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New clutch stinks...slipping?

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greatwaster

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I have a fresh Fidanza clutch and a turned fly wheel that seems to be slipping. It has a burning smell when I drive it and it seems to have an intermittent slip. I am running 400 hp. Only 50 miles on the clutch. Is this normal break in?

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You need to break it in and bed it before you hammer on it. Hopefully you didnt glaze the flywheel. Centerforce likes 500 miles of gental use before you go WOT, IDK what Fidanza wants.
Do you have an adjustable cable or FWA?
 
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500 miles! I won't see 500 miles for months! Ohh well...OEM clutch cable, stock quadrant. Clut is engaging about 1" from the top.
 
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I hammered on it a lot today...but for the most part I was keeping it under 1/2 throttle.
 

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greatwaster said:
Clut is engaging about 1" from the top.
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That doesn't sound right...!?!? Was this new clutch professionally installed?
 

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Pretty much any non stock clutch is 500 miles break in time for any aftermarket clutch that I have had installed or otherwise. You need time for the clutch to mate to the flywheel. The only other suggestion is to take it on small trips seeing alot of shifting and taking off from a stop. I would also suggest adding a MM Quadrant and FW Adjuster to use with your stock clutch cable.

You don't need to baby it everywhere just no clutch drops or hard launches.
 

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greatwaster said:
500 miles! I won't see 500 miles for months! Ohh well...OEM clutch cable, stock quadrant. Clut is engaging about 1" from the top.
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Thats not good, thats grabbing too far out. It needs to be locked in closer to the half way range.
 

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I had a Centerforce dual friction on my mud truck and the 500 mile break in is pretty much mandatory. Check the adjustment on your clutch quadrant. Like the other guys said, you might need a new quadrant and a firewall adjuster.
 
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It slipped today in 4th gear under heavy acceleration going up a bridge. My traction control light came on. Something isn't right.

And I had my flywheel turned too...
 
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