Damn Car!!!
05-04-2009, 10:42 PM
#1
Damn Car!!! Well, I'm a little pissed. I thought I had my car all good to go for the MFBA track rental this weekend. Then, tonight, my clutch decided to give me a little chatter. I thought nothing of it, and figured it'd still be able to last a few more weeks before I could get my Spec Stage 3 put in. I start getting a little closer to town, and the clutch pedal starts getting softer, and it's harder than hell to get the car into any gear. So, I decide I'll drive straight to the shop, and let it sit, and see what they can do about it tomorrow. I get to a stop sign, and can barely get the car to go into 1st. I take off with massive clutch chatter, hit 2nd, let out on the clutch, it sticks to the floorboard. It starts slowly coming up off the floorboard, but is engaged the whole time. I had to run a couple of stop signs to get to the shop, because I knew I wouldn't be able to get it out of gear. I rolled into the shop parking lot, go to push the clutch in and take it out of gear. As soon as I press down on the clutch, I hear a loud pop, come to a stop, and the car dies. I can't wait to see what my clutch looks like now. lol. Luckily, I've got my Spec Stage 3 laying around, but this really pisses me off, since MFBA is having a track rental at Cordova this weekend. So, now I'm probably not going to be able to make it. And since I have to pay for a clutch install, and most likely a new flywheel, getting my 3.90's put in is probably going to be set back. Sorry for the long, drawn out story, but I just had to vent. I'll try and get some pics of the carnage sometime this week whenever they get it torn apart, so everyone can see the damage.
05-04-2009, 10:52 PM
#3
Actually, the clutch already has 1000 miles on it. A local guy had it in his car, while he was breaking his new motor in, but swapped it out for a heavier clutch, since his car is making around 600rwhp. So, would I still have to give it a break-in period after I put it in, or should it be good to go right away? I'm just not sure if they'll be able to get to it tomorrow anyways. They've been pretty busy up there lately, and it's not like I have a scheduled appointment. Luckily, I'm related to them, so they'll get to it as quick as they can, and do it for a real good price.
05-07-2009, 10:50 PM
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Actually, the clutch already has 1000 miles on it. A local guy had it in his car, while he was breaking his new motor in, but swapped it out for a heavier clutch, since his car is making around 600rwhp. So, would I still have to give it a break-in period after I put it in, or should it be good to go right away? I'm just not sure if they'll be able to get to it tomorrow anyways. They've been pretty busy up there lately, and it's not like I have a scheduled appointment. Luckily, I'm related to them, so they'll get to it as quick as they can, and do it for a real good price.
05-07-2009, 11:30 PM
#6
Yeah, I got it back last night. They got it in late Tuesday afternoon. It's going to take a lot of getting used to with this Spec Stage 3. The only thing I'm not liking about it, is that it doesn't start to release until I get the pedal almost all the way out, and it wants to fully engage all at once. People in the manual tranny section are saying that I may need to get an adj master cylinder.
I got raped on the install though. $400. They said that there were pieces in the bellhousing, and it took them forever to clean out. Plus, they had problems with stuff not lining up right, so they had to keep taking it back apart for some reason.
I got raped on the install though. $400. They said that there were pieces in the bellhousing, and it took them forever to clean out. Plus, they had problems with stuff not lining up right, so they had to keep taking it back apart for some reason.
