2003 ALh Jetta Clutch advice

Been reading through a bunch of posts and none are really hard answers wen it comes to what clutches will hold. Basically I have a stock ALH besides a malone stg1 tune. I've been looking for a clutch that'll hold this that comes in under the price of a south bend unit. Sachs, G60/VR6 some guys say they're great others say they slipped right away. So is it best to just spend 1k on a south bend or is there another clutch that'll truly last with a mildly modified engine?

I think that the price on a SB is less than $1k.
https://whitbreadperformance.com/collections/tdi/products/south-bend-02j-clutch-kit
Clutch available by itself in case you want to turn up your own flywheel.
cheers,
Douglas

With your tune you shouldn't need much, I have a stage 3 tune and the SB stage 2 DD clutch that comes with the SB pressure plate and a Sachs pressure pad.
Stage 1 is a little above stock and should be fine with a stock pressure plate from all the reading I have done.
The pressure plate and flywheel will be the variance in the choice, so if money is the issue then you could look up the parts individually and find better prices on them.

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A tune *alone* in a stock vehicle (or nozzles alone) should be fine with a Luk RepSet.

I've paid about 650 shipped for me S2E Southbend clutch kit and just over 500 for a S2D for a car that won't make as much power as the endurance will hold.

If you don't plan to go any further with power there are many cost effective options.

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All you need is a good quality clutch/flywheel kit. $300-$400. Lots to chose from, I like this one
Or this one
Recommend avoid ebay, amazon, alibaba

Guys we are in Canada-land so remember that U.S pricing/parts kill us over here. That 600-650 clutch would be 800 for us before tax, duty and shipping. At your power level all you need is a sachs or valeo.

Luk Repset works well. I have the stage 1 tune and the clutch holds nicely. I also keep the smoothness of the DMF.

$229
https://www.idparts.com/luk-17-050-clutch-kit-p-740.html

The LUK kit would work with that tune, as would this one, as posted above: https://www.idparts.com/idparts-quiet-clutch-flywheel-conversion-kit-p-7061.html

I have the IDParts one on my '99.5 Golf with Rocketchip Stage 3 and no other mods. No slippage. And we ship to Canada for $10 plus 12% clearance fees. (shameless plug).