You don't have to rev high in 1st, you just have to wait longer for the revs to fall down to where it doesn't slip going into second. You shouldn't be letting the clutch out until you are at a point where, if you stepped off the pedal fast, the car won't jerk. If the car is lurching forward when you quickly release the clutch, you haven't let the rpms come down enough yet. If you drive like this, all day, slipping the clutch every time, it won't take much for it to get glazed over and slip when pushing the car hard.

 

THANK YOU

FINALLY someone who explains it... i've been saying this ever since I bought my car back in June 2007. People still to this day don't understand it when I try to tell them that's what causes 99% of the glaze on the clutches!

 

Man, I really need to find An0molous' video about clutch slip. All the clutches in this car slip, if not driven correctly. Good luck, I honestly believe that you can adjust your driving on the car and stop the slip.

 

The shift at 3k is a myth... it's not necessary and all it does is burn gas. Learn what a clutch does and what your car is actually doing when it shifts.

1. read what joe said because it's 100% true
2. don't short shift the 1-2 or else you will get slip. The gearing gap is too wide for that, and especially with the heavy 18's it just wont grab.

 

I don't know anything about it, just guessing.

I only have 65K miles on a stock clutch with well over 300whp, but you guys are right, its a bad clutch, not a driver problem.

 

lol yeah, they just won't listen

 

well, I have 40k on mine and like to be aggressive with the car here and there. I had twice the clutch smell 'smoky' but after that I would give it some time and it is working well otherwise. The only reason I am looking at an other clutch in the near future is because of planned modifications to the car. I am no technician and have read a lot of posts where people burn their clutch bad but it is true that how you drive makes a big difference. If you need a special reinforced clutch because you cannot adapt to your car then you have a problem, being that you are going to ask the car to break for you too soon...

I have had 5 manual transmission cars in the past 17 years and never had a clutch problem. So, learn how to pass your gears with this car (we all learn something everyday anyway) and you should see that this clutch can hold pretty well (except if there is a malfunction).

my 2 cents... of course...

 

I'm always holding the clutch in for an extra second or 2 on a 1st to 2nd shift .....unless im pushin the car. Problem is if you don't figure this out early enough in the cars life or refuse to adjust your driving style, it won't take long to toast the clutch. My clutch feels like the day i bought it , same engagement point and all.

 

I agree, its all about the timing. I think the 3k shift idea is really only necessary for the 1-2 shift (even though it really depends more on speed than it does rpm). I just hate shifting into 2nd around 2.5k rpm and the car sometimes bogging. Its also somewhat sluggish to get the car up to speed from 2nd at anything below 2k rpm (especially uphill). I guess this is mainly due to how wide 2nd gear is.