Hey DSM, well Stuck in a hole, just bought my second GST after two years of selling my first GST(auto) due to rod knock and going through a divorce , well I got my hands on this 137,*** miles 5spd GST with only bolt ons known are FMIC and 3" cat-back and Greddy BoV. There's another claimed mod that I still need to confirm is HKS cams, as well as this suppose stage 4(if there's even a stage 4) clutch and stock flywheel ....

Well the cars runs beautiful, only problem is the clutch, it's probably the most aggressive stiff clutch...it's stiff but my problem is not just that it's aggressively stiff but the fact that it will only engage the clutch and allow you to switch gears if you stomp on the clutch pedal to floor. You will stall out or grind a gear if you don't drop the pedal all the way in, and since its so stiff it makes it hard to do so. And even a slight lift of the pedal it will stall or beging to bog down and your forced to rev high and slowly take off, also you cannot drop it in reverse without grinding the gear , all gears are just too hard to switch almost like the tranny is fighting back?

Previous Owner claims it had a heavy built block and was pushing about 400hp which why it currently has a stage 4 clutch. I forgot the brand name of the clutch I will update this as soon as I find out...

Now I haven't even taken a look at the clutch so I'm not here assuming he's correct on his claim but I'am trying seek a little info on the Symptoms I have could it just be a blown clutch or something wrong could the previous owner be lying to me as it needs a new tranny? Any info or experience or opinions are well welcomed .

I'm on here daily , so ill be replying as fast as I can.

P.S I decided not to drive the car this way, it's drivable but just to be on the safe side.