[abirmaher]

Hi all. Any experience out there with upgrading the clutch on the 6 speed for an M235i? Considering going with a stage 2 PURE turbo upgrade and I am hearing that might be necessary. Thoughts? Prices?

[boost82]

Personally from my experiences with clutches and single mass flywheels on modern cars, if I was you I would go ahead with the turbo upgrade and only upgrade the clutch once it starts to slip. Still doesn't mean you can't research. I had a big turbo 2011 GTI before the m235i and went through 3 clutches. 2 southbend kits that blew up and chattered like crazy. I will never buy a southbend clutch again. then I finally did a oem upgrade that turned out to be the most reliable but it had a dual mass flywheel. I pieced together a ttrs disk and pressure plate with a oem flywheel. That's the route I would look into first if I had to do it again with this car, if a m3 or 4 pressure plate and disk fits I would try that.

It's also so hard to find out what torque level the oem clutches are rated too. We might be good you never know...

[boost82]

Just came to me a m2 clutch would probably be stronger than ours too. When that gets here that's a option that should fit but you never know until somebody is brave enough to try haha

[abirmaher]

Originally Posted by boost82

Personally from my experiences with clutches and single mass flywheels on modern cars, if I was you I would go ahead with the turbo upgrade and only upgrade the clutch once it starts to slip. Still doesn't mean you can't research. I had a big turbo 2011 GTI before the m235i and went through 3 clutches. 2 southbend kits that blew up and chattered like crazy. I will never buy a southbend clutch again. then I finally did a oem upgrade that turned out to be the most reliable but it had a dual mass flywheel. I pieced together a ttrs disk and pressure plate with a oem flywheel. That's the route I would look into first if I had to do it again with this car, if a m3 or 4 pressure plate and disk fits I would try that.

It's also so hard to find out what torque level the oem clutches are rated too. We might be good you never know...

I'll probably stay stock until necessary like you said. Also I don't plan to run meth so the numbers others are seeing over 500 are likely way off from where I'll be.

[boost82]

I think that's the best way to go about it. I would still research around a bit to see what's out there just in case

[abirmaher]

Originally Posted by boost82

I think that's the best way to go about it. I would still research around a bit to see what's out there just in case

Thanks