Clutch release technique help!

[FruityJudy]

and broken differential bolts pretty soon too.

You sir look too far into the future. Live for today, live for today

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[ChromaticGrey]

aftermarket tune.

Yes. Besides that I mean. You can bet when I get a tune, I'm asking for that.

 

[Stockstang19]

Op..chuck your pedal assist spring..that real clutch pedal feel will help you achieve your quick shifts in a manner more to your liking..

I chucked the spring! Much better feel!

 

[2019fordmustang]

I chucked the spring! Much better feel!

What is chucking the spring?

 

[shogun32]

What is chucking the spring?

chuck: (verb) to remove and throw away

 

[Count Drunkula]

No harm trying the Steeda spring. It's not expensive and I like it way better than the stock spring, which feels like it came off a dumper truck. If you find you prefer the dumper truck feel, put the stock spring back on. Like I said, it's cheap and the work of minutes.

 

[Maddogsvol]

It would help if you could adjust where the clutch bites in relation to the pedal location, but it appears there is not an adjustment.

 

[shogun32]

It would help if you could adjust where the clutch bites in relation to the pedal location, but it appears there is not an adjustment.

with some fabrication, but 'unmolested' no, it doesn't appear so.

 

[Intrepid175]

Hello friends!

I need some guidance on how to release the clutch when driving quick. I feel like the clutch pedal releases so quick and there is a jerk. I also don't want to slip in the clutch and burn it out. Also with MT 82 shifting quick is quite the work.

Is it quiet normal to feel a jerk when the clutch grabs the flywheel quickly or is it bad for the clutch and transmission.


After few months of driving I still can't get a good grasp of the biting point. I don't have issues with clutch control when driving normally.

I hear ya! I've owned a number of MT cars through the years and I never had as much trouble adapting to them as I did with my Mustang. Like you, I still sometimes have trouble getting a smooth shift when trying to drive spiritedly. Here's my observations from my experience with my 2016 GT. The car is picky about complete coordination between throttle, clutch, and gear shift. I am NOT a fan of the DBW throttle control. It has a mind of it's own sometimes but I've found that unless I consciously lift my foot completely off the gas peddle during the shift, the rpm's will hang and you're going to get that jerk. It's also important that the clutch peddle is all the way to the floor during the shift. That part would seem to be obvious but if you're trying to shift quickly, it's easy for your clutch foot and shift hand to get out of sync and you get the jerk, not to mention the possibility of some synchro grinding. So, for me, it's 1) foot off the throttle as I'm stepping on the clutch, 2) don't move the shift lever until the clutch peddle is firmly on the floor and then 3) remain off the throttle until the shift is completed and you're mostly off the clutch. It sounds lengthy when you write it out and it took me some time to work it out so that I could do it in a, for me, reasonable amount of speed but it works. Mainly, it's just practice, good luck!

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