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Old 16-03-2008, 09:50 PM
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guys my monte needs a clutch, wot would be the best 1 for it? its been stage 3 tuned.
and do you think its easy enough to do on the drive or should i put it in the garage to be done?

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Old 17-03-2008, 07:46 AM
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AP organic would be fine (avoid 'cheap' clutch companies)

if your ok with doing gearboxes etc then it shouldn't be too much of a chore to do on the drive, remove the front prop (4 allen bolts) then its the same as a normal rwd box. Will probably need 2 of you to get the box back on, there not light!
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If it were me i would go standard again, its the weak link in the drive train and would rather the clutch give up than the box or diffs. Should handle 300bhp any way. I had a stg3 sapph on std clutch and never had any probs.
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ok cool, thanks!
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I'm going to go AP Organic when mine is due, had one on my ERST & its was a good feel & didn't slip. I'm planning on running 350BHP.
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Stage 3 is to much power on a std clutch, slips to much when launching.
can only recomend uprated pressureplate and std clutch plate, this will also slip and can take about 400 bhp/500nm (did in my car anyway) and my std gearbox took about 70 full bore launch control launches, and 25k km before 3. gear let go(clutch lasted this long also)
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