So coming from the diesel truck world, Cummins to be exact I already have tons of horror stories about SBC. I never intended to buy one for my mk6 simply because they don't hold the hp and tq advertised for the diesel market and are very over priced.
My question is what is a safe option for Stage 2-stage 3 power levels...or is there one?
My clutch has slipped since the day I installed my GSP V1 Fmic...the added power pushed it to the point of slipping but only on cold soaked drives. Say anything under 40* out side temp before I've driven 15 mins or more. If I hop in my car, allow it to come off high idle, drive easy till it reaches 190* water temp (my usual habit I never break, don't want to blow up a brand new car) then get on it hard it slips extremely bad. But once I've drove 15 mins or so it's fine so I just take it easy and its been 15,000 since it started slipping under these conditions, no change.
I contacted Valair Clutch, the company I've had two Cummins clutches from asking if they would custom build a mk6 clutch to avoid SBC. Would anyone else want to give them a try? They're located in TX and I'm in Ohio so R&D on my car is out of the question. They're very good to work with as they replaced my first clutch I ordered from them, allowing me to use the money I had already spent towards a better model AND told me I could keep/sell/do whatever with the first they sent me!
So I paid $300 for a 300hp/700ft lbs clutch that wouldn't hold my power (under estimated by me/not their fault), then only $600 for their $900 600hp/1000ft lbs full sprung hub ceramic clutch set up and free shipping! Awesome guys, made in the USA. Top notch same day customer support and they are a great value at half the price of SBC. Somebody please get the ball rolling for them to build a complete stage 3 clutch for our cars or direct me to a company who can since SBC CLEARLY CONNOT
