clutch slipping? someone help me fast!!

[stratplayer24]

i have a 97 GSX with an 18g turbo kit with the intercooler and BOV..ill be driving the car normal and when i jump on it or put it down the clutch slips. i bought the car used about a week ago and the guy told me it was a bad clutch. was he right when he told me that or was it something else? he told me that it has an ACT lightened flywheel and an ACT clutch kit...can someone tell me what's wrong with it, or if i need a new clutch or what?

Thanks Chris

 

[LTUDSM]

When you press on gas,would the rpm's goes up fast and car just stays???? if yes then is your clutch buddy.

 

[delta448]

Do you have any free play at the top of the travel in the clutch pedal? In other words, when you press in the clutch pedal, is there a little bit of downward movement before there is any resistance? On 2G's the clutch master cylinder has a relief valve which must be uncovered when the pedal is let all the way out, if not then you get the dreaded "2G pedal pump up" and the clutch will slip. If you don't have it adjusted correctly right now, the rod on the backside of the clutch pedal is threaded and must be spun so it moves outward from the firewall.

More info here, look near the bottom of the page.

Most likely though the clutch is indeed beyond use.

 

[viprez586]

If he told you it had a bad clutch...why would he lie?
You can drive with a slipping clutch although its not recommended. Just drive like a granny.

Also, make sure your BOV is recirculated back into the intake pipe if your on the stock MAF.

 

[Nito15]

If your RPMs shoot up while you get on the accelerator and your mph lag behind, then your clutch is slipping. You can smell a sweet smell coming from your engine after those symptoms then definitely your clutch is slipping. Hopefully your flywheel and pressure plate don't get warped and you can reuse them just by replacing the clutch disc.

 

[stratplayer24]

the clutch lets out right when you let the pedal out. there is no play. as soon as i even think about taking my foot off the pedal its letting out. and there is some play at the top of the pedal. so what do i have to do to change that and fix it.

im hoping its just he clutch and not a boost leak or anything like that. im looking to buy a ACT ^-puck clutch kit. would that be a good clutch for this?

 

[stratplayer24]

Do you have any free play at the top of the travel in the clutch pedal? In other words, when you press in the clutch pedal, is there a little bit of downward movement before there is any resistance? On 2G's the clutch master cylinder has a relief valve which must be uncovered when the pedal is let all the way out, if not then you get the dreaded "2G pedal pump up" and the clutch will slip. If you don't have it adjusted correctly right now, the rod on the backside of the clutch pedal is threaded and must be spun so it moves outward from the firewall.

More info here, look near the bottom of the page.

Most likely though the clutch is indeed beyond use.

is it bad if i drive the car with the clutch slipping like that? or can i not put it down and be fine till i get the money for a new clutch? and i can turn the boost down so that i have less of a chance to do any damage..?

 

[viprez586]

No one can tell you your going to be okay, no shop will either because of liability. Who knows how much material is left. Maybe it will explode when it decides to let go, maybe it will just slip so bad you can't move the car...search Clutch scatter shield and why people who do Auto-X and Drag run them.

On a side note my friend with a wrx has been driving with a clutch that only slips under boost for almost a year now, granted he does baby it and not boost. I keep telling him to fix it, but he wants me to do it for free.
Clutch jobs suck without a lift.