VS S Pack - Clutch?

[playful]

Hey all, Cause I get my p's soon I'm looking at cars to buy, manual and preferably a vs

I went to a caryard today just to take a look at one that I had spotted on eBay and was interested in (a white s-pack) and as all 16 year old cars go, it needed a few small things tidying up which didn't concern me cause it only cost 4k (I can easily negotiate to 3.5) and it was a factory manual, something I've been looking for for ages

anyways I was just sat in the drivers' seat talking to a mate and then I dipped the clutch in and was shocked at how much force I actually had to put on the pedal itself to dip it in, the only other cars ive driven are a vz sv6 and a 2002 astra and they don't require much force at all but I mean this seriously felt heavy!

Are Vs clutches heavy by nature? or is this one ####ed? This car seriously seems like the one with a bit of work making it look cleaner :/

thanks

[MADDNE33]

What series vs? Series 1 run the t5 box wich is cable clutch. Anything after is getrag wich run a hydrolic clutch wich is alot smoother. Being a 16 year old car I'd imagine that clutch has been change and probably with a heavy duty one. Also if it's at a car yard it wouldn't be driven much with could course the clutch cable to get stiff. Happens in my vr manual all the time.

Be carefully of car yards haha

[playful]

Yeah man it's 1995 so it's a late series 1 I think, but it feels very stiff even if it were replaced with a heavy duty one
I am not sure if I will buy it because I hate S pack body kits and getting an executive one will be a pain in the arse :/

[Trayner]

anyways I was just sat in the drivers' seat talking to a mate and then I dipped the clutch in and was shocked at how much force I actually had to put on the pedal itself to dip it in, the only other cars ive driven are a vz sv6 and a 2002 astra and they don't require much force at all but I mean this seriously felt heavy!

Are Vs clutches heavy by nature? or is this one ####ed? This car seriously seems like the one with a bit of work making it look cleaner :/

thanks

Mines a t5 clutch and its heavy to push in , but when your driving you can hardly feel it , but i like it that way .

[playful]

yeah just looked at it again and the front end doesn't look original at all as if it's been in a small bump

guess I'll be giving that one a miss; but thanks for answering the question man, I'll bear it in mind when I go to see others