Possible clutch issues??

[plethaus]

I've had my car for a couple of months now and I have not noticed any problems with the clutch. I can launch it hard and get healthy wheelspin shifting to second, and sometimes a little chirp out of third if I'm trying hard enough.

Today some dork in a Toyota Camry tried to race me. I attempted to launch at a slightly higher RPM then I have in the past (still learning the car and finding what the "sweet spot" is for taking off) and I noticed right away that my clutch slipped, as I had no wheelspin and a weak launch. Then when I shifted to second gear I got no bark and the revs took a minute to "catch". Same thing when I shifted to third.

After that, a few minutes later at a red light, I tried to take off as if I was racing again. Car behaved as it always has and pulled nice and strong, with plenty of wheelspin off the line and from shifting. I repeated that a couple of times a few more minutes later.

I'm thinking maybe I was riding the clutch a little during the race - the adrenaline was flowing (first race in the SHO and first race in general in quite a while) and I may have been nervously riding the pedal a little in anticipation of shifting. It's the only thing I can think of, but can a clutch on it's "way out" behave like how I described? (coming and going)

BTW, I still beat the Camry even with all the slipping.

Molly

 

[Fine89]

Don't know about the coming and going issue. Maybe it was just heat!!??

Mine went 2 months ago. The way I could tell was if I was going slow in 3rd gear up a slight hill, and floored it, the engine would rev as the clutch slipped.

Don't do this too much - I think you can score the flywheel eventually.

Nice you still beat that camry!!!!

 

[CerberuS]

Best way to know is to put a good amount of load on it , to see if it slips.

like on 4th @ 30-40 and flooring it , If the RPM goes up abnormally without speeding up , it slips.

Another way of a destroyed clutch is gear grinding when shifting , even with the clutch pedal fully pressed.

 

[yamapowered]

9 13/16 dia wanna be 10.5 clutch just dont jive with agressive handling of the Yamaha engine, my new OEM clutch is a sissy girl when it comes to doing buisness, works most of the time when truck shifted any other type clutch action makes me cry, and I want Nitrous? ha ha ha.
Ill just get whooped by the 350Z and go back to the porch where I belong

 

[jedhead]

Be careful. Healthy wheelspin will lead to the diff pin leaving the case.

Bob

 

[dantheman68]

anotherway to tell is to try and launch from 3rd or 4th and let it out really slowly... if it doesnt grab to well... thats one way to tell...