Weird Problem........
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Weird Problem........ My car recently has started acting up and I can't quite figure it out, so I thought I would throw the question out to you guys......
The car has a S2 Heads/Cam package and a Ram 910 clutch setup
Well the car started acting like the clutch was slipping pretty decent (put it in 6th gear and the revs would go up without the car doing much and then eventually feel like it would catch).
The weird thing is that it would only do this periodically. So just to be on the safe side I pulled the tranny and the clutch looked flawless, it had obviously never once spun the disk.
So my next guess is that my valve springs are fatigued (sp?). They are the ISKY Duals part #6205 that MTI runs. They have about 15K miles on them with a little over .600 lift. I was just curious if anyone else with worn out springs had had similar problems.
Thanks in advance,
Matt G
The car has a S2 Heads/Cam package and a Ram 910 clutch setup
Well the car started acting like the clutch was slipping pretty decent (put it in 6th gear and the revs would go up without the car doing much and then eventually feel like it would catch).
The weird thing is that it would only do this periodically. So just to be on the safe side I pulled the tranny and the clutch looked flawless, it had obviously never once spun the disk.
So my next guess is that my valve springs are fatigued (sp?). They are the ISKY Duals part #6205 that MTI runs. They have about 15K miles on them with a little over .600 lift. I was just curious if anyone else with worn out springs had had similar problems.
Thanks in advance,
Matt G
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That is what I was convinced of as well, but I have installed litterally hundreds of clutches in LS1's and the clutch looked brand new still. It has maybe 1000 miles on it. I had another clutch ready to put in the car, but the clutch was so obviously pefect that I left it in. I have replaced all hydralics to the clutch as well and still feels the same........This is why I called the the thread "Weird Problem" I have never seen a car do what mine is doing...........
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No specific suggestions, but for someone as experienced as you with clutches I'll ignore the obvious speculation @ installation mistakes and jump straight to the suggestion of defective parts. Could the disc or pressure plate be defective in some way that's not obvious to the eye?
Not trying to question your observations, but are you sure the rpms came up or could it have been missing? Might need to bleed the hydrolics, and check the spark plugs and make sure they are tight 
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Clutch looked perfect and was working for the first 1000 miles plus has been taken out and reinstalled and it is right. Plugs have been changed, the only thing that possibly makes since is that it is floating the valves. That could cause a raise in RPM that could simulate a clutch issue. I was just curious if anyone had had similar symptoms when the valves were floating. Keep throwing me out ideas 
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if it is in 6th, how are you getting float?
What PP is it? in 6th, it may not take much for it to slip a tad, its not like a burn out slip, where it will just scorch it and you can see clear as day the hot spots.
put a new pp/disk in it and see what happens.
What PP is it? in 6th, it may not take much for it to slip a tad, its not like a burn out slip, where it will just scorch it and you can see clear as day the hot spots.
put a new pp/disk in it and see what happens.
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Agreed, I am gonna throw in another clutch next week. I hadn't driven my car in a couple months and just did yesterday and there is no doubt that it is the clutch. Still just blows my mind how there were no hot spots on the flywheel or pressure plate........