I've had my '05 for a bit over a year and before that an '01 for three years.

The clutch engages very abruptly, certainly more so than the

 

It is a hydraulic unit, but the pedal can be adjusted. Adjusting the pedal will only adjust the point at which the clutch begins to engage. If you do adjust the pedal, make sure you leave some amount of free play in the pedal or you can wear out your throwout bearing and possibly even your clutch disk

 

xviper has commented on this a few times recently. He always says it can be done, but be very careful because it is easy to really mess things up in our car.

 

Do you still have the delay in the slave cylinder?

 

Please explain what exactly you mean by this.

So true. If done when it really shouldn't be done, this could end up being your worst nightmare, especially if you didn't really understand what it was you did and how you would reverse it.

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>> Do you still have the delay in the slave cylinder?

I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know. The car is absolutely stock, no modifications or maintenance (other than 1 oil change).

>> Please explain what exactly you mean by this.

I don't mean that it engages quickly, near to the floorboard, but that the distance between the point where it first grabs and then it is fully engaged is very short. That's what I'd like to change, make that distance maybe 50% longer.

 

You don't be able to change that. Only the point where it grabs (as in move it closer to the floor).

 

You can't and shouldn't change this. If you were able to change it, then you would most likely screw up the free play at one end of the clutch travel or the other. Those free play areas need to be where they are.

 

I second this question. The delay valve that was added to the clutch in '04 didn't have any effect on the actual engagement travel, but it did have a detrimental effect on the action and "feel" of the engagement, making it less progressive and therefore seemingly shorter. It definitely reduces the feedback feel of the clutch and makes it harder to feather it easily and properly. Before I took mine out I generally had to feather both the clutch and gas in combination to get nice smooth engagements. With the delay valve removed the action is more progressive and gives more feedback through the pedal, making it easy to hold the gas steady and simply feather the clutch normally. You know, like a normal clutch . Much better IMO. That delay valve is evil in more ways than one...


ron

 

[QUOTE=R11,May 4 2006, 03:28 PM]I second this question.