YEah me too, I coulda sworn there was stages 1-3 on ecs a couple months ago. I'll give them a call! Either that or check out the spec clutchs

 

Where are spec kits sold ?

how the close is it to the stock feel ? Will my leg be hurting after sit and go traffic? I want to upgrade my clutch in my 180TTQ but im scared to end up with a bad ride everyday. I want only to improve from the stock clutch, not downgrade.

 

Did you end up changing the clutch yet ?

 

its not gonna make your leg hurt unless your a girl....lol IMO driving a stick as a daily driver isnt very fun anyway.....dont get me wrong i love "driving a manual" but it does get old every day/.......esp in traffic.....i cant wait till Aug when i get my daily driver and winter car.....2001 Jeep grand cherokee loaded...i will enjoy the TT that much more because i wont have to drive it everywhere lol

 

No it's gonna be a little while, I just have to keep my foot light for a bit. Hopefully that should hold up till I get the cash. And I think upgrading you clutch to a lighter clutch should be easier on you leg. I believe the stock clutch is like 22lbs and to upgrad I think it goes down to 14lbs or so. You can buy the spec clutchs from specclutch's web site, just type it in a search engine.

 

Actually that is for the flywheel which will have nothing to do with how hard the clutch is to push in.The flywheel is bolted directly to the engine and is what you are trying to grab friction to when you let out the clutch. How hardthe clutchwill be to push when is more or less dependant on the clamping force on the clutch itself and the slave cylinder.

So, the more horsepower you are running, the more force you need to hold the clutch to the flywheel. The higher rated the clutch is, the harder the clutch will be to push in. An offset to this would be a different slave cylinder, although to reduce to reduce the forces of the clutch, the travel between fully engaged and disengaged would have to increase.

Hopefully I explained that well enough and if not, maybe someone else can explain it a little better than I.

 

Thanks, that helped me out a bit. I'm still not 100% sure how the clutch actually works so anything I can find out is awesome. I'm just trying to visualize it

 

Basically the flywheel bolts directly to the crank of the engine. Ithas a friction plate mounted to it. This is the area where thetransmittion makes contact to the engine through the clutch. The clutch is attached to the transmittion and is basically another priece of high friction materialthat uses springs to press itself against the friction plate of the flywheel.

When you press the clutch pedal, you are basically pulling back on the pressure springs of the clutch to create a gap between it and the flywheel friction plate. The more horsepower you have, the stronger these springs need to be (and the harder the clutch pedal is to push in), as well as needing a higher friction coeffiencent between the 2 mating materials.

That's a simplistic way of looking at it, but hopefully that helps.

 

YEah it helps out. I'm gonna stay and watch the install when I get it done. I'm more of a visual learner you know. But thanks a lot

 

So I'm needing this clutch sooner than I thought. Do I have to buy a new flywheel too or can I just get the clutch? I'm gonna go with spec stage 1 or 2.