gmermel
Passed Driver's Ed
Running the EqT Turbo and, BTW, I did get the LUK TOB with the clutch.
After a grand total of 2500 miles my DKM clutch blew up last weekend. Like really bad. I'm feeling pretty philosophical about it. The old "pay to play" costs of going EqT turbo......
Competition Clutch has quickly responded to my warranty claim. Infinitely better than last year when their customer service was incognito. Without the clutch in hand they do suspect it'll be warranted given my mileage and driving style. User error is typically a function of over-slipping. If I did anything that might have stressed the clutch it was through aggressive engagement.
Thinking the Sachs 4 puck at this point. Default is SB Stage 3 Daily.
If you like a good story keep going. Otherwise, Tl;dr:
Like many here I have driven MT's for upwards of decades. In my case 4 of them. Now I know clutches are a use item. So it's gotta be me, right? OTOH, I've never, ever needed to replace one before. And I've run several of my cars beyond 100k miles. But still, it might be me.
I realize now that it's been degrading slowly for a number of weeks. I've noticed occasional rough engagements. It's also seemed that I haven't been feeling thrown back in the seat as hard as before which I ascribed to having gotten used to the power. Now I'm thinking there was a loss of power as the clutch was losing its grip.
Yes, I've been launching. And yeah, I auto-crossed for the first time on the clutch last weekend. But the way the course was set up I was in 2nd gear the whole way around so only shifted the one time from 1st to 2nd (4 runs).
At lunch I noticed engagement was oddly delayed. I'd lift the pedal, revs got to 4000rpm's but I would barely move and then they'd drop to 3000 as a little bit of torque developed.
The real drama unfolded on the drive home. It's one of those stories that with time will be a fun one to tell. Whether it'll be worth the expected headaches and $2000 this will cost remains to be seen:
I live about 8 miles from the auto-x site. Up a grade of about 300 feet, 6 miles on the flat and a mile downhill home. Climbed in 4th gear, 50mph at 5000 rpm's. Losing power all along the flat to where I barely made it to the downhill. 7% grade so I was in good shape. Damn traffic though so I had to scrub some speed. Got to my flat street and was able to coast the 200 yards to the driveway. With my foot completly off the clutch pedal I barely made it into my garage in 1st at 6000 rpms. Like at 2mph.
After a grand total of 2500 miles my DKM clutch blew up last weekend. Like really bad. I'm feeling pretty philosophical about it. The old "pay to play" costs of going EqT turbo......
Competition Clutch has quickly responded to my warranty claim. Infinitely better than last year when their customer service was incognito. Without the clutch in hand they do suspect it'll be warranted given my mileage and driving style. User error is typically a function of over-slipping. If I did anything that might have stressed the clutch it was through aggressive engagement.
Thinking the Sachs 4 puck at this point. Default is SB Stage 3 Daily.
If you like a good story keep going. Otherwise, Tl;dr:
Like many here I have driven MT's for upwards of decades. In my case 4 of them. Now I know clutches are a use item. So it's gotta be me, right? OTOH, I've never, ever needed to replace one before. And I've run several of my cars beyond 100k miles. But still, it might be me.
I realize now that it's been degrading slowly for a number of weeks. I've noticed occasional rough engagements. It's also seemed that I haven't been feeling thrown back in the seat as hard as before which I ascribed to having gotten used to the power. Now I'm thinking there was a loss of power as the clutch was losing its grip.
Yes, I've been launching. And yeah, I auto-crossed for the first time on the clutch last weekend. But the way the course was set up I was in 2nd gear the whole way around so only shifted the one time from 1st to 2nd (4 runs).
At lunch I noticed engagement was oddly delayed. I'd lift the pedal, revs got to 4000rpm's but I would barely move and then they'd drop to 3000 as a little bit of torque developed.
The real drama unfolded on the drive home. It's one of those stories that with time will be a fun one to tell. Whether it'll be worth the expected headaches and $2000 this will cost remains to be seen:
I live about 8 miles from the auto-x site. Up a grade of about 300 feet, 6 miles on the flat and a mile downhill home. Climbed in 4th gear, 50mph at 5000 rpm's. Losing power all along the flat to where I barely made it to the downhill. 7% grade so I was in good shape. Damn traffic though so I had to scrub some speed. Got to my flat street and was able to coast the 200 yards to the driveway. With my foot completly off the clutch pedal I barely made it into my garage in 1st at 6000 rpms. Like at 2mph.
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