace of mind. Especially if your thinking of tracking it?

If mine went, I'd go uprated allday long to stop the worry it will go again.

If your tracking it, helix all the way

an option, well worth considering.. currently being used by tuffty on his gt30 S3
Luk dual mass, Luk pressure plate, SACHs paddle friction plate

slightly more aggressive on take up but not too bad... Oe pedal feel for weight, puts up with 4wd launching ok..

Have a look here, Adam. I think that this is a nice setup

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=297082

JamJay said:

Have a look here, Adam. I think that this is a nice setup

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=297082

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looks surprisingly like what I described above......... except the prices of course
GSF/ECP do the LUK bits @ good prices
SACHs paddle bit on last one I bought in was ~£270 for the centre plate

Are you going to be able to deal with the 'bag of nails' sound that an SMF will give you on idle?

Is the Sachs paddle clutch you mention, Bill, the Organic version?

I'm no clutch expert, in fact my experience with them stops at aiding my Dad replace a clutch plate a little while ago and looking at the workings of the gearbox for my own satisfaction. Other than that, pedal goes down, pedal comes up ta-daa lol but I've read many posts on SMFs and all state that they rattle quite loudly on idle. I've not heard one myself but apparently it's enough to get the car next to you at the lights looking over and expecting your car to fall apart. I don't think that there's any point in you going for a race setup on a road car, especially under 350 - 400bhp as it'll be wasted. It's not as if you launch hard all the time and you'll find that the clutch is heavy and jerky in comparison to OE and IMO will make driving more of a chore on the road.

The setup that Bill posted or in that link I posted to FunkyFin's post are good alternatives and the torque ratings are circa 350lb/ft IIRC but perhaps Bill can confirm?

dude, that looks MEAN! I love it.

seanaldo1987 has the Sachs one on his car. Check page 2 Post 25 to hear what it sounds like on idle

coops10 said:

Cheers mate, will have a listen when there's no one about in the office lol.

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I just listened in my office full of people, oh well lol.

It is pretty loud. I'd not want that myself tbh!