[s-cars] Clutch Woesssssssssssssss

Mark Strangways strangconst at rogers.com
Mon Sep 26 19:26:07 EDT 2005


Fellow slippery slope / LWW ( Light Weight Wallets),

After a very fun day at the track (all to myself :-) ).. I found too little issues.
First I really screw my left front tire, it went sooo gummy and worn uneven that it seemed as if it had scales. I was trying some pressure changes and may have lead to some overheating of the rubber ?? Tires are them cheap arse Fuzion (sp?).
So, any speculation as to alignment issues. There was no noticeable wear prior to the event.

Second issue, my clutch.
Some of you may know my car, it's my GT30R custom hybrid with water injection etc etc.. blah blah..
Well, I mixed up some 94 octane with Toluene for the track. That combined with a smother operating water injection and cold air temps seemed to have had it's way with my clutch. The clutch is the Spec stage 2+ c/w LWAF . The clutch would hold WOT in second gear  and third up to about 4500 RPM, then all hell  breaks loose with the turbo and sends the rpm's to about 5800 RPM with the clutch slipping. Speculation on whether this will clear up ? There was (ummm) no connection from the rocker cover to the air intake and "some" oil was getting by. If this oil made it onto the flywheel, will it dry ? Am I F***** and need to move to a more (yet) aggressive clutch package ? If so, suggestions...

Or should I just sell the package and get a Yugo.

Mark S


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