My New Clutch Install

[GTR STI]

Lighter Flywheel reduces turbo lag.

Heavier flywheel will increase lag.

Simply

Increasing the recipricating mass at the crank = slower engine response time and accelleration, but will increase decelleration time. (Heavier objects in motion take longer to stop)

[dangerous_daveo]

Its not that simple though. More load= more exaust gas = less lag.

Im not going to bother with the argument, my car is better because of it.

[ookami]

took like 6 hours to mine in my 180sx as the bolts were bitches to get out.

Workshops can;t help it if a car has bolts that are overly tight or bent or burred and if it takes 6 hours it takes 6 hours, they need to charge for that 6 hours as their spending time on one job that stops them from working on another. There has to be more to the story than you saying.

[The Dan]

took like 6 hours to mine in my 180sx as the bolts were bitches to get out.

Workshops can;t help it if a car has bolts that are overly tight or bent or burred and if it takes 6 hours it takes 6 hours, they need to charge for that 6 hours as their spending time on one job that stops them from working on another. There has to be more to the story than you saying.

Usually the only contributing factor towards taking too long on a clutch install has been friggin dicky exhausts. Some aftermarket manufacturers don't compensate for this kind of thing when they make their systems up. Other than that, over tight bolts?.....tell your mech to get a better impact gun or go to the gym to work on those girly arms. You can only tighten a bolt so far, and even a almost breaking point...a 1 meter breaker bar usually does the trick. RB, SR or CA gearbox should not take any longer than 45 mins to remove.....no excuses. 1 hour if you are doing it on stands.

[LiQuid IcE]

Don't you get a quote before you hand over your car to get the work done?

Imagine all the ways that money could have been spent! I'd cry.

[T04GTR]

just wanted to say i went to a well known workshop the other day to get a new clutch fitted and they charged me $1000 in labour!! I supplied the clutch, it was a straight in and out job.. y on earth it took 11+ hours is beyond me? also i had to fork out for a new gear boot that was fine 2 days before hand as i had it off doing some work..

I wont flame here.. pm me if you want to know

dude that is farked. i trained up our first year and with him and me doing one on a 33gtr drive in/drive out 2.5hrs

11hrs. hmmm welll thats just beyond me.

[T04GTR]

even "the book" doesnt give that long.

i spose it would take that long if all you had was the scissor jack,a shifter and some pliers doing it on the side of the road.