I am ready to replace the clutch on my 1989 GTU. I've been searching on the forums for a quite a while and I cannot seem to find a difference between the clutch kits for a convertible or a coupe. On both autozone.com and partsamerica.com there is around a $100 price difference. Does anyone know if there's any difference the two?

 

The only differences between the clutches is between the turbo and N/A cars. The turbo manual transmissions use a bigger clutch disc than the N/A. The convertible uses the same size clutch as the rest of the other N/A models.

 

just for trivia: There is a difference but only if the Turbo is a Turbo. I popped in a new clutch a hwile ago and the pressure plate was very different...guess the added weight required a stiffer plate...jut make sure you get the year right for your clutch...i did a clutch a few years back and the shaft that is on the tranny(the one that goes into the flywheel)was different tand the clutch disk did not fit over...

 

So on the GTU I can use the convertible clutch instead of the Coupe clutch and it will work? is thats whats being said?

 

look at it this way - there are NA clutches and turbo clutches. exhaust is by body type (and engine) clutch is just by engine/trans