With the clutch disks, RPM's are the culprit. I've thrown the
friction material off a Neuspeed N2 clutch disk, but I tend to shift at
well over 7K RPM sometimes. I switched to the ClutchMasters Stage 3,
which has a Kevlar friction material on the disk, and no problems.
I've heard that the torque springs are part of the problem. Just about
all the clutch disks available have 4 springs, the exception is the
real Sachs Sport clutch disk, which has 6 springs, (and, of course, the
"puck" type racing disks which have no springs).
Still don't really understand what's killing the pressure plates. I'd
be suspicious of some weird problem with either the flywheel or crank
flange. If either of those were out of true in any axis, causing the
pressure plate to have some torsional twist, or whatever, when it's
firmly bolted up, that could conceivably create stress cracks over
time. Dunno, just thinkin'...
On Friday, Feb 28, 2003, at 08:12 US/Pacific, [email protected] wrote:
<<Yeah, I'm curious too. I never had clutch problems,
even in my G60 GTI, which dynode consistently at 185
hp and 185 ft lbs of torque to the wheels. Far more
than a 2l 16v...>>
RPMs. I bet you rarely took your G60 over 6700rpms.
I never drop the clutch unless I'm at the drag strip (which is like
once every two years).
--Holland
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