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Old 01-05-2012, 05:17 AM
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NO SLIP!

Good to hear you soon will be able to use all that power without the fear of destroying your clutch
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Great news. Very keen to find out which side of the clutch plate wears out first. Lets hope it lasts you a while.
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Clutch is in!

Initial thoughts?

No harder to drive than a full organic clutch
The initial 'bite' is very progressive.
There is no clutch shudder at all
There's no overrun noise, actually there's no noise from it at all.

One issue I did have initially was the clutch friction point being too low (like 15mm off the floor), the old clutch was like this also, I knew it wasn't air in the system now (as I thought it was) - it was bled today......HMM how to fix?

The fix was a simple adjustment of the clutch pedal push rod:



You can see the clutch pedal upper stop in this picture as well as the clutch adjustment rod. This component goes through a boot in the firewall and connects to the clutch master cylinder. The rod can be turned left or right to alter the point of clutch engagement above the floor, longer = higher friction point - Shorter = lower friction point.

The friction point is now 1/3 the way up from the floor...Woohoo!

But why was this adjustment required?..........Lightened flywheel!

The lightened flywheel is thinner than the stock one - effectively moving the clutch fork pivot point & the pressure plate further apart, which in turn requires slightly more 'stroke' at the master cylinder to return the pedal to a 'normal' feel.
out of curiosity could this in anyway have been related to the premature wear of the previous clutch??
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No - it simply wouldn't hold the torque.
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Today has been WIN!

First off I got this little bit of STI love for my STI:



Then I proceeded to buy the pristine doors & glass off this:



Which will look great once I Di-noc the roof with this:


Di-noc Ca-420 (Graphite colour)

To be finished off with a new set of these:




Then all I need is a new front bar & I'll be proud of 'Samantha' once again!
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nice pick ups ross, Di-noc is a good product and will look sweet
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Today has been a good day!

I think the Graphite colour will suit my car better than the usual black.

this gives you an idea of the difference:

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Today has been a good day!
Your day contains large traces of "WIN"

Good buys, especially the STI clusters.
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