JohnnyGT
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Well we may have a car washing going at Matt's Emporium of Speed this weekend. Perfect timing!I can be there in three days. Save me a spot.
I did, it was a 30 or 35lbs spring as opposed to the 80lbs (I believe it is) stock one.
SR Performance.Which spring did you install? My Steeda spring was an improvement over stock.
Hmmm, maybe I'll just remove the perch and see how that feels.It's supposed to have the opposite effect. Stock is too soft and leaves the engagement point hard to feel. Taking the spring out makes the peddle stiffer and more communicative.
Pretty much everyone else has the opposite experience you had with the softer spring. The softer spring helps get a better feel for when the clutch bites is what most say, and that was my experience too.I did, it was a 30 or 35lbs spring as opposed to the 80lbs (I believe it is) stock one.
Installed a clutch spring. Drove maybe 2 miles, promptly went back home and put the stock spring back on.
Yes, it is strongly advised against not replacing the spring with another one, i.e. don't leave it "spring-less."well, you're supposed to replace the spring with a lightweight one. Otherwise yes you get floppy-pedal but really it doesn't matter since the floppy bits isn't applying hydraulic pressure to anything anyway. The moment you push on the pedal though you're actually moving liquid.
I found the Ford spring to be entirely disgusting since it completely erased the 'detent' you feel when you transition from just compressing the spring to actually moving the piston+fluid.
I see he didn't get the Steeda, which is supposedly great. I wouldn't leave it without a spring tho.This - what spring did you use? I felt instant improvement and more linear feel. Even without a spring, it was an improvement.
The original one in the S550 is a 185lbs/in, not 80. At least per Steeda.I did, it was a 30 or 35lbs spring as opposed to the 80lbs (I believe it is) stock one.
Per their website it's 185lb/in by design and Steeda's is 35lb/in.Pretty much everyone else has the opposite experience you had with the softer spring. The softer spring helps get a better feel for when the clutch bites is what most say, and that was my experience too.
I think you meant the stock is too stiff, not soft? I think the original, per Steeda, is 185lb/in (which is a stiff spring) and the one you can get from Steeda is 35lb/in, which would suggest lot softer and easier to feel the grab point.It's supposed to have the opposite effect. Stock is too soft and leaves the engagement point hard to feel. Taking the spring out makes the peddle stiffer and more communicative.
Softer spring gives a harder (and more consistent) pedal, the pedal gets harder again with no springI think you meant the stock is too stiff, not soft? I think the original, per Steeda, is 185lb/in (which is a stiff spring) and the one you can get from Steeda is 35lb/in, which would suggest lot softer and easier to feel the grab point.
Unless I'm real dumb and am not getting this right.
WDImpressions ... ? Well, bear in in mind I’ve drove manual for 27 years and didn’t really have a problem with the original setup, but the spring was cheap and I already had it in the spares box so I had little to lose. Normal driving it only makes a little difference on initial setting off, it kind of feels like the pedal is a little harder, BUT only through a bit of it’s travel (about a third of the way through its travel as you release the clutch). It does kind of feel a bit more ‘linear’.
So after driving it around the estate so I had plenty stop start driving, I could take it or leave it - no real benefit (for me). However, I reverse up my drive through a gate on a bit of an incline at a speed where I’m right on the biting point of the clutch - in that scenario there was a marked improvement in feel / control. On those grounds alone I would recommend it (for me), especially considering the nominal outlay
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Out of curiosity, why the need for some type of assist spring other than making the clutch peddle artificially lighter? Many cars from the 80s-90s had hydraulic clutches w/o assist springs.Yes, it is strongly advised against not replacing the spring with another one, i.e. don't leave it "spring-less."
Out of curiosity, why the need for some type of assist spring other than making the clutch peddle artificially lighter? Many cars from the 80s-90s had hydraulic clutches w/o assist springs.
I installed the Steeda spring. MUCH better than stock. Requires a little more effort to depress the clutch but much smoother action.Yes, it is strongly advised against not replacing the spring with another one, i.e. don't leave it "spring-less."
I see he didn't get the Steeda, which is supposedly great. I wouldn't leave it without a spring tho.
The original one in the S550 is a 185lbs/in, not 80. At least per Steeda.
Per their website it's 185lb/in by design and Steeda's is 35lb/in.
I've read really good things about the Steeda one on here and on the site itself, so I think I'll give it a shot.
Worst-case scenario, if it doesn't work well at all, I'm out $30, which ain't that bad of a gamble to see if it'll improve shifting.
https://www.steeda.com/steeda-555-7022-s550-clutch-spring
This is what Steeda's site cites for that product:Out of curiosity, why the need for some type of assist spring other than making the clutch peddle artificially lighter? Many cars from the 80s-90s had hydraulic clutches w/o assist springs.
That's pretty sweet, especially when my experience should be similar as we both have a Bullitt (although I think that doesn't matter).I installed the Steeda spring. MUCH better than stock. Requires a little more effort to depress the clutch but much smoother action.
Call in your order. Ask for your forum discount ! Ordering thru the web site does not give a discount .......... MikeI think you meant the stock is too stiff, not soft? I think the original, per Steeda, is 185lb/in (which is a stiff spring) and the one you can get from Steeda is 35lb/in, which would suggest lot softer and easier to feel the grab point.
Unless I'm real dumb and am not getting this right.