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Boostified
04-18-2007, 08:18 PM
Has anyone done a 1.8 conversion. If you have which clutch did you go with? the one from the 1.6 or from the 1.8. I recently did the conversion and used the clutch from my 1.6. It looked to have a decent amount left (not to worn). But now I am experiencing a lot of clutch slipage. Under heavy acceleration shifting into 2nd the clutch slips for a while before it grabs. Also it slips in 1st gear if i wind it up and dump the clutch (to do a smokey) the rpm's stay high and i have fully released the clutch but the car doesn't go anywhere. So i am debating if there really wasn't any meat left on the clucth or if there is just to much power for the 1.6 clutch to grab?
kcbhiw
04-18-2007, 08:36 PM
Has anyone done a 1.8 conversion. If you have which clutch did you go with? the one from the 1.6 or from the 1.8. I recently did the conversion and used the clutch from my 1.6. It looked to have a decent amount left (not to worn). But now I am experiencing a lot of clutch slipage. Under heavy acceleration shifting into 2nd the clutch slips for a while before it grabs. Also it slips in 1st gear if i wind it up and dump the clutch (to do a smokey) the rpm's stay high and i have fully released the clutch but the car doesn't go anywhere. So i am debating if there really wasn't any meat left on the clucth or if there is just to much power for the 1.6 clutch to grab?
I used the old clutch disk (it measured well within tolerance), new pressure plate, and resurfaced the the stock flywheel. All parts were from the original 1.6 (PP is actually from a 2000 Protege). I've got 100 miles on the set, but no slippage issues, even when using launch control.
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