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May 21, 2008 | 06:51 AM

Cedar

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Clutch replacement question

Guys,

I'm looking at buying a 2001 with a 6 speed. The car has 62,000 on the clock. It is a 1 owner car and not been abused. It also has a lot of highway miles on it. My question is how many miles on average should I be able to get out of the clutch?

May 21, 2008 | 09:12 AM

Lancer033

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under those conditions, you could probably get 100K out of a clutch

May 21, 2008 | 09:41 AM

peter pan

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Originally Posted by Lancer033

under those conditions, you could probably get 100K out of a clutch

100k would be not a problem for an clutch not abused. When I took mine out at 30k for a boosted setup the clutch assembly looked almost new and it only had four passes at the strip and on run craps

May 21, 2008 | 09:50 AM

BLOWNBLUEZ06

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There's a guy in the tech section that's not really having problems, but trying to be proactive and replace his stock original clutch after 168,xxx miles on it!!

May 21, 2008 | 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by torchred_lt1

My slave cylinder failed last year at about 65,000, so I replaced all of the clutch components since I had the car apart. The original clutch was in very good shape. However, I don't abuse my car, but the slave did fail, and that requires getting all the way down to the clutch plate to replace. That being said, I may have just had a bad slave. I think at 65K, you'll probably be okay. These cars are really durable, especially if the miles are highway.

Zuti

May 21, 2008 | 12:23 PM

Independent1

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Originally Posted by torchred_lt1

^^The clutch slaves in these cars are not the greatest. I would say that it is probably going to fail in the near future. They are not easy to get to.

One other thing to look for is that some 2001 cars burn excessive amounts of oil because the piston rings don't seal properly.

May 21, 2008 | 01:30 PM

frankb

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I have 127,000 on mine and it's fine. I'm not to bad on mine. But I do burnout's now and then. No track time, so mostly heavy road use and lot's of down shifts.

May 21, 2008 | 01:55 PM

itzza427

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Bought the car with 55k on it. 58K on it now.It recently underwent 13 dyno runs followed by 5 passes at the strip,of which the last one was 13flat @ 110. Every thing is as solid as new . As you describe the car I wouldn't give it a second thought. I'd give it a spirited test drive and check it out,,then relax and enjoy!!!