I have a Valeo kit in the Lemons race car that has lasted through 6 race weekends and a few track days so far. No issues at all, nothing but abuse. My e36 is a 318ti.
Valeo kit with SMF conversion is pretty cheap. I have it and love it so far.
I have about…2 years on my Valeo kit and I’m very happy. The clutch bites really well, the car responds to throttle blips/heel toe really well. I have zero complaints. The flywheel chatter is noticeable, but fixable. If it drives you nuts you can get your idle raised by like 200rpm and it’ll quiet down, but honestly I don’t mind it much. Racecar noises.
I put the Valeo single mass kit on my 04...has been awesome!
if you are bone stock (or even stage 1) I would personally recommend the Valeo single mass clutch kit. I had this kit in 2 of my cars (one of which was stage 1+) and never had a problem with it.
I can say I still keep an original 1990 G60 Corrado Mannesman Sachs clutch kit around to compare to newer ZF Sachs clutch kits. The older ones are thicker metal for the pressure plate shell and its friction surface, the newer ZF Sachs is thinner metal, but I use them because we have no time machine to get NOS 1990s parts.
Just did the clutch on my old 3.0, rockauto had a Sachs clutch kit. Works well, is a pretty reputable OEM brand.
I’m in the middle of doing mine on my JK myself. I forget my mileage, under 100k. I wheel a little bit and plow my own driveway, so that may have contributed.
Like another commenter said, putting a new clutch in is easy. Getting access to it is a decently painful, though.
I got a Sachs clutch kit from RockAuto for about $200, the OEM one I pulled out said Sachs too, so I had some peace of mind that I’m at or near OEM quality for half the price (MOPAR parts were $500 from RockAuto). Kit comes with clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, and pilot bearing.
Springs on the dual mass flywheel failed, tons of play, converting to solid flywheel Valeo clutch kit.
Sorry to burst this bubble, that I was hoping to benefit from, but I ordered from Rock Auto, it arrived today, and the Sachs kit is no longer an FCC friction disk with caged springs. The springs are no longer caged like OEM. The pressure plate also, although it looks similar is also not marked as FCC, both are just marked with weird Sachs part numbers that don't co-relate with any searches that I have done, but they do match the numbers on the outside of the Sachs box it shipped in. Both bearings are still marked as Nachi and Japan. The Sachs box says made in Japan on the outside, but the design of the friction disc is different and there is no FCC branding on either the disk or the plate. I'm not sure how much I missed this deal by, but I was gutted to find out this is no longer the deal that it was. Returning it tomorrow.
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