Stock Clutch???

krazyjar · Aug 29, 2002

Mine slips in 1st and 2nd. It drives me nuts, so as soon as I get the money I am replacing it. Do you replace it yourself? I plan on doing mine and I was wondering what kind of situations I might run into.

RippinGSX · Aug 29, 2002

I didn't do the 2 stockers myself and had a friend help with the CF but the next one I will do myself. It's fairly straightforward with a shop manual and some time. The hardest part is cracking the tranny myself, might have to have my wife help

krazyjar · Aug 29, 2002

I have two other people helping me.. We all love to work on our cars. I would be afraid to let my wife help. I want to keep my car around for a while, she can't even drive my car. She has no desire to drive a five speed. Thank God! How long did it take you to install the CF?

RippinGSX · Aug 29, 2002

I was kidding about the wife

CF took about 8 hrs with breaks.

krazyjar · Aug 29, 2002

That doesn't sound too bad. I can't wait to get a new clutch, I can't take the slipping for much longer. Do you know how much does bigger rims slow you down in the quarter mile? My friends and I like to race the quarter and they have maxima's. I haven't taken my car because of the clutch. Stock my car is suppose to do the quarter in 15.3, but I put a little heavier 17" rims on it. What should I expect?

RippinGSX · Aug 29, 2002

It's not gonna make a lot of difference. I think there are some other threads relating to that topic.

krazyjar · Aug 29, 2002

Thanks for all the advice.

RippinGSX · Aug 29, 2002

No problem

By the way, there are also a ton of these clutch threads around here to take a look at.

krazyjar · Aug 29, 2002

Thanks!:

bretthejet26 · Aug 29, 2002

ya i've been lucky w/my clutch.. i have 100K on the stock clutch.... but when i went to do a 4K launch it was HORRENDOUS.. i mean..... bang.... bang..... bang..... bang (car shaking).. does that mean i shouldnt be launching??? lol

vegabass15 · Aug 29, 2002

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2GTsiAWD · Aug 29, 2002

RippinGSX said:
Either you guys aren't making much power or your driving like my grandma :dunno: That's all I have to say, stock clutch sucks if you drive even remotely hard on a consistent basis. Don't believe me AWD guys?? Go out and do some 6000rpm slip launches for a few days or more and come back and tell me how great your stock clutch is.

Haa! I didn't say it was a great clutch, but it will last if your not out beating the hell out of it and drive like a normal human being. Nor is my car making like 400hp.

Driving like your grandma...don't think so. I see too many "import" racers lifting to shift. Com'on Keep it planted and wack the clutch and rip it like there's no tomorrow.

90AWDturbo · Aug 30, 2002

I had a 153k on my stock clutch and she held like new... then my engine seized

speaking of engine, if you got one, or know where to get one cheap, make sure to tell me

90TSiAwd · Aug 30, 2002

Do you consider a 1.78 60ft time "driving like a grandma" "Rippin" GSX? My stocker eventually went, but it did very well over the course of the first year I owned the car, launching at 6,000 rpms many times at the drag strip, and on the street.

RippinGSX · Aug 30, 2002

90TSiAwd said:
Do you consider a 1.78 60ft time "driving like a grandma" "Rippin" GSX? My stocker eventually went, but it did very well over the course of the first year I owned the car, launching at 6,000 rpms many times at the drag strip, and on the street.

That wasn't a personal attack so don't cop an attitude man

Your lucky at best. The stock clutch SUCKS!!! period.

OneFast97GST · Sep 13, 2002

I just took my car apart to replace it with another stock clutch. The stock ones hold up just fine, for me anyways. My cars probably in the 300-315hp range. As a matter of fact, mine isn't even slipping, but i have a big race coming up and i want everything to be tuned. I got the disk, pressure plate and bearing from Conicelli for $157. That's a Daikem quality clutch. An ACT 2100 is ridiculous at $335. The price just went up.

I would say that this only holds true for us Front wheel drive guys. A stock clutch will last a whole lot longer on a FWD car. Many of the guys that are rippin' on stock clutches in here have AWD cars. There's a debate within a debate here.

An ACT 2100 of course is 2100lbs and i believe the stocker is rated at 1800lbs.

krazyjar · Sep 13, 2002

Clutch

I think I am going to try a stock clutch.

OneFast97GST · Sep 13, 2002

Conicelli seems to have the best deals on them. I have a '97 GST too and it has 16g and i don't experience slippage. I've this clutch in for just over a year, i'm only changing it because i'm doing tranny work and then i'm racing it next month.

krazyjar · Sep 13, 2002

Thanks for all the info. It really helps me out in the money area.

OneFast97GST · Sep 13, 2002

No problem- I have the money to buy an ACT or even better, but it's pointless to spent that kind of money on a clutch unless you're making well over 350hp and you're an AWD car. Check out www.conicelli.com They're out of Pennsylvania. They're shipping is very good. The well known Andre' led me to them.

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