Tuscan Clutch question

[SkyUK]

Having not driven a Tuscan before do all the clutchs have a very short travel from starting to bite to fully engaged. At the moment I am lurching away from standstill every time losing a fair amount of revs, and if I haven't revved the engine enough it threatens to stall. I'm sure this will be good 0-62 timed runs later, but less desired when bimbling around town
Cheers

[nrick]

You can alter the pivot point of the clutch pedal by altering the bolts on the pedal, but they are relatively short travel hydraulic ones. Does take a bit of getting used to though.
HTH

[pblake]

My wife drove a Tuscan for the first time at the weekend and I have just asked her opinion (she has driven all sorts)
"very easy to find the bite point quite short travel but quite light a lot easier than some of the sports cars"
If you are having problems it may be a case of adjustment on the pedal.

[Basil Brush]

Be careful if you start adjusting it as having the bite point as low as possible helps clutch life, as it stops the clutch release fingers being pushed too far.

[SkyUK]

Thanks, I'll have a look at the setup and try to keep the bite point low. Rich

[Macey]

pblake said:

My wife drove a Tuscan for the first time at the weekend and I have just asked her opinion (she has driven all sorts)
"very easy to find the bite point quite short travel but quite light a lot easier than some of the sports cars"
If you are having problems it may be a case of adjustment on the pedal.

Glad she enjoyed it. Maybe a longer test next time rather than the car park at Brands?

[pblake]

Don't encourage her, do you know how hard it will be to find a yellow tuscan.

[rm55]

SkyUK said:

Having not driven a Tuscan before do all the clutchs have a very short travel from starting to bite to fully engaged. At the moment I am lurching away from standstill every time losing a fair amount of revs, and if I haven't revved the engine enough it threatens to stall. I'm sure this will be good 0-62 timed runs later, but less desired when bimbling around town
Cheers

Just read some of your other threads and believe you're running this engine/clutch etc in another car (i.e. not a Tuscan)? The Tuscan has floor hinged pedals and as you may know are famous for having long throttle pedal travel. I'm just wondering if the clutch pedal travel in your new car is shorter than a TVR and so is making the clutch bite feel low and sharp?

When I got my Tuscan it had a 1 week old clutch. The bite actually started low (about an inch off the floor) but it didn't fully bite until a bit later, which took a few miles to get used to - i.e. it felt like the clutch had "bitten" but if you just lifted your foot completely off then it could jerk forward a bit. It was almost impossible to stall though as the clutch was strong and the engine had so much torque that worst case it would just lurch forward.

[SkyUK]

rm55 said:

Just read some of your other threads and believe you're running this engine/clutch etc in another car (i.e. not a Tuscan)? The Tuscan has floor hinged pedals and as you may know are famous for having long throttle pedal travel. I'm just wondering if the clutch pedal travel in your new car is shorter than a TVR and so is making the clutch bite feel low and sharp?
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Yes, the engine & gearbox are sitting an MK and probably with an MK pedal bix so it may be different. But having never driven a TVR I'm not well placed to compare. However the theory offered holds true if I can move the pivot point or change the relative lengths of the levers either side of the pivot point. It's this I'll look at (although it may simply be a case of getting used to it, and that should come with practise). Thanks for the input