Clutch, ebay vs. jcwhitney any good?? help
 

Aquired my 92 sc300 couple months ago. When i got it the prevs. owner said i need it to replace the clutch slave cylinder cuz it use to grind on third gear, but never got to it. Now all gears rub when i shift and when i start the car gears get stuck momenteraly... Took it to a shop the other day and mechanic said i need new clutch+flywheel ofcourse and that transmission seemed ok just lilbit of wear on third gear, releave to hear that. So now, ive been looking at clutch kits and parts online. I read so far many mix reviews on ebay brand clutch kits stages1-2 (Brands: F1/Xtr/Vr...etc) ranging from $200-300 and also stated looking at parts on jcwhitney site (Brands: auto com/Sachs/centerforce.. etc) parts sold separetly but similar prices to ebay however no stages# but this parts come with 1yr warranties i believe. Friend can do the work, will charge me around $200 so im looking to spend around $500-600 in this case; the shop quoted me $900 total for parts(Clutch/flywheel/fluids uknown brands)+labor....
any better suggestions???

My sc300 under the hood is completely stock N/A turbo engine, no after market performance parts in it yet.. been thinking of doing supercharge+blowvalve set up but thats after i fix my current problem and save sum $$ for that, but dnt know how much that would cost nor what parts i need for that setup??

But yea i need help with my clutch dilema... i need to change it ASAP cant keep driving it much like that.

when my clutch went out I replaced it w an f1 racing eBay stage 1. after about 3 years of abuse it was going out again so this time I put a stage 3. pedal stiffness isn't bad in traffic. still holding strong.

I have a Spec stage 3+ clutch and flywheel forsale.. clutch has maybe 1400 miles on it.. PM me if your interested.

comp clutch ultra light flywheel 300 and an act modified street disk clutch for 100 plus tax and shipping. pm if interested.


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Thanks for the replies guys. did lot of research and bought a clutch inbetween stock and racing just a step up on performance wise, Centerforce ll clutch kit. hope the install goes smooth. next step turbocharge.

good luck, keep the boost low or you will be wearing your new clutch out pretty fast as well.