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AlbertD
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Finally got all the parts in this afternoon and got to work putting it all in. Installed a new pilot bearing, slave cylinder, Steeda clutch line, and Exedy lightened steel flywheel with their Mach 500 clutch. Also did a complete flush and bleed of the entire brake system as well as vacuum bled the clutch. Refilled with Castrol SRF.
First drive out, I immediately notice the springier/heavier clutch pedal feel which I like as well as can better feel the clutch system engaging/disengaging through the pedal whereas the stock clutch pedal had zero feedback. I was expecting some initial chatter on the first take off, but to my surprise it was smooth as silk. Shifting between gears has never been this smooth... even compared to when the car was new. I'm not sure whether to attribute the butter like shifting to the fluid, the improved clutch line, the new clutch itself or perhaps it was a little bit of everything combined, but... I love it.
Nothing but good things to say about this Exedy Mach 500. Now the torturous 500-750 miles of city break in. Hoping to drive the snot out of this banana so that I can make it out to the track day next month.
If I were to put a guess as to what failed, I would agree with some of the guys here that it may have been a combination of the stock fluid boiling as well as slave cylinder failure. When I pulled the slave cylinder out of the car on the initial breakdown the thing fell out in pieces. I may have been able to have salvaged the stock clutch system if I didn't limp it back home, but ultimately I am a lot happier with this Exedy.
First drive out, I immediately notice the springier/heavier clutch pedal feel which I like as well as can better feel the clutch system engaging/disengaging through the pedal whereas the stock clutch pedal had zero feedback. I was expecting some initial chatter on the first take off, but to my surprise it was smooth as silk. Shifting between gears has never been this smooth... even compared to when the car was new. I'm not sure whether to attribute the butter like shifting to the fluid, the improved clutch line, the new clutch itself or perhaps it was a little bit of everything combined, but... I love it.
Nothing but good things to say about this Exedy Mach 500. Now the torturous 500-750 miles of city break in. Hoping to drive the snot out of this banana so that I can make it out to the track day next month.
If I were to put a guess as to what failed, I would agree with some of the guys here that it may have been a combination of the stock fluid boiling as well as slave cylinder failure. When I pulled the slave cylinder out of the car on the initial breakdown the thing fell out in pieces. I may have been able to have salvaged the stock clutch system if I didn't limp it back home, but ultimately I am a lot happier with this Exedy.
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