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Offline Snoopy

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standard manual clutch max torque / life
« on: 26 December 2012, 11:41 »
Anyone know what the standard manual clutch is ok too
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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #1 on: 29 December 2012, 22:33 »
I know on stage 2 my manual sh!t it's clutch out in less then 2days, then got stolen 5 days later before I could fix it

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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #2 on: 30 December 2012, 09:02 »
350lb-ft should be fine on FWD...even with sticky tyres the tyres will spin and protect the clutch to some degree.

People used to reckon the dual mass flywheels were only good for 300 lb-ft before they start to grenade...but this seems to be torque delivery and driving style dependant, as you'd expect.

I was putting 330 lb-ft through 4WD on my S3 and the clutch was standard, and still fine after 4 years and 20,000 miles.
You could make it slip by doing repeated drag type launches...whereas the GTI will just spin its wheels in the same situation.

Diesels seem to give dual mass flywheels and clutches a harder time, presumably due to spikey low down torque delivery...and 320 lb-ft doesn't seem too much of a problem for the clutches on those.

In my view/experience, stage 2/3 on the standard turbo will be fine unless you drive with no mechanical sympathy. For a bigger turbo and bigger torque/power gains, I'd look to upgrade it.

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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #3 on: 30 December 2012, 21:44 »
i've been stg 2 for about 25k miles on my standard clutch.. :smug: I drive it hard but i don't do launches.

On hills however the clutch does make a horrible squeal that is very embarrassing..Just a matter of time before it dies  :sad:

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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #4 on: 31 December 2012, 08:57 »
Stage 2 here as Snoopy knows and mine is fine going through the gears, on the motorway does slip a touch in 4th/5th as the torque spikes around 4k rpm.

Not surprising really when you look at the power graph.
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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #5 on: 01 January 2013, 15:57 »
Stage 2 here as Snoopy knows and mine is fine going through the gears, on the motorway does slip a touch in 4th/5th as the torque spikes around 4k rpm.

Not surprising really when you look at the power graph.

What power are you running?

Mine was slipping badly @ stg1 but that was due to a leaky slave

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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #6 on: 01 January 2013, 16:04 »
According to Revo it should be running just under 300bhp/345lbft torque.

Not had a rolling road session yet to qualify these numbers, but it certainly feels as though its somewhere in that region from the bum dyno.
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Re: standard manual clutch max torque / life
« Reply #7 on: 01 January 2013, 17:30 »
According to Revo it should be running just under 300bhp/345lbft torque.

Not had a rolling road session yet to qualify these numbers, but it certainly feels as though its somewhere in that region from the bum dyno.

Nice  :wink:, mine dyno'd at 256ish bhp can't remember the torque, but that was on 2 different dynos .. @ stg1