How does your OEM clutch feel?

LuckyJinx

Practice on a hill is always better, that's how my dad taught me. You'll learn to keep it going and you're gonna become one with the clutch and will make heel to toe VERY easy.

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AlphaSnacks

Well, I went out for a 120 mile ride. I stalled it once at the very, very beginning (I got nervous when a car pulled up my f-ing ***), but I fired it right back up and took off. Didn't stall again after that. What I learned is that revs are very important and that I shouldn't be too worried about feeding into the throttle. 2K RPMs gives the car healthy momentum forward as the RPMs begin to drop, and then I can keep the clutch at the grab, feed some more throttle and let off.

Since I have the synchro rev-match, bucking is non-existent here (only if you shift too quick at a slow speed). This 120 mile drive really helped me familiarize myself with the car. I went to my girlfriend's, and then to my brother's just to drive around. Both of their neighborhoods have a ton of stop signs so I got some solid practice in. Woo!

Jeffblue

yea, you start to look at stop signs as a place to practice starting off in 1st.

AlphaSnacks

Yep, yep. Indeed. Such a shame it'll be raining all day Wednesday. Ugh, I was looking forward to the meet with the new car.

Jeffblue

ah that sucks, if its raining i don't think i'm gonna go. so are you gonna not drive this car in the rain at all like the last one?

Dpeters

You're far for me but I'll have to make a trip out there one day. I suppose I need to find other upgrades I'd like done at the same time to justify the 2 hour road trip across GA.

daisuke149

2 hours dayum just where do you live?

AlphaSnacks

Yep. I generally hate driving or being in the rain, so it doesn't bother me.

Dreezy562

i think i figured out my problem. the SRM holds rpms so you can let off the gas, disengage the clutch, select gear and engage the clutch. i was letting off the gas as i was pushing the clutch in, which made the rpm hang while i tried to put it in gear and let the clutch back out. i found when i slowed my feet down and just let off.. then push clutch... then shift and let the clutch out like normal it shifted fine... its weird i wouldnt think i would have to slow my feet down. instead of waaa waaaa its like waaaaaa... waaaa. unless im still trippin

samb03

let off the gas and put tension on the shifter and it will fall out of gear. As the RPMs drop push/pull the shifter in to the next gear and if you catch the revs right it will fall in with no grinding.since the SRM is operated by the clutch pedal it never interfers with up shifting. It is easier to do on big trucks because the engines don't rev as fast or as high. 2500 or so red line. That and most aren't synchonized so they are a little sloppier.

Dreezy562

thats not bad for the clutch is it?

samb03

no more than letting off the throttle and getting back on it. It never disengages.Wear on the clutch comes from the in between stage of full disengage and engaged. The wear is on the scynchros and gears if done improperly (grinding). I'm not gonna say that it doesn't prematurely wear these parts. If 2 trans were used and one was only clutched and the other only "floated". The later may not last as many miles as the first one, but not significantly enough to matter. Shock loading the gears with hard shifts is much harder on parts.

Dpeters

North East Metro area.... Lake Lanier up by the Mall of Georgia to be precise. I suppose it's probably 1 1/2 hours or so, but I've never been there so I don't know exactly.

daisuke149

Yeah 1.5. Im in jihns creek about 1.25 for me if i drive speed limit

Endgame

you confused me. it seems like you are describing the same thing.....