Heh my stocker is still holding strong at 23k but as soon as she starts to go i'll think about the road trip and donating some money to the casino's

 

Oh man, that would make the perfect excuse to go back to Vegas. Not that I really need another reason though. Vegas is the sh*t!

 

The s hit indeed my friend!

 

bah, vegas is boring...

 

who do you think makes the oe clutch ?

 

This is sweet, I'll shoot you a PM in JAN., maybe a little earlier, hitting up the drag strip again on the 28th of October, so I could be PMing you really soon.

 

I can remove and install my stock underpanel in less than 10 min total. I made the three seperate undertray pieces one single piece, placed velcro on the 3 small areas where fasteners are inaccessible after making it one piece, replaced the factory fasteners with quick fasteners had at Lowes, and made a special tool from pliers for removing the fasteners.

Undertray is just as durable but can be removed in less than 5 min and installed just as fast

As far as clutches go - it will probably take me 3 days to do mine -
Got any brief Mad-Mechanic pointers, hints, or cautions?

Anyone know if you need to replace the release fork packing, bushings, transfer o- -ring, and output shaft circlips?
My FSM states to do so but I dont see anyone else doing that, but then again manual also suggests replacing certain fasteners like the tie rod end nuts

Oh yeah, what is the purpose of that metal gadget you have holding the flywheel, do you suggest using such a tool?

Thanks

 

it's to hold the flywheel in place while you torque or untorque(assuming you aren't using air tools)the flywheel fastening bolts.

 

depends on the mile of your car and if it looks like it needs replacing. I had 8k miles on my VIII and one of those circlips were broken.