Need help breaking in a clutch
Sep 23, 2003, 01:30 PM
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Need help breaking in a clutch
I need to know the proper way to break in an Evo 8's clutch lots of people say you need to treat it a certain way for the first 400-500 miles...if anyone knows please respond.
Sep 23, 2003, 05:11 PM
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I being as careful as possible this is my first clutch car, i know how to drive them, but i don't want to lie and say i'm the best... I'm still working on the clutch sensitivity from a light to 2nd... I just don't know if i'm paranoid or not...
A lil jerk an i panic, i have heard horror stories, i just want to make it to 5 K on the stock clutch at least...
A lil jerk an i panic, i have heard horror stories, i just want to make it to 5 K on the stock clutch at least...
Sep 23, 2003, 06:08 PM
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Originally posted by RADmitsu
I being as careful as possible this is my first clutch car, i know how to drive them, but i don't want to lie and say i'm the best... I'm still working on the clutch sensitivity from a light to 2nd... I just don't know if i'm paranoid or not...
A lil jerk an i panic, i have heard horror stories, i just want to make it to 5 K on the stock clutch at least...
I being as careful as possible this is my first clutch car, i know how to drive them, but i don't want to lie and say i'm the best... I'm still working on the clutch sensitivity from a light to 2nd... I just don't know if i'm paranoid or not...
A lil jerk an i panic, i have heard horror stories, i just want to make it to 5 K on the stock clutch at least...
Sep 23, 2003, 07:00 PM
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That's always good, i have loved the evo since EVO V... I never thought that i would own one, but now that i can walk into my garage it is a feeling that you could not believe unless your a fanactic like me about this car... I never thought i would own one... I'm very happy... I just want to enjoy ever second...
Sep 24, 2003, 07:07 AM
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Yea, pretty much what everyone else is saying.
A little jerkyness every now and then won't hurt anything. Its the people that go out doing serious launches right off the bat that are going to glaze the flywheel and friction material.
I really wouldn't worry if I were you. Just take it easy for for the first 500 miles and you will be good to go.
BTW...I've done plenty of 6k launches on the stock clutch(after properly broken in) and have not had any problems after nearly 9k miles.
A little jerkyness every now and then won't hurt anything. Its the people that go out doing serious launches right off the bat that are going to glaze the flywheel and friction material.
I really wouldn't worry if I were you. Just take it easy for for the first 500 miles and you will be good to go.
BTW...I've done plenty of 6k launches on the stock clutch(after properly broken in) and have not had any problems after nearly 9k miles.