Pics from clutch & gearbox swap

[devonutopia]

Well, I've stuck these on a couple of other forums, but rude not to here. Basically a week ago my car went off the road for some work to be done. In 10 hours (roughly) we managed the following:

Removed stock gearbox
Removed "uprated" JBS clutch & flywheel
Fitted 9 lb aluminium flywheel from SPEC
Fitted 560 lb/ft (at the wheels! ) Stage 3+ clutch from the same place
Fitted Devonmikeyboys old Cupra TDI gearbox, with Peloquin LSD already installed!
Fitted cupra bushes into the consoles.
Reassembled everything.
Fitted BMC CDA intake system. I love it!

Here's some pics

Car gets ready for going under the scalpel, I mean wrench

The "to do" pile.

Removed nearside wheel arch liner. I love my brakes.

Complete subframe dropped

Driveshafts dropped. Glad they were able to stay in the hubs as I forgot to buy a pair of new hubnuts

 

[devonutopia]

New clutch plate

Gearbox dropped onto tranny lift.

Old clutch plate. Not looking good!

9lb flywheel bolted to the engine

Housing goes over the top, along with the plate inside

Next day, new gearbox is offered up to the car

Raised up to meet the mount

Driveshafts hooked up. I realised later that the nearside driveshaft was also from Mikeyboy's Cupra TDI, so it has been reunited with it's gearbox too!

 

[devonutopia]

Cupra bushes pressed into the consoles.

Reassembled bottom end gets lifted up into position

And with the BMC CDA fitted, the engine bay now looks a little like this.

 

[JPS3290]

Good job

Are you running Nitrous as well!?

Just seen your You Tube Video - Nice soot lol

 

[devonutopia]

Soot is only low down, out of turbo boost.... It soon clears up once the turbo comes alive

I do run nos too, but rarely actually use it on the road. Propane is used all the time though.

 

[thebeno]

Beast, whats the function of the CDA?? What is it??

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Beast, whats the function of the CDA?? What is it??

CDA is a forced air induction kit. They are not cheap but one of the best on the market.

 

[devonutopia]

CDA is a forced air induction kit. They are not cheap but one of the best on the market.

Did you notice your old cupra nearside driveshaft is now reunited with it's old gearbox?

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Did you notice your old cupra nearside driveshaft is now reunited with it's old gearbox?

 

[MattFrench]

Nice work, Im wondering now if my dual mas fly wheel and jabba fitted clutch are going to hold when i get round to visiting allards!! What do you recon the sasch clutch is good for?

 

[UncleFester]

You did keep the gearbox nice and clean before you bolted it up to the car didn't you - bloody good work for 10 hours!

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Nice work, Im wondering now if my dual mas fly wheel and jabba fitted clutch are going to hold when i get round to visiting allards!! What do you recon the sasch clutch is good for?

Sachs organic friction disc is rated at 340 lb torque but will hold more.

 

[strugers1]

i have a sachs clutch but jabba say that it will be fine when i get a hybrid!! they say i will get 220+ bhp with around 365lb ft torque but they said the clutch will hold fine!! is this true?

 

[devonmikeyboy]

i have a sachs clutch but jabba say that it will be fine when i get a hybrid!! they say i will get 220+ bhp with around 365lb ft torque but they said the clutch will hold fine!! is this true?

365lb torque with 220bhp will be quite smokey but the clutch should be OK. If you ever fit an LSD you might want to think about fitting a Helix organic disc ( 365lb rating ) or a cerametallic paddle disc fitted next time to be 100% sure for when you do even more power mods.

 

[strugers1]

how much would just the ceramic plate be??would that fit a sachs cluch thing lol
i dont know how clutches work

 

[devonmikeyboy]

how much would just the ceramic plate be??would that fit a sachs cluch thing lol
i dont know how clutches work

cerametallic paddle discs tend to be the same or even cheaper then organic discs. Your clutch design is the same weather it`s Sachs or Helix so parts are interchangeable.
Helix cerametallic paddle disc

 

[strugers1]

so that just fit onto my clutch as it is now?how much do they go for?

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Straight swop for your organic disc. Cost for the paddle disc i think is about £200 to buy but then you have fitting but if you are already fitting an LSD your gearbox will be opened anyway so no labour bill to speak of. I would bother fitting one unless your gearbox is getting opened anyway for some reason or if the clutch does start to slip which i i doudt at 360ish lb torque. Helix clutches hold a lot more torque then Sachs ( Helix organic disc 365lb rating ) but are slightly more exspensive so if anyone knows they intend to go big turbo i personally would always get a Helix over a Sachs clutch.

 

[strugers1]

ok thanks for the advice allards sell helix?

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Allards sale Helix and Sachs. Prices on their web site are Helix as that is what they sale most plus fit when doing turbo conversions. Good reason to get an LSD now so you can change your drive disc for nothing saving £200 labour... I really should work in sales you know.