[XwalkerX]

title says it all. i have an ams kit i am going to install with a 12lb pulley so im wondering if i can get away with useing the oem sachs clutch kit if possible. some people say 350 some say 250. enlighten me http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif ...

and a lil pic for views...

 

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Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

i'd say like 230ish for any great deal of time, sachs power clutch can handle closer to like 280ish and still feels stock

 

[I am Jack's VR6]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (Anand20v)

About 300 ft/lbs as long as you don't ever launch or drive like an ass.

 

[SleepyTT]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

Quote, originally posted by XwalkerX »

title says it all. i have an ams kit i am going to install with a 12lb pulley so im wondering if i can get away with useing the oem sachs clutch kit if possible. some people say 350 some say 250. enlighten me http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif ... and a lil pic for views... [img[http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid97/pd06b2d92ed4c4b946fd6f42f52144b11/fa0d8e5e.jpg[/img]

Nice phone.

 

[leebro61]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (Sleepy007)

My clutch held absolutely fine with ~300whp and 260wtq. Ran that way for prolly 10k or so Id guess. I never beat on it, but when I dropped the tranny the clutch looked mint with 64k on it http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif

 

[mattstacks]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (leebro61)

I would say up to around three hundred Ft. Lbs as well.
Mine starts to slip at around ten pounds or a little less. Due to this slip I have not gotten the car dyno'd but i would say that is around 300.
8.5-1 compression with a short runner.
clutch has around 6000 on it.

 

[XwalkerX]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (mattstacks)

thanks guys, i feel a bit more confidant in purchasing a stock clutch. has anyone ever gone to the track with a stock clutch? just wondering how it is if yoiu happen to slip it a lil

 

[Ohio Brian]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

My oem Sachs slips at times too around 9-10 psi.

 

[eiprich]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

Quote, originally posted by XwalkerX »

thanks guys, i feel a bit more confidant in purchasing a stock clutch. has anyone ever gone to the track with a stock clutch? just wondering how it is if yoiu happen to slip it a lil

Since SC VR6's generally make much less torque than hp you may be ok with oem but track use and stock sachs clutch is a bad combination.
If your going to go through the trouble of removing the trans to change the clutch I recommend at least doing a basic upgrade, it would be worth the price difference in my opinion.
-Rich

 

[Chris_P]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

I've seen 450+whp/400+lbs/ft on a turbo VR with stock clutch kit.
Chris

 

[TBT-Syncro]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

i believe Goldmember (560 WHP) is still using a stock clutch.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

Does the pressure plate play any role in how much horsepower the tranny can handle (in addition to the clutch)? I put in a (now extinct) Velocity clutch when I had my Quaife installed, fully knowing that I'd have an SC someday. When I bought the clutch, the sales person at Velocity talked me out of buying a new pressure plate and thought the stock one could handle up to 300 hp(???)

 

[REMUS 13]

Did somebody say Pressure Plate?

 

[D Wiz]

Re: (REMUS 13)

holla at my broken PP 8v powerz

 

[BubonicCorrado]

Re: how much can a stock vr6 clutch handle... (XwalkerX)

DUDE!!! If you're going to buy a clutch, why not just get an upgraded one? Clutchnet.com Buy the 6 puck sprung clutch, it's 200 bucks and should be capable of over 300 wheel