Thread: Touchy Clutch
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Old 11-05-2009, 08:29 AM   #51 (permalink)
Denny McLain
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Originally Posted by 1slow370 View Post
i noticed after they replaced my transmission and slave as a unit that the clutch got smoother as well and as i had it done a few weeks ago i assume it has the newer slave cylinder.
Not really clutch related (Maybe??) but a simply drive train fyi.......

It's called a "magicians trick." After the Stillen header/exhaust installation I could hear a drive train noise that I kept thinking was related to the install. After a bunch of times jacking the car up checking out the exhaust, finally broke down and took it to the dealer yesterday to see if they could find the noise.

Turns out it's the driveshaft. A bit alarming as the car has never been raced and is not abused. Sure, I drive it, but the car has had three trial 0-80's to see if the Cobb AccessPort worked on 0-60 times. That was on a regular road and that is all! Taking cars out the hole usually does the damage but the heavy flywheel spinning the tires after a quick shift may have been the prime contributor or just plan factory bad driveshaft.

Stuff like this comes with the territory on a brand new model. Damn glad I didn't take it to a track as planned this fall or I'd probably be still walking home.
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