Stock Clutch Failed at 3400 miles
Rolling down hill?
No offense but those numbers are hard to imagine with only exhaust and intake, that is a full second off of stock pro drivers published times.
Anyway back to the matter at hand, you can probably get some of it covered through the dealer if you put it back to stock, they are still going to argue that the clutch is a wear item, but at the end of the day I bet you could at least get the parts cost covered then pay the labor.
No offense but those numbers are hard to imagine with only exhaust and intake, that is a full second off of stock pro drivers published times.
Anyway back to the matter at hand, you can probably get some of it covered through the dealer if you put it back to stock, they are still going to argue that the clutch is a wear item, but at the end of the day I bet you could at least get the parts cost covered then pay the labor.
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I always launched my MR. obviously it's not the same but still. If these cars were not made to launch then why is there launch control? I don't drive my cars like a jackass. I thought the clutch would have been able to handle it since I thought they're good for around 400hp. I only launched the evo because I was playing around with the Cobb ap to see if I can get my 0-60s down. I was hoping for 3.9 but I'm at 4 flat
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Rolling down hill?
No offense but those numbers are hard to imagine with only exhaust and intake, that is a full second off of stock pro drivers published times.
Anyway back to the matter at hand, you can probably get some of it covered through the dealer if you put it back to stock, they are still going to argue that the clutch is a wear item, but at the end of the day I bet you could at least get the parts cost covered then pay the labor.
No offense but those numbers are hard to imagine with only exhaust and intake, that is a full second off of stock pro drivers published times.
Anyway back to the matter at hand, you can probably get some of it covered through the dealer if you put it back to stock, they are still going to argue that the clutch is a wear item, but at the end of the day I bet you could at least get the parts cost covered then pay the labor.
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It's considered a wearable part. Unless you can find a reason other than beating on it for it to fail, they won't touch it. I suggest getting a twin disk and starting to save money for the other broken parts from launching. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it, cars were built for that purpose, But you gotta pay to play.
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Rolling down hill?
No offense but those numbers are hard to imagine with only exhaust and intake, that is a full second off of stock pro drivers published times.
Anyway back to the matter at hand, you can probably get some of it covered through the dealer if you put it back to stock, they are still going to argue that the clutch is a wear item, but at the end of the day I bet you could at least get the parts cost covered then pay the labor.
No offense but those numbers are hard to imagine with only exhaust and intake, that is a full second off of stock pro drivers published times.
Anyway back to the matter at hand, you can probably get some of it covered through the dealer if you put it back to stock, they are still going to argue that the clutch is a wear item, but at the end of the day I bet you could at least get the parts cost covered then pay the labor.
It's considered a wearable part. Unless you can find a reason other than beating on it for it to fail, they won't touch it. I suggest getting a twin disk and starting to save money for the other broken parts from launching. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it, cars were built for that purpose, But you gotta pay to play.
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It is probably fine, as the clutch took all the punishment. If you had removed your clutch pill and then screwed up a launch you would have a higher likelihood of nuking the transfer case. Just replace the clutch and then see if it drives normally. If so, just enjoy but this is more of an autocross car than a 1/4 mile car imo.
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Does the car still have the slave cyl pill?
Consider yourself lucky because the clutch is easier/cheaper to replace. I can't see so I can't tell how well you drive/release the clutch.
Consider yourself lucky because the clutch is easier/cheaper to replace. I can't see so I can't tell how well you drive/release the clutch.
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The Evo can launch, its just pretty well known you're going to wear clutches out when doing. Even if you have an MR, you're going to experience premature clutch wear with repeatedly launching the car.
The GSR has a two step (stationary) rev limiter from the factory, its at like 5000rpm I think.
The drivetrain can handle proper launching (proper amount of clutch slippage to avoid shocking the driveline, and avoiding wheel hop are the main concerns). In the X, you'll explode the rear diff in a higher power car, but that is solved with doing the ct9a rear diff swap.
Launching is still hard on parts, no matter what car you have. So expected repeated launch to decrease the life of certain parts. 1st gear, transmission input shaft bearings, clutch, and even the diff and tcase. But if you're doing it right, you're not going to have catastrophic failures every 3500 miles.