timi

so the night before the snow hit out here in PA, i was on my way home and i got challenged 3 times in a row! i can't back down so i took em on. i was already doing around 55 when so dip decided he wanted to play (3rd race). this is my first 5 speed so i didn't know how hard i could be on her. i droped into 4th grabbed a little more speed and slamed it back into 5th. when i did this i smelled somethingkinda burning kinda smokey.

did i hurt my clutch or trans?

my friend at work who also owns a stang said i could have dropped into 3rd from 5th. is he right?

sitnlopro99gt

sure you could have dropped into 3rd....did it smell like clutch?

timi

i don't know if it smelled like clutch, if it was, is it because it was under stress or did i stress it?

Zanador

In a stock gearing, 3rd will easily bring you to 90-100, so yes you could have dropped into 3rd no problem. This is your first 5 speed, did you rev match? If you downshifted without giving it a little gas to bring the rpm's up before dumping the clutch, you jerked the car when it had to match the much faster spinning transmission to the engine. If your clutch is getting old, that not rev matching could cause it to slip and thus you smell burning clutch.

Fizzics Boy

in case you dont know, burning clutch is probably one of the worst smells ull ever smell.

Jaybird79

Calling Djb1187, We need fart bag relief!

handyandy

I agree about the rev matching statement. Gotta drive right. Did you win the race??

Armydad

Did you have white castles that night?

djb1187

LMAO! yeah u sure the torque didnt jerk the fart outta yuh? If it wasnt the torque im sure throwing it into 3rd gear would have! lol yea man ur smelling a slipping clutch. It might need to be adjusted or something. My stock clutch did that everytime i got on it because it was too tight on the adjustments causing it to slip

timi

thanks, and of course i won all 3 races!