wait.....so how did you fuck up the clutch? is it slipping?

does the clutch slip in say... 3rd gear around 4000-5000 rpm ? if it doesn't you're fine, the nasty ass stock clutch smell will go away eventually, covering your shame

Damn homie

I tend to step on it as well when i'm mad . . . your not the only one in that boat.

I hope this issue works out for you in a positive way!

Burnt clutch smell sticks around for awhile... in fact, I still get whiffs of it in my car... a year later.

Oh, and FYI... don't buy a used flywheel.

when the clutch slips on a pull, your rpm shoot up, and you don't accelerate. if you can do that NA, it's fucked.

Will do, thanks for all the informative replies which is a big reason I like this site over the other "b15" sites that I've been to so far.

I let the car sit for awhile, after that I drove the car around and did some driving to provoke slip. Did a 6th gear pull at 40 mph, and a 3rd gear pull at 60mph. The good thing is that there was no noticeable slip when using the clutch in a normal manner. However during normal city stop and go driving the clutch does begin to smell outside and inside the car. Asked a couple knowledgeable people i knew and we reached the conclusion that the clutch is still good for passive normal cruising/driving but nothing more. We also came to the conclusion that i should replace the clutch within the next 6 months maybe a year (of course i don't think i can wait that long.)

I certainly learned my lesson and will respect the car more since it is my daily driver.
Hopefully all this doesn't set me back for another run at the drag strip next spring, I'm really wanting a 14sec pass we'll see what happens.

Once again thanks for the replies

romE-

Last edited by Jarek (2008-12-05 07:06:40)

haha @ absorbing anger.

aaaaand, one of the google ads is for innofresh.com "odor eliminator", how in the fuck do they know.

gurov wrote:

does the clutch slip in say... 3rd gear around 4000-5000 rpm ? if it doesn't you're fine, the nasty ass stock clutch smell will go away eventually, covering your shame

Not laughing at you just what the man said, try and learn a little from this.
Beating the shit out of a spec5 when you are pissed costs monies, hope your
clutch makes it man.

gurov wrote:

http://www.innofresh.com/ hey, you never know... that carbon crap might actually work

activated carbon should work to eliminate odor. I've heard of stoners using carbon to hide their tracks while they smoke inside the house lol

Wow. I need to stop driving angry.

Yogi B wrote:

Yes it takes for ever to get rid of the smell; Travis reported that on mine I even glazed the flywheel
Yet I got through 57,000 miles with it
You will make it
I do enjoy the new jwt clutch flywheel combo, I got with the v6
Seems to absorb anger better lol [are we all the same on this site?]

The clutch should be called the "anger" plate. Glad to hear about the JWT combo i was thinking about saving up for that. Fidanza flywheel is a bit much.

gurov wrote:

http://www.innofresh.com/ hey, you never know... that carbon crap might actually work

Man anything to make a buck now a days... lol

evanknight wrote:

This morning I attempted to reverse out of the driveway with the parking brake on.

Yesterday I got pulled for doing 61 in a 45, apparently.

Lets start "Team Spec V: Idiot division."

sweet I'd so apply to be a mod for that

snaky69 wrote:

Wow. I need to stop driving angry.

That's what i said last night

cute02spec wrote:

Angry driving can be bad... I once drove my car angry at 11psi... not good times.  Luckily I didn't kill myself or the car.

I had a few instances of poor decision making where death was a possibility fortunately it never happened.