Newbie Member With 180Sx Problem

[Sublime180]

Hey guys,

New to the forum, signed up to see if I could pick a few brains and hopefully figure out what's happening with my car.

It's a 1992 180SX, SR20DET. The car is perfectly fine when you start it up cold, as in, leave it overnight, crank it up in the morning. The issue arises when the car has warmed up (Say 4-5 minutes of driving). As soon as you hit around 3000RPM it feels like the clutch disengages and the revs just scream up without accelerating the car. I can hold it at around 3000RPM and it will slowly accelerate but if I put my foot down the revs just fly up. It has done 108 000kms, and I have recently installed a new clutch, that of a 300ZX. The problem existed before the new clutch and is exactly the same now, with the new clutch. The car is practically standard, apart from the basics, exhaust, BOV. I just find it strange that it runs awesome when it's cold.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Sublime180

[mad082]

if revs are climbing and speed isn't then it is a clutch issue. there is a very good chance your flywheel is shagged, and continuing to drive it with the clutch slipping like it is is only making hte situation worse.

it may be a clutch adjustment issue, but by the sounds of it you have probably screwed the clutch and flywheel, so you would need to replace both. i'd suggest getting a heavy duty clutch for a SR20. if you used a vg30 (300zx) clutch then it would've been one from a NA (since the turbo ones are bigger and won't fit from what i've read) it probably isn't holding up to the sudden increase in torque of the turbo engine and has probably contributed to your problem.