whats a good way not to wear your clutch out too fast?
i NEVER launched the car, or tend too. how about decelerating or down shifting? shifting to fast or too slow.

does it hurt to hold the clutch in?
how is tappin gas vs holding gas when going off in 1st gear?

 

It´s all about the time the clutch is slipping before fully "clamped", with a lot of slipping and at high revs it will overheat and wear down fast.
Try to keep the rpm´s low and shift fast and precise, that´s how my clutches survive.

And no, you wont hurt the clutch by holding it in but the cover might loose the spring pressure in the long run if we´re picky.

 

Im aware of holding it in can also cause premature wear on the throwout bearing.

+1 for what b52 siad aswell

 

Shift without using the clutch? I don't believe this to be a cost effective option... lol

 

With the S2000 you should not need to rev above 2,000 rpms to launch normally. In fact I usually launch normally around 1400 rpms. The lower the rpm you launch the less wear on the clutch (generally). Blipping the throttle to launch is not going to help anything.

Shifts should be smooth and the car should not jerk forward or backwards when the clutch is released. Downshifting won't overly wear your clutch as long as you rev-match before releasing the clutch in the next lower gear.

I would be willing to bet that 90% of clutch wear is from launching. That's why cars that see nothing but city driving need new clutches all the time. My brother bought a civic off a friend who hadn't replaced the clutch in over 200,000 miles but it was mostly highway miles.

 

oo ok. yea i do mostly highway but my shifts arent perfect yet.

 

I would recommend learning a little bit about what a clutch does. "How Stuff Works" and some of the illustrated video guides are nice. Once you understand what it does and what it doesn't do, you'll be able to answer your own questions about wearing the clutch.

Like that guy who destroyed his transmission skip-shifting. If he had understood how the transmission actually works, he might not have punished his synchros.

 

yea i read about the skip-shift somewhere, so i dont do that

 

fully on the clutch when you need it and fully off the clutch when you don't. Really not a lot you can do about clutch wear since wear is expected. If your driving the car normally, your wear should also be normal.

 

what happens if you pop your car in neutral without stepping on the clutch?