hey ppl , i have a stage 1 racign clutch on a completly stock 92 civic sedan, i wanted to know if im holding the clutch for to long when getting out of first gear. when at a complete stop i rev and about 1400-1400 rpms and and fully of the clutch within 2 seconds is this considered to long holding the clutch down????

 

nobody has any advice for me???

 

not sure what exactly you were asking. try to re-phrase

 

Someone call in the translator please.

 

ok, lemme rephrase, when you are at a stop light and it turns green, u are in neutral and have to go to 1st gear correct? . in order to move u have to give a little gas and let go of the clutch until it engages and then u can fully let go off clutch when it is engaged, at doing this how long is to long on holding the clutch down while it engages, and what is considered high reving while doing this as well?? understand a litte bit more what im trying to say???

 

So, if I understand you correctly, you are talking about the moments when clutch is neither fully engaged nor fully disengaged and slipping. Correct?

In this case you want to minimize this time as much as you reasonably can, if you want your clutch to live longer, because this is why clutch is wearing out. At the same time, this is exactly what clutch was designed to do, and this is its purpose of existence, so you cannot avoid doing this, and should not feel guilty about this.

This is like brakes – they are also designed to wear when they do their job. You don’t stop using your brakes to save pads and rotors, but you don’t want to overuse them either.

 

i understand u ur completely right but i just wanted to know the best way to minimize clutch wear, do u believe 1500 rpms and 1.8 seconds until letting go of clutch fully is a decent amount of time and rpms??

 

ok clutches are designed to be slipped in first gear while accerating. now if you push the clutch in and try and start off in 5th gear then yes you are going to fry your clutch. the only thing bad about holding in your clutch at a light is the throwout bearing is engaged and spinning longer than it was desinged hince in throw out bearing faulure over time

 

is it normal that i feel that the engage point switches sometimes. for example 1 week the enaggement point will be a little high and one time a little low, is this normal oh yea and if it matters i have a stage 1 compeititon cluutch

 

I really wouldnt worry about it with an aftermarket clutch. It sounds to me that you suck at driving a manual since you have to let it slip so long. Just practice and it will become natural. Dont worry about tearing up your clutch. But in your first post it sounded like you were doing it right. If you keep the rpm low while you start off, then you wear the clutch less. If you rev it to like 5 grand and let off slowly, thats bad. So just keep the rpm low as you are starting off, and you will be fine.