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the wrong gear hypothesis would definitly be good reason why this would have happened. my oe clutch saw much abuse in the 36,000 miles i had on it and it still has a ton of life left on it. i mean burnouts, clutch drops, drag passes, track days, driving like a tool, hill starts, pretty much everything you can do to burn a clutch even 2nd gear launches. either you were in third or something was wrong before you did it.

Maybe in third and the e-brake was on as well.

I have 57k on the stock clutch and I've launched at 3.5k-5k a handful of times at AutoX and never had issues with slipping.

The only issues I've had with the clutch is the stock fluid getting dirty and I swapped it out with Motul 600 and it got rid of the pedal stick and mushiness in the pedal.

My guess is that you were launching in third and when you shifted you went into either 2nd or 4th, then back to third. Theres no way that launching at 5k in 1st gear would cause the wheels to sit still and have the clutch smoke. And we can't blame it on holding the brake down like the Corvette video because the Nissan vehicles don't allow you to use the brake and gas at the same time. SO your launch should have had zero restrictions, besides driver error.

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Originally Posted by Footloose301 (Post 2918359)

The error was that i shifted it while the wheels were spinning twice. Since there was such a lack of traction, the tail STOPPED wagging when i tried to put it into 3rd. Yes yes, dumb im already over that. As for knowing how to drive stick, thats all ive ever owned. From my 68 xr7 ragtop cougar "4spd,302, 9in" at 16 until the nismo i own now ive never owned an auto, and this is the first one ive ever owned that cant take any kind of abuse. Shouldnt abuse it anyway, but it was a heated momentary lapse in judgment to show boat. Just wanted to know if it was damaged or not, thanks for the responses about the black residue too i feel a lot better about it now.

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Originally Posted by chii370 (Post 2885203)

may as well. As for replacing the clutch I only wanna do it once. So if I plop down a million bucks and crack open the car I want to make sure I have something worth doing all that. What would be the most highly recommended clutch you can buy that retains somewhat friendly drivability? Money really isnt an issue IF I only have to do it once. Go big or go home. One restriction though, I want something twin disk or more.

Its easy for me to just look at all the manufactures, look at the prices and deduce whats probably good. But ive never owned any aftermarket clutches for a foreign car so im unfamiliar with all the companies. No one better to ask then those who have the products first hand.

Gotta ask, why does it have to be a twin disk system? Are you familiar with the performance and drivability differences between, single and dual disk systems? I'm asking because, based on your question about the residue in your master cylinder and what to do about it, I think you need to study up on the system before you decided what you have to have....just my two cents.

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Originally Posted by Haboob (Post 2880453)

I was hoping for a similar video:

:stirthepot: ;)

Holy cow, what happened? I don't drive a manual (yet)

^ we covered this he grabbed third and smoked the clutch /thread