Here's the story of my bad choice to try and save money on a clutch set up. These quality control issues put the entire kit in question despite its decent appearance. Is the flywheel straight and true? Is the disc/pressure plate/ flywheel balanced? Are the bolt holes even on center?
My K24 main bearings are about to find out.
*After machining the flywheel physically fits on. Pressure plate bolt threads to flywheel and flywheel to crank bolt holes were slightly bigger, so thread locker was used.. Otherwise it appeared to line up ok.
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1 Year Update - Have driven ~10k km's on the clutch now of normal daily driving. It's lost significant bite in engagement and feels like the disc is beginning to spin. This clutch was always noisy but now has an audible squeal on engagement. From the first day of install there was also an intermittent clunk/squeak noise from the friction disc dampening springs. Low engine speed vibration is also obvious. This total sh*t part has delayed my turbo k24 build for a year now as I wait for it to fail. With all the embarrassing noises this car now makes I drive it significantly less.
*Final Update* - After 20 months and ~15k km's of light driving on a stock k24a1 this clutch is now done. Rather than replacing just the clutch I'm now building a turbo k20/k24 hybrid to swap in. I've purchased a Clutch Masters Stg 3.5 to try. More videos to come!
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