anyone else having their clutch slip in like third and fourth when drag racing, not leting off the gas when shifting, i ordered clutch springs from ron woods and billitanium is helping me with a hydrolic clutch cause i know it's gonna pull harder with these springs.

 

I MIGHT have been experiencing this, but I'm not 100% sure. I've noticed a leveling off of acceleration in upper gears, but part of that is the ignition box. I've been experimenting with jetting as well, so I thought I might have been running too rich or something. The other thing is that I have gone from taller gearing back to stock gearing, and this will reduce the pull in the upper gears. So, like I said, I wondered if the clutch was slipping, but haven't proven it yet. I am running 15W50 Mobil 1 synthetic. If the clutch turns out not to like this oil, I will find an aftermarket clutch. The shop manual says synthetic oil will throw the clutch calibration off, whatever that means. I also had a clutch cable brake on me and the clutch actuator inside the case pop out of it's housing. Maybe I didn't torque the pressure plate properly.

 

you'll know when you get your turbo.


ds650 with ron woods stage 1 kit and clutch springs, alba gripper seat and graphics, renthals, billitanium hydrolic clucth is coming.

 

The other strange thing is I don't notice anything unusual in first or second gear with the clutch. I would think that in those gears much more torque is available which would slip the clutch even easier than the upper gears. Also, I didn't notice the clutch cover any hotter than normal. I would expect the cover to become hot and notice an odor from the clutch burning up. But, I have noticed stock DS650's catch up to me and even pass me in a drag race near the end of a 1000 foot drag, which seems odd.

I think I'll but an aftermarket clutch for the turbo.

 

I just read about clutch slippage on the BMW F650. They said you will notice the slippage in the upper gears first then followed, very gradually, in the lower gears...

 

ya its just third and fourth i'm gonna put my ron woods springs in when it warms up a bit, snowing here, i'll let ya know if it fixes it, also i'm trying to get billitanium to help me get a hydolic clutch cause i know it's gonna be hard to pull with the new springs.