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Old 02-21-2012, 06:02 PM   #91 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Augustus View Post
Thanks Arnold K. That's the kind of info I'm curious about.



Yeah, I know the smell from being around others doing stupid things in manual cars. Out of curiosity, what actually makes the smell? Just the friction material of the clutch being overheated/burned?
Yeah, similar to cooked brake pads - it's the copper and ceramic bits of the clutch that smell so bad when mixed together.
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