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Clutch fitted today
First friction plate (home made alignment tool)
Intermediate plate
Second friction plate
Pressure plate
All makes for a lovely clutch sandwich
A few little points which are different to fitting a regular clutch. First off you have to make sure all of the balancing marks are kept together on assembly (see the tippex marks), and second of all that the friction plate splines are kept lined up so that the gearbox should slide in smoothly. To do this i cut a groove in the alignment tool that I could feel the splines with. Seems to have worked ok
First friction plate (home made alignment tool)
Intermediate plate
Second friction plate
Pressure plate
All makes for a lovely clutch sandwich
A few little points which are different to fitting a regular clutch. First off you have to make sure all of the balancing marks are kept together on assembly (see the tippex marks), and second of all that the friction plate splines are kept lined up so that the gearbox should slide in smoothly. To do this i cut a groove in the alignment tool that I could feel the splines with. Seems to have worked ok
I had a really good if not slightly frustrating day at Santa Pod today.
The good:
Car ran really well with no issues, did 6 runs over the day but wasnt improving so thought i wouldn't push my luck
The bad:
Didnt get the times i was hoping for but it was only my first go so plenty of room for improvement. It was really struggling for grip all day and even when trying to gently feed in the power it was still scrabbling in 3rd gear!
It doesnt do this on the road so maybe Pod is a bit slippy, plus obviously lacking some technique and could probably do with some stickier tyres. Best time of the day was 13.1 at 115mph but i didn't get a clean run all day.
Will scan in the pictures tomorrow
The good:
Car ran really well with no issues, did 6 runs over the day but wasnt improving so thought i wouldn't push my luck
The bad:
Didnt get the times i was hoping for but it was only my first go so plenty of room for improvement. It was really struggling for grip all day and even when trying to gently feed in the power it was still scrabbling in 3rd gear!
It doesnt do this on the road so maybe Pod is a bit slippy, plus obviously lacking some technique and could probably do with some stickier tyres. Best time of the day was 13.1 at 115mph but i didn't get a clean run all day.
Will scan in the pictures tomorrow
So that is most of the story up to date so far. The car is now SORNed as I am going travelling for a year or so, but when I get back I have a few more bits planned including a taller diff ratio, as it is currently bouncing the limiter in 4th on the quarter mile and 1st gear is basically useless and hard to launch.
This should hopefully bring the times into the 11's with some better rubber.
This should hopefully bring the times into the 11's with some better rubber.
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