heel toe and sparkplugs
11-13-2007, 01:43 AM
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RE: heel toe and sparkplugs
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
11-13-2007, 01:56 AM
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RE: heel toe and sparkplugs
ORIGINAL: Ronin5.O
Then you are wearing out your throwout bearing. That is very ill informed to tell people that heel-toe downshifting wears out your clutch. The whole point of it is that you rev match before the clutch comes out, this is because when you are going around a track weight transfer can cause the car to understeer or drift, by rev matching you have no abrupt weight transfer. To think that it hurts the clutch is just ignorance. The clutch suffers more from quick upshifts because the RPM's arent the same when you shift. Think about that, maybe you should double clutch everywhere if your so concerned with wearing it out. or just dont drive it at all.
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
you guys amuse me
11-13-2007, 04:43 AM
#13
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RE: heel toe and sparkplugs
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
11-13-2007, 12:48 PM
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RE: heel toe and sparkplugs
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
lol.. so now we went from wearing out a $20 set of brakes... to wearing out a $18 throwout bearing...
you guys amuse me
ORIGINAL: Ronin5.O
Then you are wearing out your throwout bearing. .................... The clutch suffers more from quick upshifts because the RPM's arent the same when you shift.
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
my car is almost always in gear... I just usually have my foot on the clutch while coasting to a stop.. in gear
you guys amuse me
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
brakes.. $20 and 20 minutes work
Clutch... $300 and about 2 hours work
I'd rather toast my brakes
brakes.. $20 and 20 minutes work
Clutch... $300 and about 2 hours work
I'd rather toast my brakes
brakes.. $20 and 20 minutes work (why bothers to turn or re-surface rotors?)
throwout bearing... $18 and about 2 hours work
Dunno even with down shifting I have worn out more brakes than clutches. This whole subject always amuses me.
11-13-2007, 12:55 PM
#15
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RE: heel toe and sparkplugs
as for ut plug question go with the motorcraft! and for your pinging check ur timing. stock is 10*btdc i set mine at 12* and run 87 octane and have no issues. how long have you had ur car? cuz the person could have advanced the timing and not tell you that you need to run 93 like the guy i bought my car off of and my ignorance lead to a BHG.. so check it
11-13-2007, 02:35 PM
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RE: heel toe and sparkplugs
ORIGINAL: nacanitihs
as for ut plug question go with the motorcraft! and for your pinging check ur timing. stock is 10*btdc i set mine at 12* and run 87 octane and have no issues. how long have you had ur car? cuz the person could have advanced the timing and not tell you that you need to run 93 like the guy i bought my car off of and my ignorance lead to a BHG.. so check it
as for ut plug question go with the motorcraft! and for your pinging check ur timing. stock is 10*btdc i set mine at 12* and run 87 octane and have no issues. how long have you had ur car? cuz the person could have advanced the timing and not tell you that you need to run 93 like the guy i bought my car off of and my ignorance lead to a BHG.. so check it
what motocraft plugs should i get? should i just do a cross reference to the ones i have now and call it good?
wow. everybody is argueing about brake and clutch wear now. amusing.
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