Alright, this might of been answered already but i didnt find anything.

Its the first winter i have even seen in my Z. I picked her up back in march when the temps were a bit friendlier. Now today was the first bitter cold day around here we had so far. In the upper 20's to lower 30's. I was on my out the in the driveway when the clutch felt like it had molasses in the lines. Not quite the master cylinder issue, where the pedal goes to the floor, but just on the way up, its reacts VERY slow. To the point where my foot is nearly off the pedal, but the pedal is still catching up. Causing rough shifts and not so great starts.

Also, maybe it's cold intake related, but the car kinda of hiccups between shifts more often the colder it is. In the summer is fine more or less. But if i dont time out the shift PERFECTLY and i give it gas at the wrong time, it kinda of "hiccups" a bit. Just wondering.

I was just curious if anyone else has this same issue with their Z when its cold out or is something wrong. thx

 

Clutch fluid in the master cylinder and piping is cold.

 

I already knew the answer to that. I was just curious if this was a known thing with Z's or something? Mainly because I never had ANY issue like this in any of my previous hydraulic clutch MT cars.

Or maybe my old STi was a freak of nature? I think it was stiff for the first pump or two. After that it was fine. The Z's clutch seems to stay sluggish and slow for a good 15 minutes or so.

 

I have the same "issue" up here in MASS. Though it's annoying, it is normal. Viscosity changes greatly with temperature.