UUC Clutch and Lightweight Flywheel

[Green Dragon]

Hey. Thanks for keeping me on my toes. One other member, techboy, is running The UUC LTW as well. He is running a Kevlar clutch disk. I'll page him on this thread as well to offer his feedback.

I absolutely love mine. I have had zero problems. The only exception was a starter alignment issue, but that was completely on my end.

Performance wise, it's such a nice treat. It ranks in as one of my favorite mods, hands down. The whole character of the car for me was changed. It even sounds slightly different as the dynamics of how quickly it responds to changes in flywheel inertia. Vehicle's power feels increased by a very noticeable magnitude, especially in the lower gears. The car feels virtually lighter, more nimble, and on point, which goes along ways in bringing into balance the perceved deficit of power in a heavy vehicle. Let's be honest, the M54 works hard in our e53, so I feel like the benefit an LTW and high performance clutch is magnified more so.

The clutch pedal feels heavier. Feels like an e39 ///M5, or E46 ///M3. You quickly Adjust. I love it. Engagement and disengagement are much more percise. Gone is the soft vagueness. Gone is the self adjusting clutch. Gone is the heavy dual mass flywheel. Mine was shot.

As expected, I do have to give a slight bit more tip-in, in the throttle when accelerating from a stop, but we're talking barely. Powering out from a dig in deep snow for example, was no problem at all, and I could quickly overwhelm the traction of my new blizzaks if pushed.

I do have a light gear box rattle when in neutral, clutch out. There is a recommend gear box fluid blend with an additive fluid which I'm told works well. I'm running RedLine MTL, and it's okay.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, and I'm sure Techboy can add his 10 cents here.

Oh just a side note, I ditched my mechanical/viscous clutch fan too. Big improvement as well! I'm running a low amp draw, high performance brushless fan now.

I will post pics. Can't do it from my phone as the website wants the pics reduced in size.