Had a fun experience at the track this weekend. I borrowed RAPTORMAN2's DR's in the hopes of getting my first 11 sec pass. It was my first time to ever use drag radials.
First pass, I get a great burnout, no problem at all. Cake. Revved to 3.5-4k and took off. I spun almost all through first and ended up with a 2.3 60' time (best 60' on street tires is a 1.9). I realized they didn't stick as well as I had anticipated, so I planned on a less aggressive launch next time around.
When the next time came, I tried to burnout twice, but both times my RPM dropped too much no matter how much gas I gave it, and it killed the car instead of spinning (Looking back, I think that should have been a sign that the clutch was slipping). Needless to say, the run was a washout without properly heated tires.
Third burnout was no better, but the 4th one was great! I had smoke everywhere. Engine was huming, revs were up, and I was doing such a good burnout that the smoke was even coming inside the car. Wait, inside? Yeah, that's right, I was doing such a great burnout that my tires wern't even moving, and all the smoke was from my clutch! :loser:
Needless to say, the car ran 'poorly' to say the least. The clutch now barely grabs at the very very top, and I felt lucky to even get it home. It's slipping all over the place now, and I've got a call in to Ford to set up a time to bring her in. Looking back over the last month, I can now see signs which I had missed, or misread, which would have told me my clutch was slipping a bit. Now it's obvious.
I'm optomistic though, because that means all my track times have been skewed by a poor clutch. Once the new one's in, then I'm thinking 11's will be much easier to obtain on street tires.
Anyway, my point for this thread is to discuss my dilema: Do I have Ford replace the clutch with another stock one for free (which will probably burn up again in another 10k miles) or do I go with something aftermarket and have to pay for it? From what I've been hearing, the stock clutch is actually a pretty good one from the factory. Advice?
First pass, I get a great burnout, no problem at all. Cake. Revved to 3.5-4k and took off. I spun almost all through first and ended up with a 2.3 60' time (best 60' on street tires is a 1.9). I realized they didn't stick as well as I had anticipated, so I planned on a less aggressive launch next time around.
When the next time came, I tried to burnout twice, but both times my RPM dropped too much no matter how much gas I gave it, and it killed the car instead of spinning (Looking back, I think that should have been a sign that the clutch was slipping). Needless to say, the run was a washout without properly heated tires.
Third burnout was no better, but the 4th one was great! I had smoke everywhere. Engine was huming, revs were up, and I was doing such a good burnout that the smoke was even coming inside the car. Wait, inside? Yeah, that's right, I was doing such a great burnout that my tires wern't even moving, and all the smoke was from my clutch! :loser:
Needless to say, the car ran 'poorly' to say the least. The clutch now barely grabs at the very very top, and I felt lucky to even get it home. It's slipping all over the place now, and I've got a call in to Ford to set up a time to bring her in. Looking back over the last month, I can now see signs which I had missed, or misread, which would have told me my clutch was slipping a bit. Now it's obvious.
I'm optomistic though, because that means all my track times have been skewed by a poor clutch. Once the new one's in, then I'm thinking 11's will be much easier to obtain on street tires.
Anyway, my point for this thread is to discuss my dilema: Do I have Ford replace the clutch with another stock one for free (which will probably burn up again in another 10k miles) or do I go with something aftermarket and have to pay for it? From what I've been hearing, the stock clutch is actually a pretty good one from the factory. Advice?
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