^ You are assuming that this wasn't a 'break' from what we were doing in my room at my house.

 

Word~ I hope you had some comfotable sex with your girlfriend at home, in bed, instead of doing it in some desert somewhere in your car.

Although the Recaro backseats are really comfortable.

 

^ Exactly. I am 32... I stopped having sex in cars when I was like 19.

 

Hmmm.... I think 19 is when I started having sex in cars.

 

Quit talking about sex. My hand has a headache.

 

The reason why your clutch doesn't grab hard when you drop the clutch from high rpm is the clutch restrictor! That's what it's there for! It prevents your clutch from engaging abruptly and sending a shock through the drivetrain. You need to take it out if you want your stock clutch to survive some launches.

 

Uhm... have never heard of this... details please.

 

you take that restrictor out, you're buying another T-case.

Restrictor makes the changing gears slower.

lets see... stock cluch -$300 T-case-$2000.

I would burn my clutch out before replacing my t-case, hopefully.

Still on 1st clutch, but need new one soon.

 

That statement may be true to novice drivers who aren’t used to launching an AWD car.

The best way to launch an AWD car by doing a quick slip of the clutch from around 4.5-5.5k rpm, depending on your turbo setup. You’ll burn the clutch disc a little bit from the slipping, but you’ll save the driveline. The parts you wear out or break will mostly depend on your technique. Our driveline was never intended to survive 6k rpm clutch drops. Mitsubishi put that clutch restrictor for the people who don’t know this. 1g DSMs never had the clutch restrictors. The 2g’s did.

 

This is very true!!! I pulled my restrictor out along time ago and it made a huge difference. has been doing this for years in there AWD cars along with putting the restrictor in the boost line on there turbo cars. Nothing new here!

Chris

 

I hate to be the fly in the ointment but I suspect you still have your clutch restrictor in; it was designed just so you couldn't launch like you were trying to. Buy a stainless steel clutch line and when you install it remove the restrictor and you will be able to launch from 5k clutch will engage right-now and you are off and running. ( this will put extra strain on clutch, trans, transfer case and rear differential, but this is a race car after all and should be able to handle a little abuse, just don't go crazy)

 

OK.. so let me get this straight.. the clutch restrictor basically kept me from burning up my clutch when I slipped at 5k+ plus the other night.. and that is why I just sat there and rev'd without moving.... so it is kinda like a clutch for my clutch ?!?

 

It actually saves your tranny and transfer case but it is harder on the clutch to have the restrictor pill in. What it does is restrict the fluid from engaging the clutch so it actually slips the clutch by itself. With it out you will have instant engagment with no restriction but with allot more strain on the drivetrain. If you take it out and go with a ACT 2900 clutch or a stock clutch you still will be fine but if you go with a 6 puck or 4 puck you will start breaking transfer cases from what i heard. Of course this is only if you drop the clutch at high rpms if you slip it out you still will be fine.

Chris

 

In order for your car to move, your clutch disc needs to be clamped down by your pressure plate to the flywheel. Your crank, flywheel, clutch disc, and pressure plate all need to spin at the same speed.

When you step on the clutch pedal, the pressure plate releases its clamping force off the clutch disc. When you let off the clutch pedal, the pressure plate clamps the disc back down to the flywheel.

The restrictor regulates how fast the pressure plate can clamp down on the clutch disc.
Fast clutch engagement can send a shock down the driveline if you're not careful.

In your case, while your rpms were sky high and your car wasn't moving, your clutch disc was spinning much faster than your flywheel and burning up. If the restrictor wasn't there, your clutch would have engaged faster and you would have been spinning your tires instead of spinning your clutch disc.

 

i dont think this is a really good idea... this "race car that should be able to handle a little abuse" hasnt been doing too well in this dept. i dont think you can launch the car at all and expect the drivetrain to last long. well not 6k drops at least.

im gonna stick with 3-4k starts....