Did I kill the clutch?
Jun 19, 2009, 10:19 PM
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Did I kill the clutch?
Spent the night installing UR test pipe and catback. I have the dp+02 sitting here, just dont want to install it myself. So I decided to load up the stage 2 cobb ap map and go for my first test drive. Sounds great!! however, on a back road I decided to try and run a quick 0-60 / cobb ap dyno to see how the new map performs, and I had an issue with the launch. When I let out the clutch at 5500, the car barely moved, and I revved straight to 7500, shifted, and was on 7500 immediately again. I think I might have even hit fuel cut but i'm not sure if that was the issue. Go straight home, and I smell something in the garage. But I dont think it was clutch, might have just been because of the TP and I was smelling fuel (what I initially thought it was) but with everyone having issues with the clutch, and with the odd launch I just had (2nd launch ever) then i'm not sure whats going on. Any thoughts?
Jun 19, 2009, 10:37 PM
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ive burnt a few clutches and you can smell it for a while. the last one was a third gear burnout in my neon and i parked it for 2 weeks and could still smell it the next time i drove it
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I didnt really ever smell clutch. I smelled exhaust once i pulled into the garage. The part that scares me clutch wise is why I revved to 7500 in 1st,2nd while only going ~20mph. And that screams dead clutch to me. IDK i'll see how it drives in the morning I suppose.
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It's ok, mine did that the first time I launched it too and after about a week the smell went away. My clutch has been fine ever since, even after a few hard launches at the track and the street with 6k rpm 2step. It only ever reved up like that the first time I did it.
Jun 20, 2009, 10:42 AM
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Spent the night installing UR test pipe and catback. I have the dp+02 sitting here, just dont want to install it myself. So I decided to load up the stage 2 cobb ap map and go for my first test drive. Sounds great!! however, on a back road I decided to try and run a quick 0-60 / cobb ap dyno to see how the new map performs, and I had an issue with the launch. When I let out the clutch at 5500, the car barely moved, and I revved straight to 7500, shifted, and was on 7500 immediately again. I think I might have even hit fuel cut but i'm not sure if that was the issue. Go straight home, and I smell something in the garage. But I dont think it was clutch, might have just been because of the TP and I was smelling fuel (what I initially thought it was) but with everyone having issues with the clutch, and with the odd launch I just had (2nd launch ever) then i'm not sure whats going on. Any thoughts?
Jun 20, 2009, 11:34 AM
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Yea I did the same thing man, I got tuned on Monday and on Tuesday i launched it for the first time, except i took off nice and smooth, was great till i hit about 7,500rpms and the clutch just said F U to me and stayed there, did it in second too. Wouldn't top out. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58sHHvB7TmQ
Guess I over estimated the strength of the stock clutch, having 100 more hp and the awd on a slight hill killed it. Too used to spinning tire in the old turbo rsx, didn't realize for a sec that i was just slipping clutch lol
Now my clutch slips when taking off from a stop, but otherwise is fine. Smelt for like 2 days thou :P
Guess I over estimated the strength of the stock clutch, having 100 more hp and the awd on a slight hill killed it. Too used to spinning tire in the old turbo rsx, didn't realize for a sec that i was just slipping clutch lol
Now my clutch slips when taking off from a stop, but otherwise is fine. Smelt for like 2 days thou :P
Jun 20, 2009, 06:47 PM
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Nooo don't listen to that guy that said to ride the clutch in 1st. Holy hell. You almost need to side step it in order to not destroy it. I've got about 6 or 7 hard launches on mine at 6k rpm and its just as good as the day I got it.
