Clutch Break in questiom?
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Racer
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From: DeBary Florida
Clutch Break in questiom?
I have just a qaick question for all of you who have installed a new clutch in your c5. I've got am '04 and an putting in a Monster clutch, flywheel. pilot bearing, slave cylinder and a remote bleeder bleeder pretty soon. Already have a Tick master cyclinder installed.
My question is what is the proper way to break in the clutch? I know you should take it easy (no high rev shifts) keep the shifts to around 3000 rpm and under for at lease 500 miles but, is it okay to downshift without causing any damage of harm during that same 500 mile break in period?
Alot of you have been there before so you're past experience will be of great help to me. a first time clutch installer. Don' t what to go back in there down the road and find everything all glazed up.
Thanks in advance and very much apprecitated.
My question is what is the proper way to break in the clutch? I know you should take it easy (no high rev shifts) keep the shifts to around 3000 rpm and under for at lease 500 miles but, is it okay to downshift without causing any damage of harm during that same 500 mile break in period?
Alot of you have been there before so you're past experience will be of great help to me. a first time clutch installer. Don' t what to go back in there down the road and find everything all glazed up.
Thanks in advance and very much apprecitated.
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check with monster and see what they recommend... I just put an act twin in mine and they said 200-300 miles... so far I've got about 160 on it and will finish it up this weekend and let it rip
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drive in stop and go traffic for a few hours
seriously. this is one of the best ways to break in a clutch. it wears the friction material without placing a lot of load or introducing a lot of heat
the reason they say not to beat on a new clutch is slipping and glazing. some materials like kevlar never really recover if you glaze them badly. also isn't good for the flywheel
a clutch can not hold it's rated power until the surfaces have worn a bit and mated parallel
at the same time if you did something like a monster 2 on a stock c5 coupe. you could probably race on it from the get go. you're not going to slip that clutch on a stock engine even if it hasn't seated well. i probably wouldn't do this just on principle myself
seriously. this is one of the best ways to break in a clutch. it wears the friction material without placing a lot of load or introducing a lot of heat
the reason they say not to beat on a new clutch is slipping and glazing. some materials like kevlar never really recover if you glaze them badly. also isn't good for the flywheel
a clutch can not hold it's rated power until the surfaces have worn a bit and mated parallel
at the same time if you did something like a monster 2 on a stock c5 coupe. you could probably race on it from the get go. you're not going to slip that clutch on a stock engine even if it hasn't seated well. i probably wouldn't do this just on principle myself
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 444
Likes: 56
From: DeBary Florida
drive in stop and go traffic for a few hours
seriously. this is one of the best ways to break in a clutch. it wears the friction material without placing a lot of load or introducing a lot of heat
the reason they say not to beat on a new clutch is slipping and glazing. some materials like kevlar never really recover if you glaze them badly. also isn't good for the flywheel
a clutch can not hold it's rated power until the surfaces have worn a bit and mated parallel
at the same time if you did something like a monster 2 on a stock c5 coupe. you could probably race on it from the get go. you're not going to slip that clutch on a stock engine even if it hasn't seated well. i probably wouldn't do this just on principle myself
seriously. this is one of the best ways to break in a clutch. it wears the friction material without placing a lot of load or introducing a lot of heat
the reason they say not to beat on a new clutch is slipping and glazing. some materials like kevlar never really recover if you glaze them badly. also isn't good for the flywheel
a clutch can not hold it's rated power until the surfaces have worn a bit and mated parallel
at the same time if you did something like a monster 2 on a stock c5 coupe. you could probably race on it from the get go. you're not going to slip that clutch on a stock engine even if it hasn't seated well. i probably wouldn't do this just on principle myself
Thanks Racebum and everyone else. That's exactly what going in it's a monster level 2 on a pretty much stock (approx 340 hp. 355 tq to the tires). I don't get out much but I'm going to do my damndest to take it easy shifting both up and down for the first 500. Thanks again Racebum you put my mind at ease a little bit.
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