sick_speed

[QUOTE]Originally posted by NFRs2000NYC
He said he dropped the clutch.

boiler

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sick_speed

pjkwong

Check your clutch fluid.

sick_speed

Fluid looks good,

thanks for the commemts, Iam going to drop it off the dealer nextweek, just crossing my fingers. Iam just not in the mood to with the dealer

l8brakr

A 4k clutch drop isn't really even a clutch drop for an S2000, the motor isn't making enough hp or torque yet to do much damage IMO. If your car leaps initially and then bogs the clutch is doing its job, it seems to be holding all the torque the motor can supply. The reason you get different results in your CL is because it is front wheel drive. When you drop the clutch the weight transfers off the drive wheels and they loose traction so the engine never gets loaded heavily so it continues to rev and your happy, but in the S the opposite happens. You drop the clutch at a mere 4000 rpm and the weight tranfers to the rear of the car thus increasing available traction and you don't have enough power from the engine to break the tires loose or sustain the amount of acceleration you got during the initial launch so the motor will bog and limp off unspectacularly. The initial smell you had was probably just the fact that everything is new and could have very well been your brakes also. Until you experience slipping from your clutch I would think it is ok but since you're asking this here it wouldn't hurt for you to have an experienced mechanic check it out. Emphasis on the EXPERIENCED, if you are worried it would be worth your money to have an independent shop look at it and they could provide you with a little firepower if you need to make a claim at the dealer for warranty work.

SpeedxRacer

[QUOTE]Originally posted by l8brakr
A 4k clutch drop isn't really even a clutch drop for an S2000, the motor isn't making enough hp or torque yet to do much damage IMO.

RACER

This is a world class sportscar. It was designed for twisty mountain roads or a racetrack. The slowest corner at Sears Point Raceway is about 35-40 mph. This means that you are always rolling. NO clutch drops.

If you are as good a driver as you say you are, then at only 1,000 miles, your clutch should be fine.

Remember, No wheel burners, donuts, clutch drops or any kind of hard acceleration from 0 mph.

PWRMKR

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sick_speed
Fluid looks good,

mxt_77

l8brakr already explained the "bogging" problem in detail. As he said, if you're bogging, the clutch is doing it's job and has no problems. If, however, you dump the clutch at 4000 RPM and the revs climb but the car isn't moving (and the tires aren't spinning)... that's when you have problems (because the clutch is slipping, which is a bad thing).

Oh... and as for this being a warranty issue... the clutch is considered a "wear item" (like brakes & tires), which means that it would be very difficult to convince a dealer to replace it under warranty, unless you could prove that there was some manufacturing defect that causes the clutch to malfunction.

As for the smell when new, many cars have this. A lot of the materials (i.e., engine parts, etc) have protective coatings, and other chemicals that remain from the manufacturing process. It takes a while for these to burn off when the car is new. Nothing to worry about.

sick_speed

you guy's been very helpful thanks again for your support!