MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: cossy on March 03, 2009, 08:05:54 pm
Getting paranoid after reading about clutch slip issues on here! :scared:

Gone back to a lower power (270bhp) map to keep the torque down.

Understand I could get slip in 5th & or 6th gear if running the full monty 300BHP map
Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: MAT ED30 on March 03, 2009, 08:06:35 pm
yes its the same
Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: cossy on March 03, 2009, 08:18:14 pm
yes its the same

Reading your reports have made me paranoid!

Do you think the 270 map would have a low enough torque figure to help the clutch?

ALso if it did go is it VWR clutch the best/only option?

CHeers
 :wink:
Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: MAT ED30 on March 03, 2009, 08:22:40 pm
yes its the same

Reading your reports have made me paranoid!

Do you think the 270 map would have a low enough torque figure to help the clutch?

ALso if it did go is it VWR clutch the best/only option?

CHeers
 :wink:

sorry for being a kill joy  :rolleye: there othe clutches out there and sachs make the ones for vwr but sachs also do another one they sell to other  dealers and i think you will be fine in full map mode but just dont drive like you stole it  :driver: i do lots of miles and a few track days so it was going to happen at some point
Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: cossy on March 03, 2009, 08:26:56 pm
Thanks for that.

I am lucky its a weekend car, but that means its always has its neck rung most of the time over that period

Do sachs offer a replacement clutch thats an upgraded original type?

I believe your running a padle type clutch? how is it, bedded in yet?

Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: MAT ED30 on March 03, 2009, 08:35:32 pm
Thanks for that.

I am lucky its a weekend car, but that means its always has its neck rung most of the time over that period

Do sachs offer a replacement clutch thats an upgraded original type?

I believe your running a padle type clutch? how is it, bedded in yet?



yes they do and yes mines the paddle type race clutch with vw pressure plate so the pressure is still the same but the bite from the friction plate is more grabby ie once its on there is no letting go  :grin: and its not beddeed in yet but its getting better  :smiley:
Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: billyboy on March 03, 2009, 09:52:48 pm
Thanks for that.

I am lucky its a weekend car, but that means its always has its neck rung most of the time over that period

Do sachs offer a replacement clutch thats an upgraded original type?

I believe your running a padle type clutch? how is it, bedded in yet?



yes they do and yes mines the paddle type race clutch with vw pressure plate so the pressure is still the same but the bite from the friction plate is more grabby ie once its on there is no letting go  :grin: and its not beddeed in yet but its getting better  :smiley:
this is the VWR/Racingline paddle
snap with the clutch bedding in mat, it is getting better as you say, also mines fitted with eddy30 pressure plate which mark said was stronger than my old stanard GTI,
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi302.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fnn102%2F15billyboy%2FClutch3.jpg&hash=613d2434a4a3a8795a97894a357089d633f41b72)
Title: Re: Is the GTI clutch the same as ED30?
Post by: gazbutS3 on March 03, 2009, 09:56:30 pm
when i had a very simlar sachs item on my early S3 it took about 800-1k miles to bed in properly, once it did, and I was used to it it wasn't much different to std, in fact the misses got on better with it than I did