jonezy

Well, I behaved myself for the first 2500 miles and kept the revs under 4200. Today, on a rural road with no one around, I turned of the PSM switch, revved it up a bit and popped the clutch. Wheels spun, tires smoked, rear end fishtailed a bit. Juvenile, but fun.

First I thought it was just the tires, but the stink stuck with me for a bit. Was that my clutch?

It makes me wonder, and want to ask this board, how many miles can one get out of a 997.2 clutch if one drives normally.

While I don't plan to be so abusive in the future, I just had to see what it was like at least once. After the stink, I am wondering how much useful life I took off my clutch!?

997, esq

I think you can get 100K+ miles out of a clutch, but it depends on use. If you overheat the clutch (by, say, trying to burn rubber on a rural road) the smell sticks around for a while. Also, it is not good for clutch life, usually.

mobonic

new cltuch will always smell when being broken in.

also a new clutch will wear excessivly when doing burnouts.... do a few then get them out of your system (you clutch will aprecite it.

FYI

porsches are not great burnout cars like mustangs and vettes, the engine over the rear wheels gives it more grip...

my nissan titan does awesome burnout though ;P

brendo

i can smell it just thinking about it. i'm sure you'll be fine unless you end up on "pinks" and make it a habit. mobonic's spot on here i think.

jcnesq

In my experience, you can burn up a p-car clutch a whole lot faster than you can imagine if you abuse it, and if you drive it right they can last 100,000 miles.

ADias

You said it... Your clutch will not last 100k miles.

Edgy01

I have routinely gotten over 100,000 miles out of a clutch (and pressure plate, etc.). When you have to ask about the smell--that's a clutch.

The 911 is really the last car you want to perform a "burn out" with because of all the rubber on the rear and the engine weight over them. You will essentially get the rear end hop which is doing you no go, as well as accelerated clutch wear. Try and resist that, because you are knocking off clutch life, despite the self-adjusting clutches now found in all Carreras.

If you must do something like that, simply wait until you have the clutch fully engaged (meaning you'r slowly rolling) before you punch the pedal! Try and be smooth.

MUSSBERGER

Ain't that the truth.

jonezy

and will have to stay that way given how much I imagine a new clutch job would be. I plan on getting a lot of miles out of mine.

LlBr

Don't do it again unless you just stole the car you're driving!

Seriously though, at a stop more people should concentrate on using the least amount of clutch slippage as possible. We have lots of torque so it's possible to have very little slippage. Perfect rev matched shifts are also something to aim for via practice. Zero jerks and "zero" slippage between gear shifts are good to figure out how to get too.

Edgy01

I learned years ago that the less HP you have the higher the clutch wear rate. (You tend to compensate for low HP by slipping it). I went through a couple of clutches in my 69 hp 914-4, before I learned the trick. (I bought a 911 and the low hp issue was history!)

kosmo

well its prob not as bad as these idiots:
http://www.dpccars.com/car-videos-09...-Chevy-Z06.htm

Mike Murphy

Clutch smells similarly to when big trucks carrying heavy loads have to slow down from freeway speeds to a crawl. I'm sure everyone knows that smell.

I wouldn't worry about 1 burnout. If your tires broke loose, then it's your tires you melted more than the clutch.

OCBen

Yep, especially if it lingers awhile.

jpcourt

This guy just asked the same question!!!!...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3So0U1BMQ

It doesn't smell like the tires!!!!!!!