clutch life 986/986s

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Shred

New Clutch
See what Jake Raby has to say about Clutch life.

I was also told by a highly regarded Porsche Specialist garage and someone who worked at a Porsche Dealer.

Trust me, I was as shocked when I first heard about that!! I have never had to change a clutch in any of my cars my whole life and they all went over 100k miles

However, I am starting to believe it too, my new clutch feels quite different only after 10k.
That includes 4 track days too but mostly freeway miles.

Well why I would generally defer to Raby on an engine question, there is some funny Kool-Aid being drunk saying that the clutch rarely last more than 50K

Who is your "highly regarded Porsche Specialist garage" that says clutches don't last long?

You seem to have a very odd problem with a clutch lasting less than 20k miles multiple times. Sounds like your handle is well chosen as you shred clutches. Are you sure you are starting in 1st and not 3rd?

I know many that track their cars often that get more than 75k on a clutch and if you go by what many have posted, they often last 100k or more

Clutch wear is a direct correlation to how you drive.

I have 80k now and the clutch feels fine and I track and AX my car as often as I can

The generally consensus is you need to replace the clutch when it starts to slip. If you want to replace it at a specific mileage and pay 11+ hours labor prematurely, be my guest. I guess if you replace your IMSB with one that has a specific service interval, then you might as well replace the clutch every 40k miles (or whatever the IMSB service interval is) while you have the tranny dropped as you are already in there.

Personally I see no reason to spend lots of $$$$ every 30-40k just because....

YMMV