Clutch, What have you fitted to your PD TDi?

[air121005]

i experienced clutch slip for the 1st time last night , after nearly 2 years of happy motoring since i had my car remapped, so i'm starting to look into uprated clutches

been doing some searches and have found Sachs and Helix to be mentioned most.
what exepriences have people had of these?

IIRC, Sachs is good for 345 ft/lbs and the Helix 365 ft/lbs

i've read about Single Mass Flywheels and Dual Mass Flywheels being used.
what exepriences have people had of these?

would i need a new flywheel or just a clutch kit?

has anybody used another makes / setups?

BTW, if my turbo were to go pop in the future i'd likely go hybrid , so i'd want to fit a clutch now that could handle this

 

[strugers1]

my sachs clutch from jabba sport is the dmf one they said good for 400lb ft torque but the smf is good for 420lbft

 

[devonutopia]

I have a clutch from the USA, from Spec. Stage 3+ and good for 600 lb/ft at the wheels. Complemented by a super light flywheel which helps revs pick-up nice and fast.

 

[air121005]

i'd saw the Sachs one on the Jabba website earlier, looks favourite

devenutopia, 600 ft/lbs @ the wheels
is that what your aiming for
is it a harsh clutch or OEM feel to it?
how much was that, if you don't mind me asking (PM me if you'd prefer it not being common knowledge)

 

[devonutopia]

Worked out around $1200 US. Back when it was $2:£1 it was a good price. £600 all in, quality.

It's quite harsh yes. Even now, I still sometimes stall the car. Clutch is a "bit" stiffer than oem, but oem is real easy, and I am used to how it works now. There's no way I'm going to be touching 600 lb/ft, but it's nice to know I have a bullet-proof clutch.

 

[air121005]

the exhange rate kind of kills all the overseas bargains that were once had a year or 2 ago

 

[strugers1]

where as the schs uprated is slightly stiffer but when warn in its feels like a heavy oem one lol

 

[strugers1]

devon how much was you light weight flywheel??

 

[skullmunki]

Spec stage 2 with steel SMF...like Devon I got it direct from the states when the exchange rate was decent, think I paid around £550 all-in. Some say a smf on a stage 2 is a bit of overkill but as it was such a good deal (and my dmf wasn't in such good nick), I went for it.

Will handle up to around 410 ft/lb torque and is a pleasure to drive with. Not harsh at all and a ton more responsive than the crappy oem combo...

 

[devonutopia]

devon how much was you light weight flywheel??

It weighs 9lb, about one third the weight of a stock DMF. The steel one mentioned above comes in at 16lb, so still lighter than a DMF by some way.

 

[strugers1]

devon i meant cost lol sorry should have wrote that i guess lol

 

[Husbandofstinky]

SACHS organic and OE DMF. Hopefully it should be enough for a TD2 with a sensible map. Awaiting the ongoing results from the 'Maz' test bed.

 

[devonutopia]

devon i meant cost lol sorry should have wrote that i guess lol

I also misread it LOL. Ahem, from memory, the breakdown of the $1200 was roughly $750 clutch, $400 flywheel and $50 courier to my mate in Maine who sent it on to me privately.

 

[strugers1]

oh i see can you buy seperateley??
i run dmf atm but i want smf but i light weight one really if i can

 

[devonutopia]

the lighter you go the rougher the rattly SMF thing will be, and the less idle tickover too. But it makes gearchanges so fast, and revs pick up and drop off very fast indeed.

 

[strugers1]

can you buy seperateley mate??

 

[ChrisUK]

Sachs racing clutch on mine (started slipping on the way home from getting it mapped !). Flywheel was left as standard.

 

[S3 AKR]

Sachs uprated clutch, new OEM DMF (Sachs). Can supposedly handle 420lbft but guarenteed at 345lbft or something very near that.

 

[strugers1]

does anyone know where you can buy the lightweight fkywheel??
i presume my dmf clutch plate will go straight onto a lightweight smf??

 

[devonutopia]

does anyone know where you can buy the lightweight fkywheel??
i presume my dmf clutch plate will go straight onto a lightweight smf??

That's the thing, I am not sure at all. From memory TTS (who are / used to be sponsors on here) were official UK importers of SPEC clutches.