[s-cars] sicness continues

[Bill Mahoney]

Kirby,
Your abc points are absolutely correct.
That said, even though this is early in the game with this set up for
me, IMHO for the sickest of the sick seeking to put all the power to the
pavement asap, it is great.  I think it truly transforms the car.  And,
as I smiled my way into the office this morning, I thought that it could
become a default standard in a similar manner to the Stromung exhaust
and Eibach Bilstein sport suspension.
My wife has yet to drive it, but with her being of the "I can do
anything a man can do" school of mental idiocy, I am a little afraid
that she just may like it.  Last time she drove it she reported uttering
a "whoah!" whilst pulling out around some slow mover.  So, far though
she still prefers the A8, but now refers to it as the "lazy boy." 
That's just my .002, ICBW.
Bill m ~  almost at slope bottom

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirby Smith [mailto:kirby.a.smith at verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:56 AM
To: Bill Mahoney
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] sicness continues

I recently had the same clutch setup installed, the disk part as
somewhat of a surprise as my speculative choice would have been metallic
pucks but with springs.  I can concur that this disk will not slip, at
least without exceptional effort, and even then all one gets is a few
chatters before locking.  The plus side is of course being able to
launch the car and not having the clutch slipping all the way to redline
in first, as my OEM clutch did.  However, there are a few negatives. 

a) Without any clutch slip, the drivetrain gets jerked and the CM joints
get pounded unless rpms are closely matched
b) Without any clutch slip, during shifting torque transients will be
put into the tires that may cause loss of traction in snow
c) Without any clutch slip, refined acceleration levels are difficult
because the action of rpm matching simultaneous with power matching is
very difficult, at least for me.  Fortunately, my wife hasn't been in
the car since the change.  :)

kirby


Bill Mahoney wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> I wimped out and left the pig at a real mechanic for sachs race clutch
> install over vaca.  This consists of an S2 steel flywheel, 4 puck
metal
> disc with no baby boo boo spings and a pressure plate that actually
> requires some oomph to operate.  Had a main seal leak.. something
about
> the pinion being improperly aligned:/  IME (for those with unburied
> wallets;) this is thee clutchy, grabby, 4000lb pig launching device of
> choice.  Still breaking in but suddenly the beast is quite capable off
> the line and thoughts of the 7000 rpm launch keeps running through
this
> sic little brain.
> So inspiring this was that I changed the oil and installed a new valve
> cover gasket yesterday.  (Suggestions on an easy to use torque wrench
> are hereby solicited.) As list recommended I used a bit O permatex
high
> heat copper gasket sealer around the rounded pieces front and back.
> The intake and x cams are works of art.
> I was cleaning the cover prior to reinstall and decided that the
inside
> could stand a cleaning too.  So I hauled out the ole eurovac steam
> cleaner and spent 40 minutes washing baked on dino oil off the inside.
> This begs the question "how sic is it to clean the INSIDE of the
motor?"
> I also learned that the hose out of the valve cover front into the
> intake does not take air out from under the valve cover but is merely
> the continuation of the pipe from the crankcase (I think) that comes
in
> from the back of the valve cover.  There is a pipe under the valve
cover
> that makes this possible.
> Next up for this long weekend should be the fmic install if I can hide
> from HH chores.
> Cheer's
> Bill m  ~ slip sliding away with little piles of kitty litter in my
> driveway.
> 
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