Of the people out there with the street Version, what is your opinions on this clutch? Daily driving, ease of driving in traffic, hills, etc. I have the semi-street and am looking to change.

 

i think i'm selling mine in a couple months

I daily drive with my car and maybe I suck at driving stick, but for me it's too easy to not pay extreme close attention to your clutch 100% of the time to keep the car driving smoothly in a day by day situation where you're trying to figure out where to turn, what lane to get in, looking for an address, and just generally paying attention to the city surroundings. Too many distractions in daily driving to fully enjoy it IMO considering all the negative trade offs you have to deal with. I also have the UR pulley and 3.9 final drive - which compounds the problem more

 

damn... it's a shame you guys are so far away... i'm thinking about swapping out my full street clutch for the semi street -- provided i could drive it first... i've got the full street down, haven't stalled in months, even in bumper to bumper, and i'm thinking about building my motor up a little more and will need a little more oomph

'course now that i've jinxed it, i'm going to stall all the way home from the shop

 

I'm not sure, maybe it's my JWT cams or that my car starts misfiring a lot that makes it harder to drive. My car gets really pissy as soon as the service engine soon light comes on. I've been religiously resetting the ECU every other day to keep the light from coming on. That seems to be the only way to keep the car happy and from stalling until I look into some other options to fix the misfire

been thinking of upping my idle from 900 to 1000 also like one member said he had to do to get his car with JWT cams to drive well.

 

sentry, just out of curiousity, how did the 350evo throttlebody help your throttle response? pretty nice?

i'm thinking about putting it in when i get the crawford cast plenum and headers sometime this month (whenever my # comes up )

thanks,
-nick

 

can't say i even felt a difference. I might have, but it could have easily been in my head. Seems you need an ECU flash to make any use of it.

I'm sure it helps a little, but don't expect much

 

yeah, i'll probably need some intensive ECU tuning (just take a hop up to AAM) when i put the headers, plenum and throttlebody on there or i'll start pinging / leaning out

 

Bump for more feedback.

 

i have absolutely no problems with this clutch -- i drive it up and down hills, in stop and go, all over the place... no problems

first day in a 5 mile stop and go traffic jam it smelled a bit because i was trying not to jump into the car in front of me, but after that it calmed down quite a bit, squeaks a bit once in a while if i try to slip it too much, but haven't had any problems with it in quite some time.

 

Is the Street verson the same as the Semi-Street? just the disk materials are diff? so you can change inbetween the two with just a friction disk swap?

 

One of the disc's is a different material...


I will try to get andy to post in this thread... he drove tony's new street version clutch and had no problems with it... Mine is stubborn compared to tony's but it is because I do not have my pedal stop in place...

If the pedal stop is in place properly the moment you lift up the clutch pedal the clutch is engauged and there is no need for guessing..

 

"If the pedal stop is in place properly the moment you lift up the clutch pedal the clutch is engauged and there is no need for guessing.."

Jason, My clutch engages about 3 quarters of the way up. I think that is my BIGGEST problem with this clutch. Since it does not start to engage as soon as I let off the clutch, I have to almost guess where it will engage.

 

yup -- same here -- i tried to get it moved down to the bottom, but the dude working on the car said that he couldn't change it due to something with some spring... beats the **** outa me...

 

When the clutch engagement point is way up high, it makes it VERY hard to not stall with a clutch this graby. If the clutch would engage closer to the stop, it may be a little better.

 

then your pedal stops are not set properly...

I remember yours WAS set properly Sentry and Lovet... But over time, the engaugement position changes as the clutch wears...

To set it, lift up the rear end of the car (both wheels off the ground)... Have the car off, Put the car in 2nd gear... have a buddy (give him beer) turn the rear wheels, while he is doing so (or trying to) push in the clutch pedal. Once the rear wheels start to spin freely (easier) then set the pedal stop 1/4" lower then that position... You MUST have your clutch start disconnected (jumperwire) to beable to start the car once the pedal stop is in place PROPERLY...

You will be able to start the car without pressing down the clutch...

If you start the car while it is in gear without pressing the clutch the car WILL fly forward...

 

yeah i've just been doing it by listening to the clutch change sound to that sound when the clutch is in then lowering the pedal stop lower so i have some give/travel on the clutch before engaging.

I'll have to have it done properly

 

Jason, Is it normal for the car to jerk forward a bit when you start the car out of gear?

 

Damn I wish I had known this, for the first two weeks it was easy to drive but after then it got more difficult. Had I known the engagement point changes I would have adjusted the pedal stop.

 

if your trans isnt letting you pull the shifter completely out of gear it is possible...

my trans is very dodgy so i always move the shifter around before i start my car...

:-/

 

I move the shifter around also, but it still jerks on start up. Plus, I don't think I can adjust the pedal stop up enough to get the clutch to engage as soon as I let up.