Wow ! New clutch, and nice dealer
05-30-2003, 03:56 PM
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Wow ! New clutch, and nice dealer
I finally got my car up to specs, almost 2 weeks after purchase. Yesterday it received new belts and a new clutch kit, the harness recall, not to mention a new fan shroud as the existing one has a giant hole on top of it!
Lucky me - the clutch was down to marginal and showing rivets, but had not damaged the flywheel yet - by a hair! (saved me $1000). I'm thinking a few more laps at Sebring and I was toast! The dealer only charged me parts (no labor) for doing the 3 belts, shroud and pulley (an updated pulley 1/2) because they said they'd have to be in there doing the harness anyway!
Pretty nice huh? I mean, it makes sense and all, but I had come to expect a jar of vaseline and instructions to bend over from dealers, so it's really nice to have a good one close to home ! (Reeves in Tampa) Couldn't have friendlier technicians either...
I had to re-learn to drive the car with the new clutch ! What a change! It snapped my neck the first time I tried it, being used to the high grab point - ha, no more! I can now rev the crap out of the car in good conscience, and found myself doing 120 in no time, OOPS! Night and day ! This car is phenomenal on top of being beautiful !
Thanks for all the helps and advice!
PS: in 10 days, I got new tires, new discs, new pads, brake flush, alignment, new clutch and ancillaries, fan shroud, belts, pulley, harness recall, new keys and remote.
and thanks to Robin's site, I did 2 fan relays, 1 ballast resistor (one to go), hood shocks, sunroof clips + deflector arms, stereo, spoiler wall, ISV cleanup, drilled airbox & air filter...
At this rate, I'm gonna run out of projects and/or funds! ;-) Still need a shifter from Gert though...
Lucky me - the clutch was down to marginal and showing rivets, but had not damaged the flywheel yet - by a hair! (saved me $1000). I'm thinking a few more laps at Sebring and I was toast! The dealer only charged me parts (no labor) for doing the 3 belts, shroud and pulley (an updated pulley 1/2) because they said they'd have to be in there doing the harness anyway!
Pretty nice huh? I mean, it makes sense and all, but I had come to expect a jar of vaseline and instructions to bend over from dealers, so it's really nice to have a good one close to home ! (Reeves in Tampa) Couldn't have friendlier technicians either...
I had to re-learn to drive the car with the new clutch ! What a change! It snapped my neck the first time I tried it, being used to the high grab point - ha, no more! I can now rev the crap out of the car in good conscience, and found myself doing 120 in no time, OOPS! Night and day ! This car is phenomenal on top of being beautiful !
Thanks for all the helps and advice!
PS: in 10 days, I got new tires, new discs, new pads, brake flush, alignment, new clutch and ancillaries, fan shroud, belts, pulley, harness recall, new keys and remote.
and thanks to Robin's site, I did 2 fan relays, 1 ballast resistor (one to go), hood shocks, sunroof clips + deflector arms, stereo, spoiler wall, ISV cleanup, drilled airbox & air filter...
At this rate, I'm gonna run out of projects and/or funds! ;-) Still need a shifter from Gert though...
05-30-2003, 07:03 PM
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Whew, your wallet must be as worn as your clutch was. I did Gemballa wheels, new OEM shocks, Eibach springs, stereo, and brake pads in the first month. I had to take a breather for a couple months (read: spend more money on the wife) before starting up again with Bilstein shocks and ECU upgrade. Which way to the can't-stop-throwing-money-at-my-Porsche rehab?
05-31-2003, 02:09 AM
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Hi Greg,
What was the symptoms of the worn clutch? There was some other posts about high engagement points but I seem to remember that lots of people have this...did the new clutch lower the point quite a bit? I also sounds like the new one is much "grabbier"?
What was the symptoms of the worn clutch? There was some other posts about high engagement points but I seem to remember that lots of people have this...did the new clutch lower the point quite a bit? I also sounds like the new one is much "grabbier"?
05-31-2003, 01:23 PM
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Kim, I'm sending a letter to Excellence and Pano - they *need* to do a story on your addiction to 993s and the transformation of the Yellow Bus -> Yellow Zonker!
And I'll mention E.J. too, being the origin of the yellow bus, and the man who almost single handedly save the 1995 Carrera's from an eternal wiring harness stigma!
cheers,
sean
And I'll mention E.J. too, being the origin of the yellow bus, and the man who almost single handedly save the 1995 Carrera's from an eternal wiring harness stigma!
cheers,
sean
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>Whew, your wallet must be as worn as your >clutch was. [...] Which way to the can't-stop->throwing-money-at-my->Porsche rehab?
You win the race to the rehab clinic. I only did what needed to be done, none of it was an upgrade. The tires were showing the carcass when I got the car, the clutch was very worn, the brakes paper thin, you name it. I knew about all of this after PPI and negociated the price accordingly. I've simply restored the car to good health, and it paid me back in good porsche karma by -surprise- having had the carbon problem repair fixed last year for $4500 (which I was unaware of when I bought the car). Lucky, I guess...
>What was the symptoms of the worn clutch? [...] >I also sounds like the new one is "grabbier"?
The clutch release point was about 3/4 of an inch from the very top of the pedal travel. Not very big, not very easy to drive unless your hell is super flexible. I could swear it made noise too, once in a while...(creak?)
The new clutch gives me a grab point that is nearly instantaneous 9from the bottom of the pedal), and it surprised me so much the first time I damn near snapped my neck ;-) I did not think the old clutch was slipping when engaged, but it might have been slipping more during engagement, because the new one is brutally direct (in a good way). All in all, worth every penny and done just in the nick of time !
(was within a pubic hair of putting grooves in the flywheel)
You win the race to the rehab clinic. I only did what needed to be done, none of it was an upgrade. The tires were showing the carcass when I got the car, the clutch was very worn, the brakes paper thin, you name it. I knew about all of this after PPI and negociated the price accordingly. I've simply restored the car to good health, and it paid me back in good porsche karma by -surprise- having had the carbon problem repair fixed last year for $4500 (which I was unaware of when I bought the car). Lucky, I guess...
>What was the symptoms of the worn clutch? [...] >I also sounds like the new one is "grabbier"?
The clutch release point was about 3/4 of an inch from the very top of the pedal travel. Not very big, not very easy to drive unless your hell is super flexible. I could swear it made noise too, once in a while...(creak?)
The new clutch gives me a grab point that is nearly instantaneous 9from the bottom of the pedal), and it surprised me so much the first time I damn near snapped my neck ;-) I did not think the old clutch was slipping when engaged, but it might have been slipping more during engagement, because the new one is brutally direct (in a good way). All in all, worth every penny and done just in the nick of time !
(was within a pubic hair of putting grooves in the flywheel)
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by GregD:
<strong>(was within a pubic hair of putting grooves in the flywheel)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Novel unit of measurement, but it illustrated your point well.
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<strong>(was within a pubic hair of putting grooves in the flywheel)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Novel unit of measurement, but it illustrated your point well.
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06-02-2003, 04:24 PM
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We in the engineering field frequently use the same novel unit of measurement with the smallest being a "RCH". Which means a red part of female anatony hair. It is very,very small.