Hi,

Im going to have both of my Octavias re mapped but as ive not had the cars that long and i have now knowledge of when the clutches were done or even if they have been!

I was wondering how the standard clutch will handle the extra grunt?

I wouldnt normally be concerned about them as ive played with lots of cars over the years but the TDI has done 180.000 and the PD 120 and as i dont have a history of the clucthes i dont what to get the cars remapped then have to shell out for a new cluch on both of them because they are slipping.

Has anyone any experience of this?

Cheers

At that mileage I'd assume that the clutch won't last long after a remap and budget for replacing it.

They can easily last past that mileage if driven sympathetically but if you have no knowledge of the car's history in that department I'd assume the worst and then you can only be pleasantly surprised.

There were certainly examples of people remapping a fabia VRS and then losing the clutch soon after , but they are possibly more likely to have been driven hard for more of the time.

If the PD clutch is on its was out the remap can make it slip straight after the mapping session.

The 110tdi not as much torque gain to be had, but if its the standard clutch (which 110tdi can see over 170k) then there is a good chance it will slip.

Get one car mapped at a time and budget for a new clutch, Some good tuners will give you a tester remap, ie they will remap the car and check the clutch for you and if it seems to slip or does slip they will give the the option to keep the remap or return the car back to stock until you have got the clutch sorted.

I would say there is a 90% chance that the 130pd at 120k will suffer from slipage straight after or soon after the remap it ifs the ori unit in there.

I tend to tell people if there is more than 85k on a 130pd or 150pd clutch the expect problems soon after have the remap.

There is no need to spend silly money on a performance clutch, both cars will be fine with good after market or oem clutch.

Edited 22 September, 200916 yr by Bigbhp18t
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If my old Seat Leon cupra 150 pd is anything to go by then expect it to need a clutch within a few 1000 miles if not immediately.

My Leon had 13k on the clock when i had a revo remap ( i bought the car from new ) and the clutch slipped at around 25k.

The dual mass flywheel/clutch affair in these cars is a known weakness.

Still do it tho

Jim

Yeah i understand that its going to slip because of the extra power, but just because youve got more power doent mean the clutch will wear faster!

Unless of course you drive like a ****

As the cluctch life decreases, doesnt mean it will be any less eefective, until it gets to a point then of course it will slip, but then again so would the standard car by this point.

What im interested in is wether the clutch is going to slip on a standard clutch with life on it?

Yeah i understand that its going to slip because of the extra power, but just because youve got more power doent mean the clutch will wear faster!

Unless of course you drive like a ****

As the cluctch life decreases, doesnt mean it will be any less eefective, until it gets to a point then of course it will slip, but then again so would the standard car by this point.

What im interested in is wether the clutch is going to slip on a standard clutch with life on it?

A remap that has a huge kick of torque you will reduce the life of the clutch a lot faster compared to a good map where the torque smooth and strong . Just by looking at the tuners rr graphs of the remap will give you a insight of what the remap will do to the life of your clutch. If the graph looks like a christmas tree you know its going to be hard on your clutch.