clutch woes
07-13-2008, 11:22 PM
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clutch woes aight. a few of my friends went out cruisin last night, ended up doin a few runs from a stop. Went to light up the tires, and the clutch slipped a bit. Chalked it up to driver error and went ahead with the run. Launched damn good, but when i shifted to 2nd, the pedal stayed on the floor and i was taching out. 
Got that ever-so-familiar clutch smell afterwards, and i pretty much know what that means. Cars got 80k miles on it, so i pretty much am going to need to do a replacement of everything i think.
However, after reading around, my new thought is that my fluid boiled and is dirty. I just installed long tube headers about a month ago, and have been doin some weekend warrior runs. Last weekend i had a small slip when i was runnin someone else. Will having longtube headers cause a significant amount of heat on the clutch fluid lines?
would it be wise to try a flush first and insulate the lines before i totally rip everything apart? Car is making 342 rwhp; 346 torque; just got bolt-ons right now... will probably going bigger and better soon.
Right now, car drives fine. Pedal is good, i haven't done a 1-2 redline run yet. Makes me think the clutch might need totally re-done yet...
If worst comes to worst, i'll probably replace the clutch- thinkin the Textralia OZ700, billet steel flywheel, master and slave cylinders.
finding out what really is wrong is key, and fast!... because my plan is to have the tranny out and the clutch swapped this coming weekend if i have to replace it all.
Any input would be appreciated...
Got that ever-so-familiar clutch smell afterwards, and i pretty much know what that means. Cars got 80k miles on it, so i pretty much am going to need to do a replacement of everything i think.
However, after reading around, my new thought is that my fluid boiled and is dirty. I just installed long tube headers about a month ago, and have been doin some weekend warrior runs. Last weekend i had a small slip when i was runnin someone else. Will having longtube headers cause a significant amount of heat on the clutch fluid lines?
would it be wise to try a flush first and insulate the lines before i totally rip everything apart? Car is making 342 rwhp; 346 torque; just got bolt-ons right now... will probably going bigger and better soon.
Right now, car drives fine. Pedal is good, i haven't done a 1-2 redline run yet. Makes me think the clutch might need totally re-done yet...
If worst comes to worst, i'll probably replace the clutch- thinkin the Textralia OZ700, billet steel flywheel, master and slave cylinders.
finding out what really is wrong is key, and fast!... because my plan is to have the tranny out and the clutch swapped this coming weekend if i have to replace it all.
Any input would be appreciated...
07-14-2008, 09:31 AM
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Yeah... pretty much know that ill just need to replace it all.
Thinking of going with a Textralia OZ700 Z Grip, Mcleod Twin Disk, or RAM Powergrip HD.
Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thinking of going with a Textralia OZ700 Z Grip, Mcleod Twin Disk, or RAM Powergrip HD.
Any opinions would be appreciated.
07-14-2008, 12:43 PM
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first thing you need to do is do the drill mod and change out all your fluid with DOT 4. Try that FIRST and see if that works before you spend $700 on a new clutch. It worked for me, clutch doesn't slip at all now. I put a new clutch in, and it will still slipping till i did the drill mod.
07-14-2008, 04:54 PM
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first thing you need to do is do the drill mod and change out all your fluid with DOT 4. Try that FIRST and see if that works before you spend $700 on a new clutch. It worked for me, clutch doesn't slip at all now. I put a new clutch in, and it will still slipping till i did the drill mod.
