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Offline Granta Gti

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Re: 1.8 turbo - Will a remap kill my clutch?
« Reply #10 on: 27 May 2011, 00:34 »

Remap 128k miles
Standard clutch
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That is F****d!

Offline daz veedub

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Re: 1.8 turbo - Will a remap kill my clutch?
« Reply #11 on: 27 May 2011, 14:07 »
am on 135214 miles re-mapped standered clutch  :smiley:

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Re: 1.8 turbo - Will a remap kill my clutch?
« Reply #12 on: 27 May 2011, 15:16 »
mines getting remapped on Monday and i'm on 133***k and standard clutch<will see what happens

Offline Arj

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Re: 1.8 turbo - Will a remap kill my clutch?
« Reply #13 on: 29 May 2011, 19:10 »
im on 172000 and my clutch is ok for now. but struggling to get it into gears now. have to press clutch twice sometimes and force it in gear lol speed does not pick up straight away but it catches back up though. any1 know if its time to get a new clutch kit.

Offline Wayne

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Re: 1.8 turbo - Will a remap kill my clutch?
« Reply #14 on: 29 May 2011, 21:16 »
If your carefull it should be fine, but its life will be shorter.

Offline Wazzzer

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Re: 1.8 turbo - Will a remap kill my clutch?
« Reply #15 on: 29 May 2011, 21:31 »
remap at only 56k, clutch died shortly after  :grin:


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