Well I bought a 06 ss/sc cobalt with 18000 milesa on it after wrecking my heavily modded 05 ss/sc cobalt. I put the zzp stage 3 heat exchanger 60# injectors and zzp tune on it and within 900 miles my clutch will not even hold to 10psi boost passing a person. Anything over 60-70 % throttle it just slips the clutch. So I know how to drive a stick I have done it for a extremely long time and am starting to consider that maybe this stock clutch just sucks. I tried the shift aroiund 3000 thing for 2 days and after that it slipped worse than before. So I am now looking for a different clutch. I already have a fidanza aluminum flywheel sitting in my garage from my last cobalt but am thinking about the spec stage 4 clutch. Has anyone used this clutch? oif so how does it feel my last car was violent extremely violent and I did not mind that. Also will the spec stage 4 mate with the fidanza flywheel? I would go exedy but i really dont wanna buy another flywheel if i do not need to. just give me some inputs.

 

it slips while in gear? yea, sounds like a shot clutch. Who knows what happened with the car before you bought it. Not sure about your other questions, others can answer that bette than myself.

 

yea pretty much no matter what i do the damn thing slips hell I umped three pulley sizes trying to prolong the clutch since i got the car last week and still nothing.

 

the previous owner or the dealership it was at probably beat the **** out of it... i bought mine used with 24k and im at 52k stock clutch, staged and i run my car every thursday and sunday no slippage... (knocks on wood)

 

That would suck if you need a new one. Try and see if the stealership you bought it from will fix or replace it.

 

if your going to buy a new clutch, theres no need to get a spec stage 4... i have a spec 3+ and it grabs instantly and its good for city driving because you can ride the clutch since its a full face disc. and power wise, its definately good. i should be pushin 350whp and i have never had this clutch slip EVER.

 

got the car from zzp... i am guessing i know what happened with it ha ha ha. oh well spec stage 3+ it is

 

I thought you were never supposed to ride the clutch

 

well i live in the city so its pretty hard not to ride the clutch sometimes but i havent experienced any ill side effects from doing it

 

Fidanza says there flywheel will fit any clutch...

 

Man i know exactly how u feel... my car is doing the exact same thing... anything above 5psi and it slips like a ****.. have 47k on the car the slipping just started the other day under normal driving....

 

how hard is a clutch job on these cars? mine started slipping today im gonna do the 3k thing for a while cuz i have been pretty rough on the baby recently... but i figure ill start saving for the worst scenario..

 

you drop the engine and transmission with the supercharger off and seperate the two pulling the engine away from the cradle. an experienced tech it calls for like 8 hrs.

 

holy hell.. i dont even wanna attempt to try haha.. how can you find a legit place to get a clutch done at just get a feel for the people when you talk to them?

 

Take it to your dealer.

 

yup dealer

 

will they install an aftermarket clutch?

 

some will. they charge you a higher labor rate if you bring your own parts but then again some say absolutely not.

 

honestly im in the middle of a clutch install myself... and its not that hard... im doing it on jack stands. witha air tools... all by myself and i have 3 hours in getting it apart... just waiting on my clutch to show up now and to get my flywheel back from the shop(getting resurfaced).

 

Thought I would let everyone know I ended up getting a new clutch made. The company is making a 6 puck copper ceramic clutch that is the same they have used in many of my friends high power v8 vehicles. The custom clutch with new pressure plate is only running me $450. I am using my fidanza flywheel though and think that includes resurfacing and balancing the flywheel also. DO NOT BUY CENTERFORCE DUAL FRICTION!!! I got mine to my house and it is only organic. Both clutch facings are exactly the same only one is notched to have a puck style clamping. The pressure plate looks completely unmodified and does not have the centrifugal weights on the end of the clutch fingers. If you want to pay big money for a stock clutch there ya go. I brought it to that clutch shop and they shuttered when they saw the box and explained how it is basically a stock clutch. I never understood the idea behind the dual friction anyways. Your clutch disk is only as strong as the weakest link so if it is organic on one side and even feramic on the other it is still only having the holding power of a organic since thats what one clutch facing still is.

 

bought the lnf slave and the throwout bearing on it is bad.... so much for being a better part.

 

wow. 136,000 miles and i still got my factory clutch. only time it ever slipped on me was when i raced my friend in is Porsche.... slipped when i went to shift 2nd gear at 6000rpm

clutch pedal is stiff and has been for ever. dont know if its supposed to be that way. as long as i shift over 3000rpm...it seems to be working lovely.

of course, i dont ride it hard and you never see me over 5000rpm...

 

yea...... i kinda beat this car... i shift between 4500-7000 ALOT lol... i do alot of stop and go and i like to get out of the way haha

 

put a 2.6 pulley on your car and see if it still lasts ha ha ha. mine made it about 300 miles.

 

i had a 2.7 for a long time. the only thing that didnt last was the iat2 temps when i was climbing 7000ft mountains in california. LOL same thing with 2.8. as far as the fuel from a 42lbers.... i didnt have a problem...cuz i dont go wot. other than that...42lbs isnt smart with 2.7