well i smoked the clutch in my rs today. don't really know how. i havn't been hard on it or any thing. havn't rode it hard or anything or slipped it in the past. anyone know why it would go bad in less than 12,000 miles?

 

Well, there are a few reasons. First did you replace or resurface the flywheel? Hydro clutch linkages are very sensitive to even small changes. if it wasn't adjusted properly, that could be a problem. Do you drive w/ your foot on the clutch pedal?
Take no offense, I'm just starting the process of elimination to zero in on the cause of your problem.

 

there are NO Adjustments in an OEM hydraulic clutch linkage.

its is 100% self adjusting.

like was already said, one possible cause is not resurfacing the flywheel....although that usualy doesn't do it alone.

if you didn't take your time breaking the clutch in, driving it nice and easy without beating on it for a few hundred miles, thats a very common cause of premature clutch failure

 

well the flywheel was new when the clutch was put on. it was an auto and i put a t-5 in it. as for hydro problems there are none becuase it has the mecanical linkage. i didn't touch the adjustment when i needed to i had some one that knew how to do it do it. i broke it in correctly. i even after it was broke in i was real hard on it. i was hard some times but not 24/7 like somepeople i know are. i don't drive with my foot on the petel. the only time my foot is on the petal is when i am stoping starting out or shifting. that is it. oh V12Camaro no offense taken. i understand where you are coming from. i would ask the same questions.

p.s could i have just by chance gotten a bad clucth?

 

Very good possibility. Did you buy one of those Autozone rejects?
Could be that the rebuilt pressure plate just has real weak springs, without enough clamping force, and thus, your clutch disc is spinning.

 

no it was a napa clutch. i think it was a luk.