Enjoying myself today. (This is Jason by the way... )

Started working on the mongrel at 11, and so far including lunch, the subframe has been dropped complete and the driveshafts are out - left in the hubs as they're not in the way. Box is ready to drop, and I reckon new one will be in by the end of the day.

Photos are being taken along, which will follow in a couple of days.

Finally! gonna be extremely interesting to hear how this upgrade meshes with the engine power.

Looking fwd to the pics! (oh and say hi to Alex as well matey please).

Cheers

Bas (in Abu Dhabi atm)

Box is out. Old clutch is out too - boy it was in a bad way. Rivets very loose, clutch plate pretty bad. You can tell it's been slipping....

Oddest thing is I noticed a SACHS stamp on the housing.... :confused: I assume just the housing might be Sach,

Post up some pics matey, and ill try to tell you what i think of the clutch. What clutch was supposed to be in it?

why wouldn't these mods work perfectly with the other ones Bas?

its only an LSD and a new clutch

they won't affect anything like the turbo etc

hope it goes well Jas, better than my clutch change did although yours is far less complicated

Post up some pics matey, and ill try to tell you what i think of the clutch. What clutch was supposed to be in it?

JBS Kevlar clutch - 400 lb/ft organic jobby. I will get pics up of the old clutch plate. If it WAS a sachs clutch all along, then that's mighty odd.

JBS Kevlar clutch - 400 lb/ft organic jobby. I will get pics up of the old clutch plate. If it WAS a sachs clutch all along, then that's mighty odd.

Well im sure i have seen a previous picture of one of there kevlar clutches and it had a red pressure plate with a paddle type plate?

If so then i have absolutly no idea why the f*ck they have painted the cover for because they dont leave the factory like that. Im possibly guessing they have used maybe a standard cover with an uprated plate. Did the cover and plate have any part numbers on them? if so tell me them and ill tell you for sure then what it is.

These are the pics you might be interested Mr Sachs.

Other pics of todays work are going in a new thread.

um, bengie - you maybe misunderstood my point - these upgrades will be simply brill in getting the mongrel's power down to the rubber - how much better the car will be is th point.

um, bengie - you maybe misunderstood my point - these upgrades will be simply brill in getting the mongrel's power down to the rubber - how much better the car will be is th point.

Whatever it is, it's amazing! Just like the mongrel & Jason, I love it! I love everything!

WTF. why the hell have they painted the clutch for? for a start it looks absolutly ****e IMHO. You get any numbers off the plate or cover?

Plate certanly looks like a paddle type race clutch. Part no.'s off the cover will determin if its uprated or not...... if its got 88 3182 999 at the begining of it then 3 other digits on the end then yes its an uprated cover. But even still, im still not sure the Sachs paddle clutch is rated to 400 lbft torque..... ill look into it for you though

Right quick search on the works system and brigs up the following data:

part info : SACHS (ZF SRE) 883082 999753

part info

brand: SACHS (ZF SRE)

883082 999753

Clutch Pressure Plate Performance

country-specific article data

article status: Normal [24/11/2004]

criteria

Diameter [mm]: 240

Heavy Duty Version:

replacement for/substituted by

883082 999753

ZF compare numbers

ZF SACHS

06 3082 000 238

06 3082 306 501

06 3082 306 503

ZF Trading compare numbers

SACHS

06 3082 306 533

06 3082 306 531

manufacturer compare numbers

AUDI

038 141 025 R

038 141 025 C

FORD

1 119 159

YM21-7563-BA

1 131 841

YM21-7563-CA

SEAT

038 141 025 R

VOLKSWAGEN

038 141 025 R

038 141 025 C

part info : SACHS (ZF SRE) 881864 999969

part info

brand: SACHS (ZF SRE)

881864 999969

Clutch Disc Performance

EAN:

4013872360406

country-specific article data

article status: Normal [24/11/2004]

criteria

Number of Teeth: 23

Hub Profile: 21,8x24,2-23N

Diameter [mm]: 240

replacement for/substituted by

881864 999969

ZF Trading compare numbers

SACHS

20 1878 052 239

20 1878 988 101

manufacturer compare numbers

AUDI

06A 141 031 Q

VOLKSWAGEN

06A 141 031 Q

074 141 032 D

thats for the cover and plate.

Pictures of the plate below show that the plate in this kit is out of something else as our ones are all 4 puck paddles, not multi paddle like the one you have.

WTF. why the hell have they painted the clutch for? for a start it looks absolutly ****e IMHO. You get any numbers off the plate or cover?

Plate certanly looks like a paddle type race clutch. Part no.'s off the cover will determin if its uprated or not...... if its got 88 3182 999 at the begining of it then 3 other digits on the end then yes its an uprated cover. But even still, im still not sure the Sachs paddle clutch is rated to 400 lbft torque..... ill look into it for you though

Thanks. I'll be able to find part numbers on Monday I guess - Clutch is in the box my spec one arrived in.

Thats the uprated cover how they leave the factory

Thats the uprated cover how they leave the factory

Looks remarkably similar.... At least not in colour...

but thats what all pressure plates look like isn't it?

Yep it will look exactly like a standard pressure plate, the difference being in the clamp load on the pressure plate itself. Obviously the uprated one will have a high clamp load which will mean it will beable to cope with hight torque figures than the standard one.

The only way i can tell is with numbers off the old unit matey