Back to that turbo upgrade. That was a real ordeal, it took twice as long as it should have because I had to grind a relief in the valve cover for the turbo to fit, among other things that required trips to the hardware store. It was a really tight fit.



I've been battling clutch issues for the past several months, I was having trouble getting into first gear from a stop, so much that I had to push the transmission into third, then go to first. I replaced everything in the hydraulic system, starting with the clutch line and ending with the master cylinder, no result. Then I drilled a hole in the bottom of the transmission bellhousing and watched the clutch action with the car up on stands. When the clutch pedal was depressed, the clutch disc was staying stuck firmly to the flywheel, and it would jump off when the transmission was put in gear. Here's the view through that hole

I ordered a new throwout bearing after noticing a little strangeness with the existing one while peering through the hole, and sure enough when I took the transmission off to replace the bearing, it was broken in half. I replaced it, figuring this was for sure the issue, causing uneven disengagement of the clutch and making it get stuck on the input shaft or something.


So after that I took a test drive, and noticed no issues. A couple days later on trip across the state for a vacation The problems came back. Along the way I noticed no issues, but after arriving at the hotel and driving out to get dinner, I couldn't get the transmission into any forward gear without lots of struggle. It was pretty much fine when the clutch was cool, but after driving around town using it, the clutch would get hot and stick as badly as ever. This was unneeded stress during my vacation but I managed, just driving like the clutch was on/off to reduce heating and making going into third before first a habit. I was more mad at the wasted transmission removal job, which is a real pain. After the trip I just continued to drive the car around the clutch issue and eventually ordered a UUC 9 puck clutch. A couple of months after the throwout bearing job, the transmission was off again, and I found a cooked clutch. Now I didn't know this at the time, but apparently Kevlar clutches cook very easily, and even though I hadn't done anything I though to be particularly abusive to this clutch, the drag racing launches were enough to cook it up and make it stick to the flywheel. This time, there won't be any issues. The UUC 9 puck clutch I ordered is good for 500hp (which will come in handy when I eventually get an M20 for this car) and being a ceramic/metallic clutch it won't cook. The transmission input shaft seal also failed some time in the couple of months between the throwout bearing job and the clutch job, so I swapped it out for a transmission from a buddy's parts car.



Since then I've had another exhaust leak, which turned out to be a crack in the header. I've also taken my front suspension apart to install some dust covers to protect my shocks and replaced the front brake discs and pads.




I've been battling clutch issues for the past several months, I was having trouble getting into first gear from a stop, so much that I had to push the transmission into third, then go to first. I replaced everything in the hydraulic system, starting with the clutch line and ending with the master cylinder, no result. Then I drilled a hole in the bottom of the transmission bellhousing and watched the clutch action with the car up on stands. When the clutch pedal was depressed, the clutch disc was staying stuck firmly to the flywheel, and it would jump off when the transmission was put in gear. Here's the view through that hole

I ordered a new throwout bearing after noticing a little strangeness with the existing one while peering through the hole, and sure enough when I took the transmission off to replace the bearing, it was broken in half. I replaced it, figuring this was for sure the issue, causing uneven disengagement of the clutch and making it get stuck on the input shaft or something.


So after that I took a test drive, and noticed no issues. A couple days later on trip across the state for a vacation The problems came back. Along the way I noticed no issues, but after arriving at the hotel and driving out to get dinner, I couldn't get the transmission into any forward gear without lots of struggle. It was pretty much fine when the clutch was cool, but after driving around town using it, the clutch would get hot and stick as badly as ever. This was unneeded stress during my vacation but I managed, just driving like the clutch was on/off to reduce heating and making going into third before first a habit. I was more mad at the wasted transmission removal job, which is a real pain. After the trip I just continued to drive the car around the clutch issue and eventually ordered a UUC 9 puck clutch. A couple of months after the throwout bearing job, the transmission was off again, and I found a cooked clutch. Now I didn't know this at the time, but apparently Kevlar clutches cook very easily, and even though I hadn't done anything I though to be particularly abusive to this clutch, the drag racing launches were enough to cook it up and make it stick to the flywheel. This time, there won't be any issues. The UUC 9 puck clutch I ordered is good for 500hp (which will come in handy when I eventually get an M20 for this car) and being a ceramic/metallic clutch it won't cook. The transmission input shaft seal also failed some time in the couple of months between the throwout bearing job and the clutch job, so I swapped it out for a transmission from a buddy's parts car.



Since then I've had another exhaust leak, which turned out to be a crack in the header. I've also taken my front suspension apart to install some dust covers to protect my shocks and replaced the front brake discs and pads.


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