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Old 09-01-2007, 09:52 PM
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Is there any methods for quick clutch brake-in, when you can't wait for 450 miles of city driving?
Old 09-01-2007, 10:18 PM
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take a vacation. Really it needs that time to settle in.
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yea if you rush it to soon you are just begging for trouble 500 miles really thats like what a weeks worth of driving you do.
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patiance!!!!! u do this only once for the life of the clutch its worth the wait !!!
Old 09-02-2007, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by fuseone
yea if you rush it to soon you are just begging for trouble 500 miles really thats like what a weeks worth of driving you do.

13 hours give or take the track was open 1 day after the clutch was in i got bored and gives me a reason to waist gas
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Do those who actually races break-in their clutches for a week after installing it? I guess it's more like "install at night, race in the morning"
Old 09-02-2007, 07:32 AM
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I had my LS7 broke in after about 15 minutes of installing it and haven't had a single problem with it
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You can go outside and do a few clutch dumps to break it in real fast, or you can drive it at leat 500 miles around in city driving. I know folks who have done the install and straight to clutch dumps and it worked fine for them.
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Depends what kind of clutch you have. RAMs need no break-in at all. Bolt and go.
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SPEC clutch.
But I think they all use same materials and work with same flywheels so should be very similar.
I'm trying to break in quicker by disengaging/engaging clutch often with engine revving just a bit, or opposite - disenganging when slowing down in gear.




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