TunedS2000

I have a MY04 with around 12,000 miles on it. Is there any defect that could casue the clutch to go out sooner then expected? I am not a bad driver, I have been driving tick all of my driving life and have never had this problem on a car with low miles/new clutch. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks

RACER

There are no defects on a S2K that I know of that would cause the clutch friction material to wear out in only 12,000 miles. You try spinning your rear tires at all?

Can you describe the clutch slippage? How fast, what gear, were you going uphill, ect.

TunedS2000

I have never spun the tires. I was driving and shift from 3rd to 4th at high RPMs and the clutch just did not want to catch. For example when you shift you let the rpms drop so when you engage the clutch it will "catch" maybe I am at fault here.

FO2K

This used to happen to me with a 300 ZXTT, If the rpms were too high on 2-3 shift. I was told the modern compositions (no asbestos) don't grab as good as the older ones. Do you get a burnt plastic smell afterwords?

TunedS2000

I had that smell real bad with my old 3000GT VR-4 but with the S the smell is not bad. In fact you can't really smell it unless you get close to the engine bay but believe me that nasty smell is there.

SoDakS2K

If your 3000GT did it and your S2000 is doing, I am led to believe you are doing something wrong.
While the rpm's are dropping, I assume the clutch is to the floor and you have 4th gear engaged? When the rpm's drop to the rpm you desire, then you disengage the clutch?

TunedS2000

yes thats how I shift.

SoDakS2K

Well, in theory what you are doing sound like it would be beneficial. Yo uare allowing the engine speed to lower thus allowing the clutch speed to match the engine speed. But that's not the way I drive, nor is it the way most people drive clutch that I know. I rev match as much as possible. Before I knew how to rev match, I would clutch in, shift from one gear to another and clutch out, with as little pause as possible. That is how most people drive clutch that I know.
I'm not saying what you are doing is wrong, nor what I am doing is right...

xviper

After the shift, you might be getting back on the gas just a bit before the clutch reaches its friction point and on the '04, with it's weird limiting valve (or whatever you call it) on the clutch hydraulics, this becomes a much easier thing to. So you have to be even more precise in your clutch/throttle/shifter syncronization.

TunedS2000

Any idea on if I could switch that out and make it more like an 03?

Also if I am not driving/shifting correctly please let me know. I wont take affence to it. I just want to know how/if I am shifting correctly. Thanks