Burning smell
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Burning smell Im looking at a 2001 trans am with 37k miles on it. the other day i test drove it and the guy let me stomp on it. it has a 6speed witch im used to driveing but when i got to the next red light i got a wiff of some buring i dunno if thats normal for an ls1 after revving it up or would that be the clutch if i wasnt driving right.or does it just sound like a bad car. also 3rd gear and higher were hard to find had to wiggle shifter around to get it in
plz help
plz help
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umm well when i stoped at the rd light the tees were off and i just got a quick smell or burning didnt smell like oil, and its wasnt rich mixture i had almost like the smell of a brand new engine when you beat on it before its broken in
that definitely sounds like clutch to me...and yes a pro 5.0 shifter would help it BIG time...i can't miss 3rd even if i try...(obviously i can but it is really hard to miss it 
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Brett Foote well depending on how well you drive...it is very easy to burn the clutch like that if you aren't used to driving stick...but if you were just in gear coasting and then floored it and let off...put in nuetral and stopped and you smelled it...that is a bad clutch
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no i was already driveing the car a little and im not good takeing off i stalled it like 2 times and i took off from a stop then hit 2nd relatively hard, easy into 3rd then costedand stopped
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that's prolly your driving...how many miles on the car and what year is it...i wouldn't worry about it...sounds to me like you just aren't used to the m6...
yup 
clutch shouldn't be bad with only 37k miles if it is relativly a stock car (no cam, heads, or forced induction) it was most likely your driving (no offense) sounds like a good car if price is right...you'll love the ls1 for sure
clutch shouldn't be bad with only 37k miles if it is relativly a stock car (no cam, heads, or forced induction) it was most likely your driving (no offense) sounds like a good car if price is right...you'll love the ls1 for sure Thread Starter
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none taken i never owned a stick so this is new to me only driven a couple hondas and hyundais in stick. the car is 18.5k tryng to get in cheaper and yes completely stock. i got a 88 monte ss with a 350 a little worked but still not enough
