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I don't drive my 370 hard but today on way home on lonely street no cars I dump the clutch bang 2nd bang third car scoots.I was near home and

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Old 03-24-2011, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I don't drive my 370 hard but today on way home on lonely street no cars I dump the clutch bang 2nd bang third car scoots.I was near home and pull in to garage got out and could smell clutch a little is this normal as this is my first Z car.I don't have anything to compare it to as before I drove a lot of chevys.thanks Ken
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I don't drive my 370 hard but today on way home on lonely street no cars I dump the clutch bang 2nd bang third car scoots.I was near home and pull in to garage got out and could smell clutch a little is this normal as this is my first Z car.I don't have anything to compare it to as before I drove a lot of chevys.thanks Ken
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It's fine as long as your not "riding" the clutch. This MT also takes some getting use to.
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Depends on your definition of "banging", but like Cmike said it does happen.
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yah, bang hard enough and you'll end up with clutch shudder. i would go easy on the clutch unless you're good enough with your timing not to get a jolt at WOT shift ups.
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I only get the smell if I rode 1st gear too long, and that smell is aweful and makes me never want to do bad things to my transmission ever again lol
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I like to bang hard. Sometimes.
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I had this happen so many times on my 350 I lost count. The stock clutch last and handles well. Don't worry about it.
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mine stinks too, dont worry.
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thanks for info.when I said banging gears I meant full throttle power shifts i know its hard on a tranny thats why I won't be do it often.thanks again
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