smooth eh? Well, it can be smooth I suppose, the biggest problem is that it only has a very small section of the clutch travel where it actually does anything.. the majority of the cluth travel does nothing, then about 3/4 up it engages almost immediatly, with no slide. Granted I've gotten better at it since I've had the car, and can pull off fairly smoothly with practice. I presumed this was just because it was a "stage 3" clutch kit, and was just race type. But then I noticed the vibration in the pedla, and buzz. The buzz only happens when riding in gear between 2500-4000rpm's it does none of this upono excelleration. Granted, have no checked the usuall suspects yet, IE heat shields, exhaust vibrations, but I will look into that. But based on the quality of the iinstallation of the rest of the mechanical components in this car, id be willing to bet it was not installed properly. If I had to guess, I would say the clutch has only been on a couple thousand miles (the car just rolled over 7000 miles).