Clutch Fitting - How Long Should It Take?
28 October 2003, 11:37 AM
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personally id opt for a garage that gives a fixed quote & avoid the £per hour brigade, im going to get mine done shortly, ive found 2 garages that have quoted £150 4 the labour, that will do me
edited to say where abouts are you in the country?
[Edited by Andy McCord - 10/28/2003 11:37:55 AM]
edited to say where abouts are you in the country?
[Edited by Andy McCord - 10/28/2003 11:37:55 AM]
28 October 2003, 01:05 PM
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conrad, townend garage at carnforth have quoted £150 & IIRC prosport at stockport have said the same, they are going to be my choice, if you want any phone nos let me know
28 October 2003, 01:40 PM
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Normal quote is for 5.5 hrs to do a turbo clutch, thats with taking the gearbox off and "not" the exhaust downpipe. Some garages prefer to remove the engine, saying its "easier?"
As for the labour price, well best as you say to shop around for that and definately get a proper quote for it. You dont want to pay full dealer labour rate if you can help it. Anything over 35.00per hour is going to leave a nasty taste in the wallet.
As for the labour price, well best as you say to shop around for that and definately get a proper quote for it. You dont want to pay full dealer labour rate if you can help it. Anything over 35.00per hour is going to leave a nasty taste in the wallet.
28 October 2003, 01:43 PM
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Once the car is on a lift I can have it down in 45 minutes-ish myself (with all the right tools naturally), installing the new clutch is a 20 minute job, then getting the gearbox back in is another 1-2 hour job (it can be slightly fiddly).
So in total for an IT-sorta dude that's done it ~10 times we're talking about 3 hours plus a few coffee, and swearing breaks.
/J
So in total for an IT-sorta dude that's done it ~10 times we're talking about 3 hours plus a few coffee, and swearing breaks.
/J
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29 October 2003, 11:10 AM
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What clutch kit would you guys recomend? I would probably want to upgrade from stock as I have smoked the current one a few times (is 45K ok mileage for stock). However, the price of AP and the like is a bit scary!
29 October 2003, 11:15 AM
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Thanks Guys, David / Andy Etc. I'll speak to Howard later today. I was going to go for the AP Organic, anybody know any stats on this?
Will it cope with future 600 BHP projects?
Don't want a paddle type, have to drive round town
Conrad
PS Andy, whats the links for the garages you suggested?
Will it cope with future 600 BHP projects?
Don't want a paddle type, have to drive round town
Conrad
PS Andy, whats the links for the garages you suggested?
29 October 2003, 01:16 PM
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I would suggest that you will only be able to use a paddle for that power.. Depends on torque... rather than power IMO.
Only one clutch that i can think of that will hold it..
p.s. my AP gave up at 419bhp with less than 400lbft of torque..
R.
Only one clutch that i can think of that will hold it..
p.s. my AP gave up at 419bhp with less than 400lbft of torque..
R.
29 October 2003, 01:27 PM
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Tweenie, the AP organic gave up at less than 400 ft/lb? Damn, best not put one of those in with the car as it.
David, what's it like...on or off control or snatchy?
David, what's it like...on or off control or snatchy?
29 October 2003, 01:46 PM
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www.townendgarage.co.uk
not at work at the moment, but do a search on prosport on here
Im currently trying to get my Exeddy clutch from Disco (when hes got time to stop grinning, reasonable price 2, drop him a line,
cheers
Andy
[Edited by Andy McCord - 10/29/2003 1:46:57 PM]
not at work at the moment, but do a search on prosport on here
Im currently trying to get my Exeddy clutch from Disco (when hes got time to stop grinning
, reasonable price 2, drop him a line, cheers
Andy
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30 October 2003, 12:23 AM
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I can only guess on my torque TBH mate, i couldnt get the boost in on the rollers, it made 329lbft @1.5bar, but we mapped the car for 1.8bar on the road... Merv said he expected about 370lbft at 1.5bar if i had got the boost in sooner. Whilst Pavlo was mapping the car the clutch gave up... we got the car mapped and it said Bollox straight after lol
Day before power engineering i fitted a Lateral organic clutch, it had about 1000miles on it when i got it, must say i was very impressed with it. Not a hint of any slipping and held well when launching at 6k...
But... if you are serious about your power expectation, there is only the paddle option IMHO.
Rob
lolDay before power engineering i fitted a Lateral organic clutch, it had about 1000miles on it when i got it, must say i was very impressed with it. Not a hint of any slipping and held well when launching at 6k...
But... if you are serious about your power expectation, there is only the paddle option IMHO.
Rob
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