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04-22-2002, 10:37 PM | #1 |
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Clutch slipping at 18k miles?!?!?!
Last week while I was out driving my car, I decided to launch it (just making sure I hadn't forgotten how...) and rather than experiencing what would have been a great launch, the rpm's hovered at 4500 and slowly rose up to about 6000 when the car finally took off. This is my first time owning a manual-tranny car, but I'm pretty sure that this is clutch slip...
The clutch slippage doesn't interefere that much with my daily driving, but I do experience minor slipping once in a while. How urgent is this problem? I can live without drag launches for a while (I have my fun in the twisties ), but I'm afraid of a dying/dead clutch causing other troubles (ie. exploding). Is it possible that my clutch needs replacing at just over 18000 miles? I admit I do drive pretty agressively, but I don't abuse my car. Whenever I have launched my car, I have made sure to slip some clutch rather than drop it, but I highly doubt I've launched enough to cut clutch life so short...Do dealers ever warranty this type of thing? Also, what clutches can you all recommend? I don't want a clutch that will grab so hard it'll kill my tranny or one that will kill my (already empty) wallet. Thanks in advance... Paul
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04-23-2002, 12:16 AM | #2 |
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sti ra clutch is pretty good, 30-50% stronger
also heard good things about clutch master stage 1 BOTH would not enable you to "launch" both just gave you a great clutch that makes the car feel stock heavier pedal feel, but liviable, i drive in traffic both way everyday don't think there are any clutch out there that would let you launch the car without breaking something |
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