sportsguy
Veteran Member
Mr cheap here is telling you to look for a local clutch rebuilding shop and have your clutch disk resurfaced with 4 pucks of Kevlar.Im in on this. Time to get some research done on this VR/G60 setup and what kind of prices are involved.
A few possabilities i guess....
1) Dealer
2) Used/Junk yard...pick up stretch bolts from dealer
3) Dieselgeek
the 1999.5 only cars don't need a stronger clutch; they had the LUK clutch from the factory. ( I made a dyno at 360lb.ft with it)
Not to be a party pooper, but I just got off the phone with Cottman Transmission. Joe suggested it might be cheaper to find a performance clutch online than to have mine resurfaced with Kevlar - he said he didn't even know who would be able to do it around here (not that that means much).Mr cheap here is telling you to look for a local clutch rebuilding shop and have your clutch disk resurfaced with 4 pucks of Kevlar.Im in on this. Time to get some research done on this VR/G60 setup and what kind of prices are involved.
A few possabilities i guess....
1) Dealer
2) Used/Junk yard...pick up stretch bolts from dealer
3) Dieselgeek
the 1999.5 only cars don't need a stronger clutch; they had the LUK clutch from the factory. ( I made a dyno at 360lb.ft with it)
As well, he quoted me $320 (plus tax) for the install if I brought everything in - they'd include the fluid with the swap for that price.
I'll post up when I chat with Mr. Transmission and Mr. Plow...
These guys, ClutchCityOnline.com (based in Florida) have what I think we might want.
http://www.clutchcityonline.com/Sachs/OEM/vw_jetta.htm
1.9L - 99 - 03 - TDI, LuK Version 8 5/8" K70249-01 $265.00
Of course, that does not include a dual mass flywheel - but I have no idea if I even need that? Looks like close to $400 CDN after exchange, shipping and duty to get one here...
I smell a mini-GTG coming next week to learn about this more...Clean Chris...
I have some ideas that I don't want to talk about publicly (I'll explain why later). We'll meet up and talk about this soon.
OK, so I've copied from SMOG's suggestion on down over to here as it pertains to clutch talk.
Just got off the phone with Gary at Gary's Transmissions. great fellow - used to own a couple of built streetable drag cars, so he gets our ideas.
One point to remember - friction on the surfaces is important, but it's the weights that spin inside the tranny which create clamping force - which is what we need more of. When you add more of that clamping force, you increase the amount of pressure you need to push the clutch peddle in with, too - stiffer clutch is the bottom line - just keep that in mind, this IS a trade-off situation. I personally think it'll be fine, but we should all bear this in mind.
Next - Gary figures between $200 and $300 for the install - I'd liek to try, if possible, to set up a situation where, if one of more of us want to have the work done for us, we funnel the work to him - likely he'll offer us a group discount.
Next - there is no one currently east of Montreal who can make the mods SMOG suggested - bottom line, if we drop our clutches off at a shop, they ship them out of province to resurface them/install kevlar and the like.
Idea:
Do we know anyone in Germany? here's the thought - since the euro rigs have more grunt from the showroom floor, could we simply buy euro clutches and install those in out TDI's? Don't know what the costs would be, but if we know anyone over there, it might be worth getting the numbers crunched.
I'm going to phone RPI_Equipped today (they're in BC and ask them about some clutch options - they are the GODS of VW tuning on the West Coast - usually once or twice a year they have a car featured in European Car magazine - primarily watercooled, but they'll know something about our needs, too.
Duane
PS - $14.43 CDN = red TDI badges RPI-Equipped Euro Accessories