I wanted to see if I could get some feedback on peoples clutch and flywheel setups.
My car currently has a solid steel flywheel from an audi 80 with a 2.0 gasser. The trans is a 4.11 TDI 6-speed. The clutch is a sprung hub spec stage 2+. It holds well and drives well, but the gear rattle is quite noticeable in neutral and when lugging the engine.
This combined with the horror stories of the TDI 01e having issues with synchros breaking because of a solid flywheel has me wanting a different setup.
Now there are some high end options out there like the darkside 240mm kit. This is expensive and would require me to get a different starter, maybe a spacer too?
There is the whitbread single mass kit, which seems good. Not sure on the price of that, but I would likely also need a new starter with that one.
Emil is running a Valeo single heavy single mass and says his is dead quiet, but it looks like his hub springs in the clutch are much softer than mine. It is holding the power of a 2.0 PD with a bigger holset than mine in a heavier car, so that clutch is probably an option for me.
I think I want a dual mass flywheel, with a sprung hub that will hold around 300 ft/lbs. I am thinking that I might be able to use a stock 1.8t DMF with some kind of upgraded clutch for that setup. That would fit my engine, trans and starter, and be available on this side of the pond. The kick with that is, all the kits I can find that hold 300 ft/lbs for the stock DMF use a solid hub clutch. This would concern me.
I am wondering if I can take an upgraded disk from a company like southbend that is sprung and use it with their pressure plates for the DMF and make the kit I want. Not sure if the clutch disks between the two are the same dimensions or not. I am going to call a couple clutch places today and see if I can get any where with this theory.
Does anyone else have anything to add? Or suggests/critiques?
Thanks,
-Dana
My car currently has a solid steel flywheel from an audi 80 with a 2.0 gasser. The trans is a 4.11 TDI 6-speed. The clutch is a sprung hub spec stage 2+. It holds well and drives well, but the gear rattle is quite noticeable in neutral and when lugging the engine.
This combined with the horror stories of the TDI 01e having issues with synchros breaking because of a solid flywheel has me wanting a different setup.
Now there are some high end options out there like the darkside 240mm kit. This is expensive and would require me to get a different starter, maybe a spacer too?
There is the whitbread single mass kit, which seems good. Not sure on the price of that, but I would likely also need a new starter with that one.
Emil is running a Valeo single heavy single mass and says his is dead quiet, but it looks like his hub springs in the clutch are much softer than mine. It is holding the power of a 2.0 PD with a bigger holset than mine in a heavier car, so that clutch is probably an option for me.
I think I want a dual mass flywheel, with a sprung hub that will hold around 300 ft/lbs. I am thinking that I might be able to use a stock 1.8t DMF with some kind of upgraded clutch for that setup. That would fit my engine, trans and starter, and be available on this side of the pond. The kick with that is, all the kits I can find that hold 300 ft/lbs for the stock DMF use a solid hub clutch. This would concern me.
I am wondering if I can take an upgraded disk from a company like southbend that is sprung and use it with their pressure plates for the DMF and make the kit I want. Not sure if the clutch disks between the two are the same dimensions or not. I am going to call a couple clutch places today and see if I can get any where with this theory.
Does anyone else have anything to add? Or suggests/critiques?
Thanks,
-Dana