I will admit it up front, it wasn't such a smart thing to let my 6'5" friend drive my stook, but he is seriously in the market. Anyway, after about a half hour of normal driving I decided to let him feel what the car really had... famous last words. He reved it up to 8 grand and as he was dumping the clutch (his feet are too big to sidestep it) his knee hit the dash so it didn't let out very fast. Sadly, it just slipped all the way down to about 2000rpm. Of course the smell was horrible, but it's a toss up whose face looked worse...mine or his.

My question is directly related. I've never owned a car long enough to replace a clutch, so the wear characteristics are unfamiliar to me. Did this potentially do permenant dammage? I demonstrated how to launch the car propperly a little later and everything seemed fine. My car has about 1,600 miles on it. Any thoughts?

Andrew

 

Not potentially - definitely. This overheats the clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel significantly. It causes excessive wear, warpage, and heat spotting. For pictures of what the aftermath looks like, click on the link below my signature and go to the S2000 clutch replacement page.

 

Don't sweat it, so you did some damage, big deal, just drive the thing and when you need to replace the clutch due to chatter or slippage or whatever, just know you could have had it last a little longer if you hadn't smoked it. Shake it off and get on with things in life that actually mater.

 

SAD STORY.
The stook clutch is very weak and mine only lasted 15000 miles (24000 km). Replacement cost is exorbitant.
Had to get a new flywheel as well.

The moral to the story is drive the stook like a Honda Civic & bitch to Honda about the piss weak stook clutch.

 

My favorite movie line (not) from "A Porsche Kill Now".


I hate the smell of fried clutch in the morning.

Smells like ........
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...big bucks!

 

You cats are supposed to make me feel BETTER!...hehe. Thanks for the comments.

Andrew

 

hopefully you have the grind, and have yet to get it fixed...take it in if you haven't - free clutch! if you're lucky...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by S2Kguy
[B]You cats are supposed to make me feel BETTER!...hehe.

 

Thanks Turkey. It feels fine now (as I am prone to do 8,000rpm drops often), but when I do have to replace it, I want to make sure to address this "weak link". I know zero about clutches, so I will rely on the great information on this board to point me in the right direction when the time comes. Thanks again.

Andrew

 

I Tried to launch at 6k and let the clutch out a little to Slow and guess what....I smelled the Magic! That was at 3000 miles now I'm at 7500 miles and the Clutch is grabing just fine. I'll see if I make it to 30,000 miles