Just wondering if fenco is a pretty good make or are they just crap and save my money for something better??

I put a dynopak clutch in my car i think it was about $250 it came with the disk, pressure plate, throwout bearing and input shaft bearing (name?). I have no problems with it. Check crappy tire they should stock them

Fenco is who makes Dynapak.. Just that there were these cheap remanufactured ones on ebay for super cheap so i was thinking about get one...

my advice is never buy a remanufactured clutch. I bought one once and after two weeks one of the springs popped out. When the spring popped it was like a bomb in the bellhousing. The bearing welded itself to the input shaft the flywheel turned blue the disk was a writeoff the pressure plate springs bent, the fork bent and the slave cylinder housing broke. My advice is to buy new parts my cheap ways ended up costing me about $1000 to fix all because of a remanufactured $75 disk

Ok thanks for that insight, I don't need any of that stuff happening to me.. New it will be..

Thanks Paul

I've had to replace these before and I always figured it was the right place to spend $$$ when replacing a clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing.

I have to replace mine this summer and will be going to GM (ouch), worse, I'll be getting the clutch and pressure plate balanced to the flywheel. I go to GM because I am tired of OEM parts at discounted prices that turn out to be discount performers and I get the flywheel balanced because you can FEEL the difference immediately.

TGIF,
RP.

who balances fly wheels? GM?

I may not be from Ontario but I will reply guys.

I bought this OEM replacement clutch kit from Fenco for $147. Everything is brand new. New springs, new bearings, new pressure plate, etc.

Had it in the car for about 6 months and I do drive it hard. So far no problems.

Before the swap, my car would vibrate when taking off from first gear. Had the flywhell resurfaced and no more shaky.

BTW, i do not work for this company. I think it is a good OEM replacement part for the money.

Last time I had it done (clutch & flywheel balanced) was when I was getting an engine shop to swap a motor out -- they sent the works out for me to get it done.

I was going to find somebody it the KW area to do it. With the right shop it can be done for under $50 CDN.

RP.

Agreed, you definitely get a great discount with a Fenco package -- especially over GM prices. But I have a buddy who gets me the occasional deal at GM so I don't hurt so bad buying GM.

The thing I've noticed with the OEM's is that after 20-30k they tend to wear worse than a GM unit. My first f-body had a GM clutch that lasted over 200k only to be replaced with an OEM that lasted about 10k. I went through the replace-the-OEM-clutch-under-warranty-every- 6-months game with the shop until I finally called it quits and got a GM unit installed which didn't give any trouble.

How is the weather in Edmonton ?

RP.

Palric.. So your saying for the cash go get a GM one and I shouldn't have any problems? What kind of deal could you get me on one!...??

A buddy of mine works for an auto parts shop and he can get parts from GM dealers at a reasonable discount as well. Not sure I could get you a deal too as he prefers to extend these kinds of favours to nearest friends only (sorry). I suppose that when it comes time to replace my clutch I could ask him to buy two kits instead of one and get you one that way ? But that won't be for awhile yet -- probably August ?

Also, as far as I know if you are a member of the TFBA you get some good GM discounts as well ?

hope this helps,
RP.

ok no problem... we'll talk in August I am in no hurry for it.. unless I kill it this summer!! hahaha

That goes for both of us... not sure how much longer my clutch will last either...

RP.

Dynapak clutches are ****.... They dont hold up at all... I drive hard, and squeel the tires alot and make hard shifts.. The damn thing was done within 2 months... It only cost me 120 bucks and I put it in myself.. So i wasnt too sad... So i went for the 400 dollar Centerforce Dual Friction clutch... I beat on that thing so bad and to this day it still stands up as if it was brand new... I dont own the car anymore, my buddy does and he races her all the time and still that clutch is mint! I would say, spend the extra $$$ and get the Centerforce, unless u have a V6.... I put a dynapak in my old V6 Sport Coupe and it held up pretty good..