I had a LUK Vanagon clutch kit in my van for ~85,000 miles without issues. I recently replaced it with a Sachs I'd bought on sale from Peter at Volks Cafe a hundred years ago and it is working fine, too.
On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 2:52?PM Sommay Keoprasith via <skeoprasith=
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Hi all,
What is the price tag?for vanagon carat that has completed Subaru ej25 conversion on it ?
Thanks?
Sk
On Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 2:36 PM, thebluebusiscallingus@... wrote:
Hi all,
I just swapped out my original ej22 engine for one that's a bit fresher in my CA compliant KEP based conversion and it's exacerbated some old symptoms that I now think are caused by a slipping clutch.
Since the KEP flywheel and kennedy pressure plate have some strange leopard print patterning on them I figured it'd be wise to swap out a new pressure plate and friction disc and have the flywheel resurfaced.
From what I've read online (with one exception) folks say that the stock vanagon replacement pressure plate is compatible with our conversions. Is the difference between something like the Sachs unit and the KEP unit simply spring pressure and what effects would a driver notice in operation?
Kennedy say that their stage 1 clutch is rated for 220 ft. lb. torque at the flywheel while stage 2 is rated for 270.
I guess I went for stage 1, and I'm fairly certain even the NA ej25s don't break the 200 mark, so is there any really good reason to spend the extra cash on another KEP unit?
Thanks!
Also, just for fun, here's my super fashionable leopard print flywheel:
-- Jake
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Crescent Beach, BC
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1984 GL 1.9 WBX
1986 Westy Weekender with 2000 2.5 SOHC Subaru, 5 speed transaxle & PosiTrac Differential
