I couldn't agree more. Mine broke one of those thin tabs that is rivited near to the od of the plate after about 500-800 miles. I spoke with another guy who said that they had a batch of mis heat treated pressure plate parts and he got his warrantied. For some reason Potterman wouldn't check to see if mine was warranty. Anyway, I purchased a Stage III Kevlar clutch kit from Holland at ND. Set me back a fortune and the chattering is finally starting to subside after about 1500 miles - but it hasn't broke on me! BUT I BET THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BROKE WITH STOCK HORSEPOWER.
Clay Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:18:25 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: Barely 13K miles on this pressure plate, and bam! It's broke. I don't know how many times this has happened now. This one was a Superkit or whatever it's called, for the A3 cars. It seems the pressure plate can't handle the high rpms, 'cause I've never had this problem with my 8V cars. Well, I'm either going to throw in a low mileage sachs pressure plate (it's free!) or I'm going to splurge and get the clutchmasters or the centerforce kit. Alex Ranarivelo South California '91 GTI 16V w/European Motorworks ported 1.8 16V head, euro intake cam, Garrett chip, 50mm intake, Borla exhaust, 3.90 ring and pinion, .80 5th gear, no A/C, neuspeed lowering springs, rear tri-tie bar, and 16 in. ABT wheels. 140hp@the wheels. <A HREF="http://www.iders.com/alexweb/";>Alex's Tuning Information</A> _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
