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Old 05-07-2008, 06:01 PM
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Default questions about clutch on 2.8 - how can you tell the clutch is going bad?
I have 175K on my original clutch and I'm not sure how much longer it will last. I will be driving cross-coutry and I don't want it to go out during the trip.

My car hasn't been abused but I do tow a trailer and drive it hard sometimes.

Are there any ways to tell if the clutch is going or how much material is left?

What is the recomended plate to get a cluthc kit? I will go OEM.
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Default when you got to shift and you start to hit the gas, if the rpms seem to go higher
without you accelrating normal, then you clutch is slipping.
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Default ECS has a 30v Sach clutch for $269.95.
A SB stage 1 will run you around $395.
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people still order from ECS?
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Default Not sure
seeing that I dont work for "ecs". But it has to be better then buying from Ebay :P
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I saw that. Blau has a simialar kit for $223, but they are out of stock
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is it worth going to a SB stage 1 if I don't have too many performance mods?
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Default Well if you do go with a SB
you will know the clutch will hold if you do add any power mods.
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