Clutch Change Thoughts

[danh]

bad luck! tell me about it!

you and me both have had a bit of a bad run of late..

hopefully we're through it now! but having r32 gtrs i dont think it will ever end!

all i need now is to get some new coils and she should be sorted..

[ferni]

Cool, same as what i think, i've been a bit hesitent to say i liked the clutch because i liked the twin plate when i put that in there at first, but then it ended up being a pig. This clutch (JB) is nothing like that.

As for old fuel, yeah i normally just don't go full throttle, its not bad for the engine or anything but probably lost a bit of its octane rating as you said.

[sewid]

How long did the clutch take to get back to you Lucien? Im doing this (maybe) as well but concerned about leaving the car sitting around a workshop for weeks until the clutch gets back...

[sewid]

On second thought by the looks of your posts it took bugger all time to complete and stick in. I guess now i speak to Jim and find a decent workshop.

[TokyoTaxi]

So Lucien, are you still happy with the JB Clutch ? Also, what sort of power are you pushing through the clutch ? Also, this was a single plate or twin ?

[lwells]

How long did the clutch take to get back to you Lucien? Im doing this (maybe) as well but concerned about leaving the car sitting around a workshop for weeks until the clutch gets back...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey sewid,

IIRC, it was out on a Monday and I express posted it up to Jim that day. If not for a delivery problem, it would have been back by Thursday, so really quick basically

FAT32: My thoughts stay the same, mainly because I haven't driven the car much. I have three more weeks till my honours thesis is due, so its all study study study at the moment The car is pushing stock GT-R power, but I'll be fixing that soon and let you know

Edit: Whoops: its a single plate "stage one", which is essentially an uprated pressure plate and new material on the stock clutch. Given that twoogle is pushing stupidly high power through a single plate Jim Berry (the next one up I think -- I guess it would be "stage two"), I see no reason to waste money on fancy Japanese multiplate clutches.

[TokyoTaxi]

Firstly lw, go drive your car. These should be no excuse for not driving a Skyline ( unless you actually can't ).

Just another question. How heavy is the pedal with these JB clutches ?? Most of the heavy duty clutches around are more like a switch and cause the clutch pedal box spot welds to break.

[lwells]

How heavy is the pedal with these JB clutches ?? Most of the heavy duty clutches around are more like a switch and cause the clutch pedal box spot welds to break.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Its tough to give you a definite answer since my OEM clutch was basically failing and not engaging/disenaging properly, so driving it normally was out of the question. As I think I said in my post of initial impressions, the JB clutch felt ever so slightly heavier but when it hooked up grabbed a lot harder: how much of that is placebo and how much is actually the case its hard to say I certainly don't have any problems using it: in fact one of my main criteria was that it had to be useable since I drive in traffic a lot and want something I can modulate and use without tree-trunk legs.

[TokyoTaxi]

Sounds about right then I just got off the phone with JB and he's confused me even further by giving me a world of options ( including the overhaul and modification / improvement of my OS Twin ).

Sooo confused now