Clutch going out???

[jonnygsx]

I recently installed a 16g on my 98gsx and have been pretty unhappy with the performance. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out why I have slow et's and one thing i'm thinking is that its the clutch. I still am using the stock clutch be have planned on a act 2600. My question is this, I know that people say when the clutch is slipping the rpms will go up and the speed won't. I haven't really noticed this, but then I don't really watch my speed when I'm racing. Will it only slip when your really getting on it? Low gears? Does it just depend on how much wear is on the clutch? After I made a few runs I could really smell the clutch and I'm just assuming the stock one is on its last.

Thanks, Jon

 

[dsmrunnah95]

When the clutch is wore out, it'll stick between shifts. In other words it'll ride the clutch in between gear instead of automatically dropping in the gear. I've smelt burned clutch after a couple of hard runs, but my clutch is still pretty new, so unless it's riding the clutch in between gears or on start off (when you try to drop it) then I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[boostle]

It's ok to push your car when you aren't racing ya know Go find an empty piece of road and do a long pull in 3rd gear or something.

 

[dett21]

I was reading the post about the clutch riding and I'm wondering if that is my problem. I have a stock clutch and 125k miles with decent mods.

The problem I have is that over 4k rpms, there is a big jerk, the front end jumps and the rpm's skip up to 5k and then it keeps accelerating. Would that be the same thing as the clutch riding? I'm just hoping that my differential isn't going.

 

[painmaster]

Its usually pretty obvious if your clutch is slipping! When you accelerate hard do your rpms go up faster than your car actualy moves, as opposed to when you accelerate soft. If you cant tell its slipping in your low gears do a 3rd gear pull. Find an open road and drive as slow as you can in 3rd gear without the car bucking. Then push in the clutch and rev up the engine to like 4500 and start slipping the clutch out and floor it. If when you have your foot of the clutch the engine is out reving your acceleration then your clutch is on its way out.

 

[dett21]

I found my problem unfortunately. I crushed the outlet pipe on my stock intercooler. So needless to say I have a large vacuum leak.

 

[painmaster]

Well that should be a lot easier to deal with than pulling your tranny!