Stock clutch in my ls1/rx7 was slipping after going to the track this past weekend. SO I decided to swap it out with a textralia OZ700 which is supposedly good for 700wtq
So I got the transmission back in the car and everything mounted up. Filled the tranny bled the clutch using the method I linked to before.
Clutch got firm again and after talking to a guy locally his oz700 had a constant firmness from the top to the bottom of the pedal travel. Well I crank the car up with a spare slip yoke in the transmission and when I start the car up in neutral the fuckin output shaft is spinning as the engine spins. so I'm like no way. I need to put some load on this drivetrain and see if it still spins. So I hook up the driveshaft and I grabbed the wheels in the back and turned them to get to the bolts on the driveshaft and the output shaft finally started free spinning (as it should with the car in neutral.)
Anyway so I was like that was wierd, it was like it was stuck or something. So I start the car up again put the clutch in and put it into first, I look back and the tires are spinning with my foot still on the clutch :bawling:. I put the car back into neutral and the tires stopped spinning. I tried any other gear and if I tried forcing it into 2nd the tires would start to spin up slowly as I tried to move the shifter into that position but it never actually went into any gear but first.
This isnt fuckin normal . OZ700s dont need shims although its acting like it does need a shim. I even measured the distance between the face of the tranny and the end of the slave when its compressed, and the distance between the mating surface of the bellhousing and the fingers of the clutch and they were within .1" of each other. I should only need a shim if they are more than a quarter inch off.
I bled and bled and bled the clutch and I got a lot of big bubbles out then I got just a constant stream of bubbles for hours. I am starting to think a seal or something in the system is letting air in under vaccum. I bled for hours. I fuckin hate working with brake fluid, i have it everywhere and it stings every little cut and nick you get it in. I might need to bleed it more but I've gone through 2 full quarts of brake fluid.
I'm pissed