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Originally Posted by Morphius
Although I haven't tried it myself, I know there are 2-3 people on here that have used the 3000gt VR4 slave with success, after I recommended it. At least with a ACT2600 clutch. Sorry, I don't recall who. If you're running a 2600 or clutch with similar pedal load, you shouldn't have any issues. The pedal crossshaft flexes enough as it is, I don't see anyone overstroking the clutch. Install it. Set the pedal up as it should, per the manual. Pay attention to where it releases/engages. Typically, in any vehicle, the clutch is designed to release 25-35mm off the floor.
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Roger that. I know some people that have certain engagement issues and some are tied to the slave cylinder and/or clutch (which would make sense). As for the clutch pedal adjustment itself, I don't think would be much of an issue.
Hopefully after doing this, I should be able to see a difference and comment about this. It does make sense that it would work and (what I learned from my uncle) that it would "lighten" up your clutch pedal. The only variable in this would be, how it is installed, adjusted and quality of the part. Other than that, I can see this as a good mod for those running heavy clutches like the 2600. Thanks Morphius
Alright, I just finished putting in a 91 awd 3000gt slave cylinder. It is 11/16" in diameter and what looks like 3/4" of an inch shorter than the stock one. It took me a little over three hours to get this thing swapped over.
Of course you will need some longer bolts w/ nuts. But, that was the easy part. I couldn't figure out why the d@mn thing would bleed out. I had put on a 10mX 1.0 speed bleeder in and figured it should work but, I left out something pretty important.
Here is what I discovered: The slave cylinder on our cars has the speed bleeder mounted on top of the cylinder and the feed from the master near the middle/bottom. On the 3000gt in is flipped the other way. I tried swapping the bleeder and the feed but, the feed inlet isn't designed to close off the bleeder when it is fully secured. What I ended up doing was I bleed the slave cylinder by pulling off the rubber boot that holds the rod and put a clamp on the slave cylinder to keep the piston from coming out. I then bled it and it worked!!!!
I checked the clutch pedal and it
did increase the travel (throw/ swing) of the clutch pedal. The pressure on the pedal dropped a small bit but, that didn't bother me to much knowing that I have a longer range on my pedal to engage the clutch.
Another thing I forgot to mention was, because of the fact that the slave cylinder is around 3/4" of an inch shorter, I used a slave cylinder extension rod to compensate.
Was it worth it? I am not 100% sure but, I would suggest another means of obtaining the desired effects. I would recommend a larger bore Master cylinder. I know that they are out there somewhere floating around.