Clutches - need a strong clutch for the 1.4

[valman]

hello all,
as some of you might have read, my clutch has been very bad recently and its getting much much worse. so im looking for a replacement - can anyone recommend a strong upgrade for the standard unit that wont break the bank?

thanks

[volvodspec]

stock material works fine for the stock power.
good pedal adjustment helps with the life of the clutch

if you're going over 100bhp you want to look at a clutch upgrade.

[valman]

stock material works fine for the stock power.
good pedal adjustment helps with the life of the clutch

if you're going over 100bhp you want to look at a clutch upgrade.

ah ok thanks for clearing that up - yeah my pedal has about 2 inches of slack *shock horror* keep wanting to sort it out but its just bloody raining all the time and when it isnt im busy. eurgh.
im surprised my clutch died so quickly though - it was replaced in 2005 according to the service history and covered 800 thousand miles since then and ive done only 3 or 4 burnouts without going nuts on the clutch dropping and its shagged already which i find weird considering my friends fiesta (1.3) has held up to a year of constant wheelspins and reverse to firsts - and everytime he drives he does them yet its still fine. could it be just the cable perhaps thats made it die so quick as i didnt have nay play in the pedal when i fisrt got it ?

[Speedy88]

Sounds like bad adjustment, my clutch (standard 1.7 re-machined one off ebay) has lasted 15k of abuse with 160bhp behind it Slips a bit now but that's more due to driver error than bad materials

[valman]

Sounds like bad adjustment, my clutch (standard 1.7 re-machined one off ebay) has lasted 15k of abuse with 160bhp behind it Slips a bit now but that's more due to driver error than bad materials

thats good to hear then that they last will have to buy a new one then and do it properly following haynes manual to the letter and i meant 8k miles not 800 k
is there a good place to get them cheap? they seem to be about 40 ish on ebay