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I had high flow cats and tracked the car often. Running RBF600 fluid in the clutch, I never once had a problem with the clutch regardless of ambient temps. No

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Old 06-07-2013, 08:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I had high flow cats and tracked the car often. Running RBF600 fluid in the clutch, I never once had a problem with the clutch regardless of ambient temps. No need to wrap the clutch line but it's a simple solution. Hell, you could just wrap a few layers of aluminum foil around it and it'll do the job. You don't have to go nuts with gold foil wrap.

You should have someone experienced evaluate how you're shifting. Are you comfortable on track? Are you sure you're not preparing for downshifting into a corner and riding the clutch with your left foot (applying slight pressure)? This could certainly overheat a clutch.

Again, I've tracked a bunch, never done anything to the clutch aside from high temp brake fluid and it's always been a rockstar.
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I had high flow cats and tracked the car often. Running RBF600 fluid in the clutch, I never once had a problem with the clutch regardless of ambient temps. No need to wrap the clutch line but it's a simple solution. Hell, you could just wrap a few layers of aluminum foil around it and it'll do the job. You don't have to go nuts with gold foil wrap.

You should have someone experienced evaluate how you're shifting. Are you comfortable on track? Are you sure you're not preparing for downshifting into a corner and riding the clutch with your left foot (applying slight pressure)? This could certainly overheat a clutch.

Again, I've tracked a bunch, never done anything to the clutch aside from high temp brake fluid and it's always been a rockstar.
Thanks for the info! This was my first time on the track so maybe my problem was what you described. I guess I will have to wait until my next track day to try to focus more on my shifting.
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