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Spooler

Just have the clutch fluid changed and clean out the black sludge. It is normal for that black sludge to build up and was not due to your attempt at some fun.

All I have to say is upgrade time. Time to upgrade to a lightened flywheel and good quality clutch, pressure plate. Don't skimp on the clutch, lightened flywheels love to slip cheap clutches in no time and you will be doing it again.


Look at it this way. Whoever drove my car 19,000 miles couldn't drive a manual for crap. I get to have the studdering take offs without the attempt at any fun. That's OK though, I will correct that issue in due time.

1slow370

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.

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Footloose301

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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chii370

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.

1slow370

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

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