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Clutch slip
RedRobin:
^^^^
I'm really sorry to be reading of such problems but, unfortunately, I'm not that surprised.
It's generally known (unofficially) that the Germans build big strength 'tolerances' in their engineering which allows a good margin of 'headroom' for modding/tuning. However, in upgrading the GTI to the Ed30, they didn't upgrade the DSG or manual gearbox AFAIK. And so the 'headroom' has been significantly reduced and hence greater potential for problems in plus-300 territory unless other components like clutches are further modified.
VWR's 330 bhp demo GTI (not Ed30) has a competition clutch and I must say I thought I'd have difficulty with it but it's a pussycat. The short-shift gearstick is trickier sometimes, but that's just me not being used to it yet.
Perhaps VW thought that us English wouldn't be mad enough to mod the Edition 30!
MAT ED30:
i am going for the vw racing clutch Robin and will be putting the order in next week :happy2: and they said its good for over 400bhp :smiley:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: MAT ED30 on January 18, 2009, 09:57:31 pm ---i am going for the vw racing clutch Robin and will be putting the order in next week :happy2: and they said its good for over 400bhp :smiley:
--- End quote ---
....Good move! :happy2:
At the risk of sounding like a super-salesman for VWR, I've used them twice now and can't recommend them highly enough!
They're very honest too. My existing connector to my front ARB was rock solid and couldn't be undone. It had to be forced off and in doing so my brake hose was accidentally damaged. VWR supplied both a new link and a new ss braided hose (and appropriate brake fluid) and didn't charge me any extra to their original quote. Another workshop might have said: "Sorry sir, but we've discovered you got a broken part - It must have been like that before you came here" and then charged extra for fixing it.
As I'm sure you'll experience for yourself - You'll be in very good hands, mate.
:happy2:
john_o:
I guess it comes with the territory on these cars :sad:, the remaps/mods are taking the cars % wise way above stock.
I presume all the ones you are talking about are manuals?
At least its good to know VWR have a solution on hand :happy2: roughly whats the install costs?
MAT ED30:
--- Quote from: john_o on January 18, 2009, 10:17:12 pm ---I guess it comes with the territory on these cars :sad:, the remaps/mods are taking the cars % wise way above stock.
I presume all the ones you are talking about are manuals?
At least its good to know VWR have a solution on hand :happy2: roughly whats the install costs?
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not sure fella as i will be fitting mine :rolleye: but i would think £150 at the most
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