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Offline danishmkvgti

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Re: Let's talk clutches!
« Reply #30 on: October 23, 2012, 09:16:55 pm »
I have had the Sachs uprated with SMF for 3 years and wouldn't recommend it to any as it won't let me shift fast and at high rev.
I would consider the LOBA clutchpack with their own SMF, it's also 33% cheaper than the Sachs SMF solution.
Some here in Denmark has bad experiences with the Southbend clutches, so i would avoid that.
My next clutch will be the SPEC eventhough VrsAlex has had some bad customerservice, BNAutoteknik has a good line of communication with them.


whats the SPEC clutch jake?

Holds up to 558NM

http://www.bnautoteknik.dk/volkswagen/golf-mk5/transmission/spec-kobling-stage-2-til-audi-vw-2-0tfsi-2006-2009-6g-02q-fwd-m-enkeltmassesvinghjul-i-stal-744.html


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Re: Let's talk clutches!
« Reply #31 on: October 23, 2012, 09:57:42 pm »

James , did you get one from USP. Can you PM me with your experiences ta

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Re: Let's talk clutches!
« Reply #32 on: October 23, 2012, 10:11:37 pm »
I've got the Sachs, the first day I drove the car with it fitted I was coming back from London in a 10 hour 1st gear 2nd gear traffic jam stemming over 250 miles, I was on / off the clutch that much a brand new pair of Adidas trainers soles bubbled up !, leg was like jelly when I got home couldn't even play football the next day !!

I'm used to it now though and every time I drive a normal car now I think, this car is for sissys !
( in conclusion the Sachs is quite stiff, got a very high bite point and a little noisey 

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Re: Let's talk clutches!
« Reply #33 on: October 24, 2012, 09:34:09 am »
Id stick with dual mass to tell yous the truth.  :confused:

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Re: Let's talk clutches!
« Reply #34 on: October 24, 2012, 09:44:43 am »
I have had the Sachs uprated with SMF for 3 years and wouldn't recommend it to any as it won't let me shift fast and at high rev.
I would consider the LOBA clutchpack with their own SMF, it's also 33% cheaper than the Sachs SMF solution.
Some here in Denmark has bad experiences with the Southbend clutches, so i would avoid that.
My next clutch will be the SPEC eventhough VrsAlex has had some bad customerservice, BNAutoteknik has a good line of communication with them.


whats the SPEC clutch jake?

Holds up to 558NM

http://www.bnautoteknik.dk/volkswagen/golf-mk5/transmission/spec-kobling-stage-2-til-audi-vw-2-0tfsi-2006-2009-6g-02q-fwd-m-enkeltmassesvinghjul-i-stal-744.html



I will be going with the loba clutch as soon as i scrape my penny's together, been looking at them for a while now and always seem to get good reviews :happy2: