My new clutch :D

Ok well the new clutch was installed aswell as the new flywheel im not sure what it was made out of (i had a clutch specially made) but the pickup is slightly faster dont know if its due to that.. but im loving it even more now =)

oh and im abit dissapointed that its light when i press the clutch in my last one was lick pushing a 10kg brick i loved it now its so light i cant get the feel properly lol :(

oh and apparently my electronics reset itself stopped working and had to replace something.. so does that mean my ECU is now reset?

does the car rev faster??? if so they must have put in a light weight flywheel.

if all the electronics reset themselves and they had the battery disconnected (which i hope they did) for more than 10mins..........it will reset everything

im pretty sure they did.. and yeah it rev's faster then it used to.. but i hate how my clutch is so light now.. lol i accidently dropped it cause im not used to driving something so light lol.. oh and tom i wanna get a photo of our cars together this weekend=)

lol..........if it revs faster, it sure has a lightweight flywheel........so u knw what sort of clutch they built for ur car???

they must have a light clamp load on the pressure plate, especially if it feels like stock, or even lighter on the pedal...

pics........for sure

i have to call them up tomorrow and get them to tell me what clutch they put in.. im hoping its something good that withstands some heavy dumping.. but then again my driftshaft/diff wont hold my heavy dumping much longer accroding to the guys on the forums lol.

good to hear its back on the raod bro , comming out for a drive tonite? buzz me if ur around

yeah im just getting used to the clutch now.. but if i do head out tonight ill give youa buzz infact you just call me lol.

yer im stuk at tafe til 4.30 lol , prob buzz ya later on but

how much did it cost? do you think they can make another one :)

I love light clutch

Hey I wouldn't worry about the clutch feeling light. This is normal for the clutch to feel light. Dude trust me on the weak rear ends, 4 driveshafts and 3 diffs later. I take off easy now as parts are a bitch to find and $$$$. However in the event you do break a driveshaft, go with billet ones.

damn jap thats quite a few diffs and drive shafts lol. how much do they sell for anyway? and eriktufa if i said it was for my car possibly but ill find out :P

Well you are driving the same car so it shouldn't be hard :P

lol yeah but my uncle got it made for me cause he knew mine was ****ed from dumping.. and if i go back a day after getting a new one he'll get sus lol. is there a way to make the clutch pedal heavy again?

there is no way of doing that except getting a heavier pressure plate.

i see, im assuming getting a heavier pressure plate will increase weight and how quick my car will rev up?

correct.

Please tell me you have worn in your clutch before you went and dumped the clutch.

nah i havent dumped once with it yet.. i choose not to after hearing my diff is ass of the world lol. apparently its like a brass button clutch just with ceramic coating making it called something else which i cant remember i think it was coushin button? or something anyway.

cushion button.

I bet its real stiff.....

EDIT: The S2000 diff is hit & miss. Some people run 400+rwhp on a stock diff with no problems. Others run a stock engine, but do a few high rev clutch drops and their diff fails.....

So long as you look after it, it should be sweet.

oh dear god if you hadnt told me that i would be crying everytime something next to me wanted to run me lol.. by real stiff what exactly are you talking about? lol.. as you can tell i probably sound so retarded i dont know everything about cars LOL :(

this may sound weird.. but i dragged an s2000 before my clutch was gone and had a random thought about it just now.. when he changed gears he chirpped (making a small burnout noise dont know what other people call it lol) but what mine does is just spin and throw my ass end to the left real bad.. i kind of did it tonight snapping 1st into 2nd and it had thrown me so much i almost went off the road into grass lol.

but i dont know why mine gets thrown around whilst others chirp? any ideas?

Well heres a short story for ya.

When I first got my S, I did 2 drags from a standing start.

I did exactly as i was supposed to.

Rev to 7K, sidestep the clutch, floor it, all the power goes through your tyres, and you pull for 2nd while about this time, the car is sliding left. The LSD kicks in and your off launching into vtec at about 6000 revs whilst pulling for 2nd gear.

I nailed it perfect; first go.

Second go, got it right again, however not perfect as the car didn't launch straight into vtec as I only dropped it from 6K.

Third go that night...... Did it again..... this time however, I ****ed up..... I didn't sidestep the clutch or something, and all 7000 revs went through my drivetrain instead of through the wheels.... the car bogged down and rattled like crazy, and smelt like shit.

Worst. Sound. Ever.

That was 3yrs ago...... I've never done it since..

Its supposed to slide to the left from like a 5K+ clutch drop... Then the LSD kicks in, zaps you back into a straight line, and away you go. However you also leave a few black lines on the driveway in the process.

lol yeah but whats wrong with theirs if its not lsd'ing?

Cause that only happens at a standing start LOL.

see i did that once well the third story i decided to rev and dump at 9grand for a laugh with a mate cause he wanted to see what it would do and so did i.. i kind of let the clutch off easy but not to easy but not to heavy.. and all i could smell was clutch for days on end.. i've never done something silly since but then again i've never had a bad launch where all i could smell was clutch.. not even my first drag.. which was roughly 6months ago as i just got my p's :P

could be bald tyres??

You must side step the clutch. Just let it pop out ; you think your leg is just as fast, but trust me its not.

And you wonder why you needed a new clutch.... :p

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lol what is this side step thing? i've never heard of it unless i have but have a different name for it lol? nah the tyres arnt bald even my last set before i blew them were fine and they did it.. now im on my stockies lol.

Side step is exactly that.

Foot on the clutch, holding it in. Instead of releasing the clutch with your foot, just move it off to the left and let the clutch pop out itself aka side stepping.

do you move it off fast? or rip it off? lol.. this sounds something i need to get used to lol.

The deal is, the clutch will pop out faster than your left leg can lift it off, so its gotta be fast.

Just hold it in, then side step & move your leg to the foot rest whilst ... now reaching for 2nd gear and about to go clutch in again.

i see sounds difficult, is it worth trying at low revs till i get the feel? and does it jump like a b*tch? lol.

Just think about it as your about to do it and remember what to do.

Clutch in.
Rev to 7K or whatever.
(handbrake if necessary)
Sidestep clutch.
Hold steering wheel.
Reach for 2nd gear.
Clutch in.
Concentrate on driving / shifting.

orrite well ill wear my clutch in abit more just to be safe and ill give it a shot lol thanks lude :)

What times did you get ludecrs? I got a 14.1 first time at my drags. 2.1 60 foota with the shitty dunlop sp3000's that came with the car. I wanted to break into the 13's but the tyres wouldn't grip for shit needed that 2second flat 60 foot. This was about the first month I had the car as well.

Chirping depends on your tyres and how prone they are to squealing. The tyres that came with the car when I bought it would chirp off their nuts and slide out. With the RE001 and the RT615 no chips no slide all grip.

Side stepping the clutch! Your kidding? right!
Um that's probably suicide for a number of driveline parts, if not all of them!
Funny to see someone else do it, i don't think i'd ever try it as i broken plenty with out doing anything that harsh.

Hence why you have to get it right. LOL. I didn't the 3rd time, and like I said, never have I done it again.... the worst sound ever.

lol rev dump is the worst ill do to mine :P