At the weekend, assumed my clutch was dead as it was slipping like a bitch in all gears after some hard launches. Have taken the car out this evening to read the clutch its last rites and all seems well did not try launching it but under normal to fair driving seemed just fine, even tried acellerating in 5th at 40mph but not even that caused the revs to shoot up, anyone have any ideas whats going on?

 

sounds like it just got very hot.

 

can that cause probs?

 

I've had exactly the same happen before in my Classic T2000 and next day it was fine.

 

Did your clutch last long after that?

 

This happen to my rs turbo a few years ago at santa pod then i upgraded to an ap racing one and never had the problem again.It just gets to hot and fails to get any grip,a bit like brake fade when your pads get to hot.

 

Must have happened last time about 2 months ago and first time it done it was about 3 months ago. Clutch seems fine touch wood and the judder I used to get during the first few miles of use when cold has now gone.

 

Either that or the crank seal is leaking a bit of oil. Use it, it slips, overheats and burns off the oil. Next time you use it, its ok.

Usually happens after car has been standing for a long time though

 

cheers for the reply people,have just bought a organic clutch so whether its going or not I am going to burn the standard clutch into dust, was gutted at the weekend though was hoping to ut up a good show against the skyline and then bugger