did you use a garage with a lift or no? just curious....thinking of attempting this myself the next time around

 

cerametallic

 

Care to post the How To you followed. I plan to attempt one my self soon and would like to see what I may be getting my self in to. I plan to have some guys who have done it before around to help.

 

Go to evomoto.com and look in the tech section.

 

I did it on the floor with jackstands, it's pretty uncomfortable, if you have access to a lift then would definetely recommend using it. Yea the evomoto write up is pretty spot on, I used it for my install, and used the service manual to reference. There's also a few write ups in the how to section of the forum.

 

I did it in my garage with Jack stands, I am a big guy so it was a little tight! I only had the front of the car in the air, it is recommended to have the entire car in the air and level so the motor wont want to naturally roll back, this causes issues with getting the tranny out and especially getting it back in. I used 2 jacks to help raise the tranny and lift and lower the engine separately as needed to get them to line up properly. The sub frame is a real pain in the *** to get around, but with patience you can do it. Be careful when getting the input shaft through the pressure plate, it can know off the wedge collar, and if you have got the tranny that far back into position, you sure in the heck dont want to drop it again Like i said the evomoto step by step was amazing. If anyone does decide to do it, just take your time, be safe, and message me should you have any questions.

 

+ 10 on the evomoto write up

I had a lift and tranny jack and it wasn't too bad. You guys that did it on the floor are bigger/better men than I.

 

good job man! makes me feel better that its pretty easy to do.

as for the clutch, i was told by some smart people that REAL race clutches do not need to be broken in,

but full street clutches need to. party because a full disk needs to seat right imo. but if you have a 6 puck or something like that its not needed. either way i would drive nice to make sure!

 

Ya, I went with a stage 4 comp clutch, its a six puck, but I am going to baby it for 300 miles or so, just to be sure. Clutch feels amazing by the way. Read some great reviews on it. Good bang for the buck.

 

after doing the first one, it's cake work, just time consuming! I've done 5 clutches now and its taken me about 6 hrs the last few..! done on the ground also...

 

Ya definately agree on the time consuming part, after a couple clutches I'm sure it could be a 6 hour job no doubt. Just gotta learn all those little tricks.

 

Good job on the install. I did my first one a few months ago, and it was rewarding to have the peace of mind that it was done right. It's a lot easier using the push type TOB to re-install the trans too.

 

Congrats bro good job I did mine about a month ago now I put an ACT clutch and flywheel in, I did it on a lift with a trans jack too, after many years doing trannies in DSM's on my back i decided eh, I have access to a lift why do things the hard way. All in all wasnt too bad and im very happy with the clutch. I def say you should be nice to it for a decent break in.

 

good to know that you were able to do it on your own!