london gallardo clutch life
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Three golden tips for clutch longevity:
1. When pulling away from rest, do not use the throttle - just ease in the clutch and only once the clutch has bitten and the car started to roll, feed in the gas. (As an adjunct to this, I always try to keep the car rolling by planning ahead to reduce the number of starts from a dead stop.)
2. Rev match on gearchanges, particularly at high revs and when changing down.
3. Avoid aggressive starts (4wd system means loads of grip so the only thing that can and will slip is the clutch).
Bottom line, avoid slipping the clutch as much as possible.
If all the miles are in traffic, even with these tips clutch life will inevitably be lower, but you should still get comfortably more than 10k with the latest revision clutches.
Cheers
1. When pulling away from rest, do not use the throttle - just ease in the clutch and only once the clutch has bitten and the car started to roll, feed in the gas. (As an adjunct to this, I always try to keep the car rolling by planning ahead to reduce the number of starts from a dead stop.)
2. Rev match on gearchanges, particularly at high revs and when changing down.
3. Avoid aggressive starts (4wd system means loads of grip so the only thing that can and will slip is the clutch).
Bottom line, avoid slipping the clutch as much as possible.
If all the miles are in traffic, even with these tips clutch life will inevitably be lower, but you should still get comfortably more than 10k with the latest revision clutches.
Cheers
stefan1 said:
Three golden tips for clutch longevity:
1. When pulling away from rest, do not use the throttle - just ease in the clutch and only once the clutch has bitten and the car started to roll, feed in the gas. (As an adjunct to this, I always try to keep the car rolling by planning ahead to reduce the number of starts from a dead stop.)
2. Rev match on gearchanges, particularly at high revs and when changing down.
3. Avoid aggressive starts (4wd system means loads of grip so the only thing that can and will slip is the clutch).
Bottom line, avoid slipping the clutch as much as possible.
If all the miles are in traffic, even with these tips clutch life will inevitably be lower, but you should still get comfortably more than 10k with the latest revision clutches.
Cheers
As evidence of what Stefan1 one says, I have his old car and have just replaced the clutch after it had done 26000 miles. 1. When pulling away from rest, do not use the throttle - just ease in the clutch and only once the clutch has bitten and the car started to roll, feed in the gas. (As an adjunct to this, I always try to keep the car rolling by planning ahead to reduce the number of starts from a dead stop.)
2. Rev match on gearchanges, particularly at high revs and when changing down.
3. Avoid aggressive starts (4wd system means loads of grip so the only thing that can and will slip is the clutch).
Bottom line, avoid slipping the clutch as much as possible.
If all the miles are in traffic, even with these tips clutch life will inevitably be lower, but you should still get comfortably more than 10k with the latest revision clutches.
Cheers
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