I was going down the road and I shifted from first to second. And my car wouldnt accelerate. But first was fine. so I pulled over and my car would go into gear but it was real hard to move. And there was a wierd whisteling noise coming from the car, but when ever I would push down on the cluth pedal it would stop. And also the clutch pedal shakes real bad when ever I push on it. And it smells real bad.
Im pretty sure the clutch went out but can you guys help me. How much is a good clutch and what kind should i get?

 

your clutch is dead

 

i like the borg brute force clutch. its a lil better than the stocker. iv had 2 and happy with both.
IIRC i think its aroun $126. clutch pres plate and throw out bearing..

 

the whistling noise was prolly your T.O. bearing

 

Does that mean that I have to get a new through out bearing and pressure plate to?

 

if you get the borg brute force it comes with everything. clutch pressure plate and therow out bearing.

 

ceterforce onley way to go

 

Kick a$$!!!! thats not much money at all!!
But is it worth the $290 for a clutch made with kevlar that holds 30% better. Or just go with the cheaper one?

 

depends on how you are going to use your car. if you are driving daily then go with the borg.
if your going to be slamming gears at the track on a reg basis then get the centerfoce.

 

Richard H has the right idea. It depends on how much you race it man. If you drive it everyday and occassionally race then go with the borg. If you drive it as a fair weather flier and like the accelerator alot then get a centerforce so you don't have to KEEP fixing it.

 

I think Ill go with the centerforce because When I drive my car and come across a car that might actullay present a challenge I try to race. So I need something strong.

 

One more thing. How much is it going to cost me to have the whole thing put in with labor and all.

 

save yourself the money and DIY. its not that big of a process. just dont do like a friend did and do the job from a set of ramps.
get that sucker up off the ground.
1 tranny tail mount,4 tranny to bell housing bolts, 5 or 7 bell to block bolts and its off. then its 6 flywheel bolts and te fly is off. send it to get turned by a reputable shop. that black 6 in long thing with a ring at the end is to go into the clutch while you lock down the presure plate.
after the pres plate is locked down bolt up the bell housing on the block, bolt the tranny bacl to the bell and the cross member and check it out.
i know i might have left a small detail or 2 out but thats a general idea.
get a friend that has been thu it before to help. and be sure to do it on a sat or something like that.

 

I replaced my last 2 clutches with the car sitting on jackstands in my garage. It sucked a fatty but I got it done. I used the old trick where I got two 8" grade 8 bolts and cut the heads off. Slotted the head ends of the bolts so you can use a screwdriver to turn them in and out and then slide the tranny in on these bolts. Use 2 of the original bolts to hold the tranny in and then pull the "modified" bolts out and throw the next 2 original bolts in. Both times I swapped in new clutches I had to lay the tranny on my chest and press it up onto the two "modified" bolts. I don't have a tranny jack and I don't think it'd fit under my car when it's jacked up 12" in the air. Dropping the tranny sucks! Thank *** I don't have a 700R4 or I'd be *** out!

 

Interesting method, Poppa ... might haveta try that one next time. I just put a Centerforce DF into my car. I know its overkill for my use, but I figured, why not. I plan on doing the mods that will require this clutch in the future.

When I did mine, I used a friends garage ... which had a Pit. I would definately suggest using a pit, or somehow getting your car up in the air. I could not imagine trying to do this job on jack stands.

All and all not that bad. It was about 5-7 hrs work, and I was learing the whole time. (got some other stuff taken care of while I had the pit too) I would definately DIY.

I paid 500 to get a stock clutch put into my old car. This time i upgraded to the Centerforce DF, did it myself, and still saved well over a hundred dollars.

KZad