Symptoms of a bad clutch slave?

[attack eagle]

I'm glad you found it was the slave... spray it with brake klen jon, don't roastit off. That will just leave residue on it.

With out two people it can be real pain to diagnose clutch hydraulics, but at least you know what it is now and it is easy to resolve.

[Jon K]

Yeah I will spray brake kleen up in the trans housing to see if I can wash as much crap as I can out of there. If slipping it/spraying it doesn't work (which I doubt) I will be taking the motor and transmission out over the winter anyway.

[Ross]

Creamic clutch shouldn't absorb the oil. Slipping and heating it wont do it much good

[Jon K]

Creamic clutch shouldn't absorb the oil. Slipping and heating it wont do it much good

its that it's on the flywheel surface I am sure. When I drive the car, if I floor it and build boost and just stay in the throttle even after it start to slip, a second of slipping occurs and then the flywheel hooks the clutch up and I accelerate. Then, when I press the clutch again, I bet its spraying fluid back on the surface

I think all the fluid in there will leave the disc due to velocity of spin, and what is left on the flywheel I can burn off with friction/heat. I can smell the crap for a few seconds after the above process

[Turbo Ready]

its that it's on the flywheel surface I am sure. When I drive the car, if I floor it and build boost and just stay in the throttle even after it start to slip, a second of slipping occurs and then the flywheel hooks the clutch up and I accelerate. Then, when I press the clutch again, I bet its spraying fluid back on the surface

I think all the fluid in there will leave the disc due to velocity of spin, and what is left on the flywheel I can burn off with friction/heat. I can smell the crap for a few seconds after the above process

Jon, had a few questions in my previous post to you.

Thanks

[Jon K]

Thanks for the input Jon, I will definitely look at this clutch. I can understand the on/off feel, how but does it affect launching from standing still? More prone to stalling? Guess you have to keep the revs up a lil bit higher from that of an OEM clutch to launch.

Whose clutch kit is that BTW?

Thanks

The pressure plate makes it such that its got a very limited area of "working". So, yeah if someone hopped in and tried to drive off it might be a little stall-happy. But, if you get the revs up to like 1500 - 1800 rpm and slip it as best you can (you get about two thunks of the pucks hitting before you have to be moving, else it just thunk thunk thunk thunks itself and it just sounds real nasty) you can get a nice take off from a traffic light without looking like an idiot. If actually launching, I use the anti-lag function of my ECU from 4800 RPM and let the clutch out at a semi slow fashion and keep my toes on the clutch at the very top of the pedal range to modulate it a little bit. It's still pretty hard to get just right. Eventually I want to have enough tire on the back to just let the pedal out at an even speed and not spin the wheels.

[Turbo Ready]

Sounds great Jon, realized that it has a very short engagement duration. Since it bites the pressure plate so quickly and with almost instant grip it will be tough not to leave lots of rubber when launching agressively.

I will be tracking my car often so this might be an issue when launching. On the flip side, you can make up the time between shifts if you did do a moderate off line launch.

Thanks for the feedback. Keep up updated with your progress