My installation took approx two & a half hours as it was the first time I ever worked on a clutch pedal. The hardest part is contorting your body to get in there, with your needed tools and light.

If you're going to do it yourself, find a short stool, platform, bench etc, that is about the same height as the Z's door and place it right outside of the car. This will give your back/body an extended platform to lie on. Once I figured this out, the installation became easier.

Good luck and I'm sure you'll find the RJM pedal an improvement.

Well, I'm sold. I'll be doing this next I guess. Thanks guys.

installation is a lot easier if you remove the driver's seat.

The newest pedal version is much easier to install than the older versions. I recommend just buying a new one from Ryan :twocents:

And just to be clear, I actually have an older version for sale, but I still recommend you buy the new version for ease of installation and adjustment.

For me when I got my Z I had been driving manuals for 10 years or so and still stalled it many times at first. The OEM clutch feel is not really that good, too soft and it's hard to tell where it starts to engage. Your having issues because you feel it starts to engage about half way, but unless your car is an exception to the norm the engagement point is about 80-90% of the way depressed. It just takes a little getting used to and getting the right amount of gas/clutch and then you won't have any issues any more. I don't think getting a different pedal or anything will help till you figure out the stock one.

Interesting take on this. As mentioned earlier, I was fine driving with the stock clutch, never had an issue with the engagement point and went the RJM route because of concern with the CSC issue. However after installing the RJM pedal, I noticed marked improvement in all driving situations except one.

The only area I preferred the stock clutch was stopped on a hill. Because of the more gradual take up of the RJM pedal, you need to release the clutch to a little past the initial contact point and feather the gas better to not have the car roll back a little, or apply too much gas, then you have that burning the clutch feeling. With the stock pedal, because of it's short engagement window. You'd just release it to the very initial contact point and the car just held on the hill, with no roll back, then apply gas gradually.

Having said that previous paragraph, I'd take the RJM pedal any day of the week versus stock, hills or no hills.

The RJM clutch pedal highlights the engagement point. Like you said its hard to find the engagement point with the stock one, after I installed the RJM pedal I immediately knew/felt where this engagement window was. Not to mention you can adjust this window to where you want it. I definitely think the RJM pedal upgrade will help his issue. I mean I got used to the stock pedal but its just trash compared to other sports cars I have driven. The RJM pedal just makes the Z a better drivers car IMO.

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Keep debating on whether to get the RJ unit. You can always adjust the engagement point while your thinking about it. Check this post out back when I did mine. Made it a livable but it's still not great. Why they had to get fancy with the assembly is beyond me. The old simple linkages on cars made 40 years ago feel much better to me.

http://www.the370z.com/engine-drivet...ml#post2024536