Well I've saved enough lunch money to go with the APR K04 and the S3 intercooler. I'm currenty stage 2 and have all the supporting mods. I live in southern cal where it hasn't been above 70 the past 2 weeks (S3 should suffice) I'll be installing it next week and will give a review after.
For now I thought it might be interesting to hear some thoughts on when you guys think my stock clutch will start to slip. By slip I mean unable to use the power I've paid for. Not slip as in I'll just stay off the throttle until I can replace it. After reading through the threads I've decided to try out the stock clutch with the K04 since its been flawless throughout stage 1 and stage 2.
A little background on my driving experience/habits. I've driven nothing but manual cars for 10 years. I'm not a professional driver by any means but I know what I'm doing. I was stock for 10k then went stage 1, stage 2 came at 20k. I'm currently at 26k with no issues. I would consider myself a normal enthusiast driver. I never launch the car but I do enjoy using the stage 2 power daily. Making wot passes on the freeway, some quick runs to 60 but never revving and launching in first or shifting gears like a boy racer. My car has never been tracked. My commute to work is mainly highway miles. Some stop and go traffic in OC but I'm usually on the road early enough to miss it.
The point of this thread is to get an idea of what you guys think of the stock clutch on the mk6 gti. I know this topic has been beat to death, but it bums me out to see people on the forum second guessing going stage 1 or stage 2 due to the "weak" clutch. Whether it's driving habits or different strength clutches coming from the factory is a mistery to me.
I know K04 is a huge step up in power and honestly I'm not expecting the stock clutch to last very long. I'm not going to baby the car, my driving habits will remain the same to ensure a relatively fair test.
Obviously this is not a statistical analysis of clutch failures analyzing multiple groups of cars/drivers. Just a friendly unofficial non-biased discussion.
For now I thought it might be interesting to hear some thoughts on when you guys think my stock clutch will start to slip. By slip I mean unable to use the power I've paid for. Not slip as in I'll just stay off the throttle until I can replace it. After reading through the threads I've decided to try out the stock clutch with the K04 since its been flawless throughout stage 1 and stage 2.
A little background on my driving experience/habits. I've driven nothing but manual cars for 10 years. I'm not a professional driver by any means but I know what I'm doing. I was stock for 10k then went stage 1, stage 2 came at 20k. I'm currently at 26k with no issues. I would consider myself a normal enthusiast driver. I never launch the car but I do enjoy using the stage 2 power daily. Making wot passes on the freeway, some quick runs to 60 but never revving and launching in first or shifting gears like a boy racer. My car has never been tracked. My commute to work is mainly highway miles. Some stop and go traffic in OC but I'm usually on the road early enough to miss it.
The point of this thread is to get an idea of what you guys think of the stock clutch on the mk6 gti. I know this topic has been beat to death, but it bums me out to see people on the forum second guessing going stage 1 or stage 2 due to the "weak" clutch. Whether it's driving habits or different strength clutches coming from the factory is a mistery to me.
I know K04 is a huge step up in power and honestly I'm not expecting the stock clutch to last very long. I'm not going to baby the car, my driving habits will remain the same to ensure a relatively fair test.
Obviously this is not a statistical analysis of clutch failures analyzing multiple groups of cars/drivers. Just a friendly unofficial non-biased discussion.
