Huge Problem - Help Me!!!

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mhissticobra

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Heres the deal, I just took my 96 Cobra out of winter storage today and I got a problem. The car was stock when I put it in storage except for flowmasters. Engine wise I added BBK underdrive pullies, bbk cold air, BBK 65mm throttle body, Venom 400 module, Pro-m 87mm air meter, and a new optima yellow top battery during the winter. I took it out today and it starts fine but when I go to accelerate from a constant speed in any gear, the engine just revs up for a about 2 seconds, then catches when I let off. WTF!?!?! Am I experienceing clutch slip?? I do smell a buning odor-like when you burn your clutch - whenever I do it. I don't know why I would because it was fine when I stored it. Please help me anybody!Ohh by the way, I turned the Venom 400 module off and tried it and it still does it so its not the Venom.

 

2001Saleen181

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If you don't let the transmission warm up once a month, then the fluid in it will gum up. You probably just need to change the fluid and filter.

 

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Its your clutch slipping. Can't understand why it would be slipping just from setting all winter, but that is what it is doing. Time for a new clutch.

 

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I'm assuming that you have a manual transmission; in which case you probably have a slipping clutch. Or maybe your brakes are stuck.

 

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I do have a 5 speed. My brakes are stuck? My brakes for the wheels? I'm not sure how that would affect anything.

 

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Steve Bob

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Maybe I don't understand the problem. I read, "When I step on the gas nothing happens for 2 seconds then I start moving. And I smell the burnt smell of clutch facing".

So it Could be your clutch slipping. Or maybe your brake calipers are stuck and holding the brakes on, which could happen after a long storage. Or maybe both. Smoking brake pads smell the same as clutch. Take it for a drive and then get out and feel your wheels. If they're warm or hot to the touch it's the brakes.

 

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What I meant was that when I am going a constant speed in any gear, I hit the gas, the engine revs up like I am accelerating - but I don't go any faster(like I am in nuetral) and when I let off the gas, I can feel the car "kick in" in a jerk forward way - like the cluch catches then.

 

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mhissticobra said:

What I meant was that when I am going a constant speed in any gear, I hit the gas, the engine revs up like I am accelerating - but I don't go any faster(like I am in nuetral) and when I let off the gas, I can feel the car "kick in" in a jerk forward way - like the cluch catches then.

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Clutch is done. Time to get a Spec!!

 

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Yup, it's the clutch then.

 

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mhissticobra

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Well, its a damn good thing it happened now because I was having my BBK longtubes installed later this month and that would have meant that I would have had to take the passenger side header off to pull the tranny. I guess it give me a reason to buy a better clutch - going with Ford Racing's King Cobra - I get it at a good price from my buddy over at Summit!