what exactly is this?Here's a scenario: I park on my driveway but I have to go slow cuz I'm dropped and its pretty steep, so I give it a little gas and let the clutch out a little, then brake slowly and put the clutch back in and move back all the way out and then move like the wind out my street. Is what I do out of my driveway going down it considered riding the clutch. dam I've been driving clutch forever, I learned to drive in a manual. But with my clutch getting burned out so quick, 54000miles, I'm starting to question my skills. help me out

Clutches are designed to wear. You HAVE to slip them in order to drive at some speeds and in certain situations. Don't question yourself when things break, question what broke. If it broke, it wasn't good enough to do the job ;-)

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Deff agree with Dark up there, if u'r burning it out in less than 10k miles, then itz u'r fault (sometimes). What i concider "riding the clutch", is when u'r at wot, or close to it, and u don't drop the clutch between shifts, when u'r trying to go fast u'r not looking for a comfortable ride, u want the next gear to engage. Even excessive useage of the clutch in normal driving can cause wear.. but 53k, isn't too shabbey. I ride my clutch when i'm cornering, itz the only way to keep u'r rpm's high enough to have power around the whole corner.


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Heh you know a better way to keep your revs up during cornering? Your clutch will be happier too. You either double clutch or heel to toe :)


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i always thought riding the clutch was when you either didn't take your foot all the way off the clutch when you were driving(just cruising down the road, not about to shift or anything like that). or instead of putting on the brake when you are on a hill or at low speed to keep yourself from rolling back.

Yeah thats it, riding and slipping go hand in hand, just don't put in the clutch half way or anything while cruising, thats bad, kinda like riding the brake pedal when driving along. You have to slip the clutch a lil when taking off in 1st, if you don't, then one hell of a jerky ride! I'm assuming most of clutch wear is occuring when at stop and going into first gear and starting to move(yes??). I have 57,700 miles on my clutch, and i have had the car for about 3 months, and the clutch is still goin strong!

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Odd, I just recently replaced my clutch, and that was at 120,000 miles. Not bad eh? Replaced it with a Centerforce Dual Friction. Think my engine is too old for a Stage III turbo from HRC?

yeah I would say that most of my riding the clutch comes during 1st gear. Well the mechanic is the one that questioned my skills, which in turn made me start looking at my driving skills. So let me get this straight, you are supposed to drop your gears or no? How fast should have the clutch all the way down for? I usually press, shift, and let go, but other times go slightly slower to have it less jerky? Is this bad? To you guys who drive stick, some clutches you can actually get the car to move without giving gas and just letting the clutch out slow, this to me would be bad, but now I don't know...what do you think?

I guess no one rides their clutch...

Dude your clutch should last longer than 50k. Maybe unless it's ALL city stop~n~go miles. Mine will still start off in 1st or 2nd with no gas and it's still OEM.


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Not at all. A stage three means that you are going to put new internals into the engine. After doing this youir engine will be like new.

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I don't think thats riding the clutch I think it's considered riding the clutch when you start to move forward and don't let off the clutch at all, you gotta do that in my buddys Micra or it stalls...













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Clutches will last a long time, I have a 91 Mitusbishi Mirage for my winter beater now, but before I got my Talon, is was my daily driver.

I bought the car new and I wasnt easy on it at all cuase it was so damn slow.

I got 190,000 out of the original clutch, but then I only got 15,000 out of the next clutch because my car was hit when it was parked while in gear.

Just my 2 cents

but what about dropping gears, but making sure not at hight rpms whereas to the fuel cutoff




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