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awesome Manny, you are a pioneer. i reside in your shadows.

so it turns out, the clutch slave, and clutch master are both good.

looks like the clutch finally took a dump.

i cant really complain, its lasted just about 50k, and ive been over the tq rating of it basicly since the day i turboed.

so, i started tearing it down a little tonight, and will get the tranny ready to come out tommorow afternoon after jenn gets home from work.

i ended up going with a 3sgte / s54 hybrid clutch kit from drtweak, and a 3sgte fidanza lightweight flywheel.
the details of the hybrid clutch/flywheel combo can be found here:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=65233
the clutch is a 6 puck sprung hub, just like the ACT i was gonna order, but was just about 100$ cheaper going with tweak.
thanks man!
ill post pics once it gets here and of any carnage i find once i get the tranny off.

This can only mean that the cams made a huge difference in power and finally killed the clutch! woot!

you're going to love the six puck... i am running the competition from dr tweak on my 3s with the lightweight flywheel... its amazing.. no slip..... EVER.... i don't know the clutch you had in there.. but get ready for a lot of grab... no babying this bad boy... but i daily drove it too with no problem... i don't think i will ever go to a different clutch after using the one from dr tweak...

/envy

Im mailing you my car! Watch for a large package to arrive

I think you'll like the clutch kit - my 3sgte flywheel revs up real quick imagine how yours will.

awwww ****!!!

got the tranny off last night.

turns out, its not the TOB, or the fork.

ill let the pics speak for themselfs.





much to my delight, the pressure plate, flywheel, and friction surface of the disk look amazingly good, especially considering they have ~50k on them, 45k of which was over the tq rating of this clutch.
proper installation, and break in owns me.





and a pic of the pressure plate:



new clutch arrives friday, should be all installed and buttoned up by the weekend.

this was an awesome way to spend my day at work! reading this thread! great write up manny

lmao...
im just a guy, with a car, man. like everyone else on this site.

i think i've already said it in this thread a couple times now. lol

so the clutch came in yesterday, major props to tweak for being on the ball with things and being sure it would get here on time.

the clutch itself looks great, i will install it a little later on today.

a couple of quick pics, full detailed pics can be found in my clutch thread.

pressure plate side of the disk :



flywheel side:



pressure plate:

Looks good...Im really excited for this weekend

Do you think this is what I should get once I order a new clutch?

ill let you know in a week or so shannon
i would definetly say your gonna need somthing similar at least, the loopdie loops your car did on the dyno kinda let us know all about that!

Looks good, Manny.

Sexy!!

Nice.

got the tranny all installed last night, got a bunch of little things i am cleaning up while i did the cluch swap.

since alot of the work i ever did on jenns car was the first time doing things, there was a lot of mess stuff in the engine bay, so im cleaning a bunch of that stuff up, getting ready for the new IC and piping i have coming in.

i forgot to bring the camara out to the garage, so no bench pressing s54 pics.

should be all buttoned up later, hopfully the snow holds out long enough for me to get a test drive in.

what size IC and piping are you going with? and which webcams grind did you get? (assuming you got webcams)

the IC is 25X12X3, 2.5" piping. like can be seen in the pics on the last page, the cams are webcams 294 grind.

got everything all buttoned up, goddamn rain owns me tho, just spin the tires thru 4 gears...lol
clutch feels great, a bit of break in time to get used to it and we'll be good, definetly feels like it revs faster with the lightweight flywheel
more updates over the next couple days, we need some good weather, and a bit of time for tuning.

Nice manny, maybe your signature specs will change now.