Riptide

I have an 06 GT 5 speed manual w/6000 miles.

About how far out should the pedal travel before the clutch is completely disengaged and the car is in gear? Feels like it's about 3/4 on mine.

What are some of the signs that your clutch is worn?

06VistaBlueGT

Sounds about right. Mine is the same way, has been since new.

NOMOREAIRPLANES

Another point that I didn't really make clear was that I'm not just interested in using this to take off, but how do you make the RPM's jump without causing the car to buck or jerk?

Riptide

If you give it just the right amount of throttle while slipping the clutch out then it will be a smooth transition. If you give it to much clutch and not enough gas you'll bog the engine down or it will stall. If you give it to much gas and not enough clutch then the RPMs will jump up and the engine will just rev instead of getting into gear smoothly.

Make sense?

Lito

The easiest way to check for a worn clutch is going at not too much speed, in a slope in a tall gear, say 4th, at 2000 or even less and punch it, this way you apply a huge load to it that is not easy to spin by the engine (as it you do it in 2nd, for example) and you will see the rpm going up without the car moving any faster.

A clutch that is starting to go wont show signs of it in 1st or 2nd.

docwine

95 octane? Must be nice. Only thing here is 93 unless you want 5.29/gal 100 Octane race fuel.

Lito

Well, it's 95 RON, so it should be equivalent to your 91+/- (in the US you use a different octane rating M+S/2) but I have tried 91 and 93 tunes, asked Brent to make a even higher octane tune and I ended adding 2 total degrees more of timing, no knocking at all and AFR still almost hit 13 so I really don't know what to believe.

The beautiful thing is that it cost only 9 cents/gallon

Atomik

Had the same question. Glad to hear that it is normal. Recommendations on aftermarket clutches and gears? Do they void your powertrain warranty?

Lito

What I've seen here is that most of the people with FI tend to go to the spec 3+,I've just bought one to install with my new TR-6060. But I'm still on the stock one.