Maybe your not pushing the clutch all the way down - ya sounds mean, but Im not trying to be here. It could be a timing issue.

Mine is high up, acts more like an on/off switch, but I like it just the way it is.

I have no rest. pill either. and had a prof. mech install it (aka not the dealer).

 

Ok maybe he's not pushing the clutch in far enough? I don't know. He is driving and jsut tells me to try and get it into gear from the passenger seat, and I couldn't. You can hold it there and eventually it will go in. I just talked to him and he does have the restrictor pill still in the line. Could that be why??

 

The pill makes the clutch slip if you drop it. So when you drop it, the line will slowly release the clutch instead of instant contact - i.e. w/o the line.

I think your friends car is just really out of wack. When you said you did it both ways - what did you do? You should only have been changing the engagement (hydraulic) rod. You should work on the adjustment some more.

Or, it was not installed correctly.

 

So could taking out the pill help? Oh I just talked to ACT and I was told that it is his flywheel. He has a fidanza lightened flywheel and the flywheel is too light and preventing him from getting into gears in the high RPM's....

Anyone care to speculate?

 

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Taking the pill out should have no effect over any lockout issues. Just kinda helps with pedal feel

 

Ok cool. Anyone else ever heard of the lightened flywheel preventing the clutch from going in at high rpm??

 

I have a 10.5lb in my car. I dont think that it makes much sense that it is the culprit. I guess if it was defective it could play a part. But its highly unlikely if you think about how a clutch works

 

If two cars have the act and one gets lockout and one does not. The likely difference is the tranny fluid used. Syncronizer performance can varies with different types of fluid.

 

I have the ACT w/Fidanza flywheel, no lock-out, great set up.

 

Ok so should I tell him to try this:

BG Synchro Shift

 

Syncro Shift works great.

 

How many miles on his tranny?

 

Twin Plates are the greatest thing ever. I would suggest the Exedy twin HD or standard Twin. I have teh BG II in my car and I like it better then any other fluid I have had in my car. Some guys have broken 4th gear road racing with BGII in there 6 sp MRs that are "somewhat" known to have that problem. Ive tracked my car in a 30 min HPDE with the BG in the car and didnt break but have only had 3 track days ever tho and the 5 sp is suppossed to be stronger.

 

IF thats the case then its an EVO thing then cause DSMs dont have that problem. I have a 2900 lb PP street disk on a Street light ACT Flywheel in my 445 whp DSM and have no Lock Uot issues at all at 8600RPMs in that car on a stock trans. Til I broke it in 22 passes but never grinded til it broke or locked my out. I ran 11.67 at 123MPH 1.72 60. But AWD DSMs have stepped flywheels.