Does every s2k do this?
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From: San Antonio, TX
Originally Posted by thomsbrain,Aug 5 2009, 01:38 AM
If you let out the clutch in neutral, the clutch connects with the input shaft and spins it up. When you push the clutch back in, that shaft is still spinning and takes a while to slow down. If you don't wait for it to slow down, you are jamming a spinning input shaft into the synchros. That will wear them out prematurely and give you that clunk.
The simple solution is to leave the car in gear until you reach a complete stop, and then keep the clutch pushed in until you leave again. Don't take your foot off the clutch and you'll never have to wait for the input shaft to stop AND you won't sit there looking like a dumbass trying to get first after the light has turned green. It's win-win to drive this way. You're ready to go when it is time to go and you save wear-and-tear.
The simple solution is to leave the car in gear until you reach a complete stop, and then keep the clutch pushed in until you leave again. Don't take your foot off the clutch and you'll never have to wait for the input shaft to stop AND you won't sit there looking like a dumbass trying to get first after the light has turned green. It's win-win to drive this way. You're ready to go when it is time to go and you save wear-and-tear.
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I barely hear the clunk over my Toda cat-back. The S is a pretty mechanically noisy car, you hear everything going on, which is fine with me. I clutch out in neutral and live with all the various sounds that come with driving the S. It's not an Acura RL.
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