I bought my 03 GT brand new so im the only owner...i drive agressively... i usually only burnout like twice a month.... how much longer does my stock clutch have?...
btw i installed my 3.90's at around 20k miles and i now have 38k miles
will it last beyond 50k? if i drive the way i drive?
That is dependent on how you drive not only how you abuse it, if you ride the clutch, slip it a lot taking off or as some do hold the car on a hill with the clutch which will all shorten the life of a clutch. A burnout isn't that abusive on a clutch as long as you aren't slipping it first or brake torquing it to heat the tires. I'd say if you are not guility of any of those it could last well past the 50k mark.
Mine started to chatter at 57,000 :damnit: . I stopped dumping the clutch as much to preserve it a little longer. I dont slide the clutch at all so that wasnt my problem. I do think however that dumping the clutch at 5,500 rpm builds some heat and I'm not doing that anymore.
I have 55K on my 2002 GT and I drive my car kind of hard. And no clutch problems.
One thing I have always followed was trying to stay off the clutch as much as possible. Traffic I leave the car in 2nd and give myself 10-15 car lengths instead of alway stop and go shifting.
I can still launch reall well and have not had any problems. I have been through 3 sets of tires, about to be 4 give you an idea on how hard I drive her.
my stock clutch on my 02gt with 80k is still in good shape, may i add it's been kenne bell supercharged and launched on mickey's ET street's since it was 11k old....2 motors later, the clutch still shows pleanty of material and never chattered (i drive the hell out of it too) will get a McLeoud this time around though.