ECS Tunings Stage 2 Clutch. Too Good to be True?

[GTIDREW2003]

Welp, I'm flashing stage 2 tomorrow and I have no clue wether my clutch will slip, I'm guessing it won't judging off how stiff it is for being a 68,000 mile car which I bought with 62,000 miles and am 90% sure it was a new clutch. But hey, you never know. Regardless of the outcome I'm going to take it easy on the car as I save up to buy a stage 2 clutch. I was mainly looking at ECS tunings stage 2 clutch but I feel like its too good to be true. If anyone has had experience with this thing or can tell me if it is too good to be true then please, let me know. Considering how huge of a company ECS is and how many products I've ordered from them, I trust them. But still, you never know, 600 bucks for a clutch and flywheel that can supposedly hold 400 ftlbs of torque. Seems sketchy or like I said, too good to be true. If anyones got any other good clutch recommendations that won't break the bank lmk. But like I said, I'm mostly interested in this ECS clutch because of the price. Also another question, would I even need a new fly wheel being only at 68k miles?

Link to the ECS Clutch:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-par...-forged-steel-flywheel-1885lbs/003465ecs01kt/

 

[MrFancypants]

Seems sketchy, but they have a surprising long history of selling clutches for a variety of cars and feedback I've read has been largely positive. So unless you're looking to challenge that 400 ft lb limit I'd guess that it'd work just fine.

 

[Joe_Mama]

Someone has to be the guinea pig, why not you?

 

[MrFancypants]

I’d be the guinea pig, but I haven’t managed to kill my original clutch yet.

 

[Shae’sGTI]

Not sure if it’s too late to reply but I just bought the ECS Stage 2 clutch kit. Hoping to have it installed in the next couple of weeks.

Edit: will post feedback after it’s installed and broken in.

 

[Thumper]

Not sure if it’s too late to reply but I just bought the ECS Stage 2 clutch kit. Hoping to have it installed in the next couple of weeks.

Be sure to post back after it's done and give your impressions, never too late!! lol

 

[Thedarknessinsideme]

I have installed and being using the clutch for about two months now and about 3000

 

[Joe_Mama]

I have installed and being using the clutch for about two months now and about 3000

How's she feel? No slip? Grabbing good? What engine mods?

 

[Thedarknessinsideme]

Sorry damn phone is too touchy at times. Here is the rest of my post....

Miles. I got to say I love it I was on stage 1+ before the replacement and even with the low boost tune my clutch was still slipping a lot. After the install and supporting Mods I am now running Stage 2 without a problem, except traction. I am in Wisconsin so I am running my winter setup for wheels and tires. Now on a dry road and a warmer day ( ie like 35° is a warmer day in Wisconsin winter) my car will spin between 1 and 2, 2and 2 and 3and 4. The torque our engines make is unreal. Still looking for a solution to all this loss of traction. Anyone have some personal experience with a solution to this shoot me a message.


As far as the clutch goes sight increase in pedal effort. I also installed one of their bleeder blocks ( do this, it is recommended but do it, it allows the fluid to flow in and out of the slave cylinder much faster). Great for fast gear changes. Clutch is great and ECS has been doing this for awhile so they know their stuff. As for as longevity I dont know but with clutch being less then half the price of others offering similar holding capacity you can replace it and still be ahead that's how I looked at it myself.
Also I haven't noticed any chatter what so ever. Hope this helps you pull the trigger you wont regret it.

 

[Joe_Mama]

Thanks for the update. I'll be doing a stg2 clutch within a year or so. Always happy to have more options other than the standard southbend/RSR

 

[MrFancypants]

Great to hear. I already decided that I was going to roll the dice on this when it was time, nice to know that it’s not going to immediately explode.

 

[GolNat]

Still looking for a solution to all this loss of traction. Anyone have some personal experience with a solution to this shoot me a message.

Get some motor mounts, dog bone insert and pendulum arm. These helped with with wheel hop and traction a lot. Of course better tires.

 

[Joe_Mama]

Yeah a new dogbone will help you put more power to the ground but better tires are probably your best bet. FWD has its limits and that limit is around 300 hp. Not much you can do really unless you step up to an AWD system

 

[MrFancypants]

Better tires are always the best bet here, but a stiffer dogbone, subframe mount, and rear position control arm bushings also go a really long way towards adding traction.

I did all of those things and combined with healthy dampers I went from traction issues in 2nd gear to full throttle in 1st gear with no wheel spin (stock tune) on 225 width Bridgestone RE760s. Now I’m on Hankook RS4s and the car may as well be AWD as I only ever get wheelspin at very low speeds with high steering angles. Again, stock tune, but these few things should help higher horsepower cars all the same.

 

[KinhAllyn88]

Not sure if it’s too late to reply but I just bought the ECS Stage 2 clutch kit. Hoping to have it installed in the next couple of weeks.

Edit: will post feedback after it’s installed and broken in.

I just instead the kit and so far so good have 128 miles on it no noises or anything make sure u get an upgraded bleeder block as well