Bad Clutch?

[BL00DSH0T]

I have had many manual cars but never keep one long enough to experience a bad clutch.

I have noticed some slippage in the high rpms in boost recently, but with it being cold here I don't get on it hard anymore. Regular drivability was just like stock. But now I get a shudder every now and then when taking off from a stop. Is this a sign of a bad clutch. There are no weird sounds or smells.

I'm putting the car back to stock also so what do u recommend a good stock like replacement clutch/flywheel if it needs to be replaced?

Thanks

Herb

 

[702GT]

If it's slipping/shuddering with the pedal fully disengaged it's likely a bad clutch, fly or both.

If you are getting rid of the car or just want a stock swap, RAM is my go to for entry level clutches. Their bottom of the line clutch is better than OE and has a stock pedal feel. I believe their kit also includes a new pilot bearing and Slave, which is convenient.

As for the flywheel, I'd take it to a local shop and have it resurfaced if possible. That's the cheaper route. Otherwise you may get lucky in the "WTB" section of this forum, I'm sure someone has a stock fly they are willing to part with for a decent price, but the fly is heavy so most of your cost will be in shipping, and said flywheel may also need to be resurfaced on top of it all.

 

[BL00DSH0T]

It is studdering during disengagement of the clutch on take off. It is not everytime though.
I have only noticed it slip with the pedal fully disengaged when i really get on it.

I will be getting rid of the car next year, thats why I want to get the clutch close to stock. I'll look into the Ram clutches.

Thanks for the advice.

Herb

 

[P-51 Performance]

how much hp are you at and what clutch are you running right now?

 

[BL00DSH0T]

how much hp are you at and what clutch are you running right now?

479whp with the Procharger on the stock clutch.

Herb

 

[Bingo]

My stock clutch started slipping as soon as I installed my supercharger. It only had 30k miles and had probably another 50k left on the surface, but it was just too much power.

tl/dr it's your clutch.

 

[P-51 Performance]

agree, to much power for the stock clutch.i had a spec stage 1 that was rated at like 430 or something? with in a year of 500hp it was paper thin. if you returning the car to stock just go with something cheap that can handle 500. spec stage 2 or something. as far as the flywheel take it off and take it to a machine shop where they resurface it, 50$ for a resurface and your good to go.