Here is the story. As some of you may have read in the Racing section I was prepping da Boss for the 2012 One Lap of America and during testing, the inability to get a clean shift after the tranny heated up without balking was not acceptable. To hopefully alleviate this issue I decided to do a clutch upgrade and see if that was the problem. We decided, Trick Pro Motorsports and myself, to go with the RAM dual disc organic clutch and use the JHR clutch line with Castrol SRF fluid. Trick Pro, with phone calls to Ram to make sure the clearances were correct, installed the clutch. During initial break in miles, 300 or so, clutch was seamless and worked perfectly.
Time to test shifting at WOT time. Start in 1st rev to 7500 and shift to 2nd let off clutch and press accelerator, car revs to 7500 and and clutch pedal stays on the floor, let off accelerator and when revs drop to app. 6000 rpm the clutch pedal pops up and engages. Tried full throttle shifts several times and it happened every time. Went bact to Trick Pro and vacuum bleed the clutch 5 mores times with no success. At this time Trick Pro called RAM tech line and explained the problem. The owner of RAM was supposed to call back. This was Tuesday and I needed to leave for South Bend Wednesday afternoon so da Boss was NOT going on the One Lap. I will update what Trick Pro hears from RAM as I get the info. Right now da Boss is not ready for Prime Time and I don't have time to mess with it any more. I pressed the EASY BUTTON and climbed into my 04 6GT3 with 43,000 miles, bone stock, original clutch and left Wednesday for South Bend and the One Lap.
Moral of the story. When life gives you lemons, a Boss with shifting issues, instead of making lemonade you go to the garage and get the Porshe 6GT3
Written sitting South Bend saturday morning waiting for the 2012 OLOA to begin ;D
Peter
Time to test shifting at WOT time. Start in 1st rev to 7500 and shift to 2nd let off clutch and press accelerator, car revs to 7500 and and clutch pedal stays on the floor, let off accelerator and when revs drop to app. 6000 rpm the clutch pedal pops up and engages. Tried full throttle shifts several times and it happened every time. Went bact to Trick Pro and vacuum bleed the clutch 5 mores times with no success. At this time Trick Pro called RAM tech line and explained the problem. The owner of RAM was supposed to call back. This was Tuesday and I needed to leave for South Bend Wednesday afternoon so da Boss was NOT going on the One Lap. I will update what Trick Pro hears from RAM as I get the info. Right now da Boss is not ready for Prime Time and I don't have time to mess with it any more. I pressed the EASY BUTTON and climbed into my 04 6GT3 with 43,000 miles, bone stock, original clutch and left Wednesday for South Bend and the One Lap.
Moral of the story. When life gives you lemons, a Boss with shifting issues, instead of making lemonade you go to the garage and get the Porshe 6GT3
Written sitting South Bend saturday morning waiting for the 2012 OLOA to begin ;D
Peter