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[supra Man]

The clutch went out on our 2001 M roadster after only 10,000 miles. It always seemed to slip a little under very hard acceleration. Then the other night we were out doing multiple hard runs. After 6 good launches it just slips a little, on 7 I thought it was just bad driving on my part and went around for run 8 and the clutch just slipped all the way down. Now it is slipping all the time. First gear is somewhat useable, but you don’t want to try to go up a hill in third.

I have never had a clutch go from useable to unusable that fast. Any ideas?

BMW says it is probably not a manufacturer defect so they won’t cover it. I am not going to pay them 2K for a clutch job 1,500 in labor about when I can probably do it myself for parts.

Has anyone done their one clutch job? How hard was it and where can I go to get info on it.

Recently I saw a post on someone putting an M5 clutch on an M roadster. But I can’t seem to find it now. Anyone know where this was?

What aftermarket clutches do you recommend?

Thanks for the help, Steve

[Gofast]

UUC offers a LTW flywheel to be used with the clutch from an e34 ///M5. I'm actually doing this upgrade myself shortly. You can see all the details on their site.
As for the short life of clutch, it might be a result of hard driving with only 10k miles on the car. Usually people run the car in a bit more before really pushing it.

Edit: I just saw that your car is a 2001.
I'm not sure about clutch options for the s54 engine.

[supra Man]

I dont think the UCC LTW flywheel and clutch is for the 2001 and up (s54) M roadster.

[Gofast]

Originally posted by supra Man
I dont think the UCC LTW flywheel and clutch is for the 2001 and up (s54) M roadster.

Yeah, my bad, I didn't see your car was a 2001. *oops*

[supra Man]

any help ?