Well i went down to Centre of Gravity to collect the car on Tuesday and took it for a drive. WOW! It was amazing! Chris had done a top job setting the car up and it was getting all the power on to the road and was handling fantastic. I had a problem with a really low biting clutch which i thought just needed bleeding out but apart from that all seemed well. The Z was struggling to catch the idle when decellerating from speed and pulling up so i nipped down to Thor where Peter plugged the laptop in and changed the idle parameters slightly, job done. He advised me to test it and pop back in the morning if there were any other issues. On Wednesday i got up and again was having difficulty pulling away and put it down to either the clutch which was really hard to control or maybe the idle issue, so off i went to Thor again. Peter plugged the laptop in again and we did stops and starts but everything looked fine from the mapping point and the clutch was getting the blame. The guys tried to bleed out the clutch and thought they had got a pedal but as soon as i turned on the ignition and went to pull away it disappeared again! They checked the line and thought there was a small hole in it so decided it would need replaced. A line was fabricated and fitted and the bleeding commenced. After a while we kept getting the same result, with a pedal feel with the engine off and no pedal as soon as you started it up. There was no air in the system and it was starting to get quite late. In the end i had to get back to Glasgow so i got them to drop me at the airport and i managed to get a flight back and had to leave the car. I have now ordered a new Master Cylinder and slave and also a new line so fingers crossed for Monday!

 

The guys also noticed one of the suspension bushes on the rear had pretty much given up and was needing replaced so i am now going to get this done aswell and Chris at Centre of Gravity will be redoing the suspension setup again!

 

Not my best day with the Z and just as well i can laugh about these things!

 

So close but yet so far!!!!

who said tuning cars was easy LOL

 

you will get there bud :)

What sort of clutch is it fella?

smithy

What sort of clutch is it fella?

smithy

 

RPS Carbon Carbon m8. The one that was sold to the guy who owned the red Z OIL reg.

Pretty sure it was me who supplied it lol

Think the guy had a load of stuff he wanted done, it never did get done by Ztech, then you bought it?

 

Anyway, http://www.specialtyz.com/clutchadj.htm

This adjustment is very often overlooked.

 

Also i seem to recall with my carbon carbon, removing the little rod in the slave and either shortening it or changing it for a slightly longer one of another car, can't recall which of these they did, anyway bang on after that ;)

smithy

Pretty sure it was me who supplied it lol

Think the guy had a load of stuff he wanted done, it never did get done by Ztech, then you bought it?

 

Anyway, http://www.specialtyz.com/clutchadj.htm

This adjustment is very often overlooked.

 

Also i seem to recall with my carbon carbon, removing the little rod in the slave and either shortening it or changing it for a slightly longer one of another car, can't recall which of these they did, anyway bang on after that ;)

smithy

 

The usual trick is to lengthen it slightly. First step being to slip a nut in the end to see if it helps. Then lengthen rod with a few blobs of weld.

i had to do this for my ACT Street N Strip cluthch to get the bite point just right!

The usual trick is to lengthen it slightly. First step being to slip a nut in the end to see if it helps. Then lengthen rod with a few blobs of weld.i had to do this for my ACT Street N Strip cluthch to get the bite point just right!

 

think ive used a cut down push rod on my cabstar a few years back as well pete

Cheers guys, I have forwarded the link onto thor along with suggestions.

Anyone else running a carbon carbon clutch had issues?

As long as they lined up the little windows on the plates as in the instructions mate, you'll be bob on.

If they then do as in the link and check out the slave for rod length and still nowt, ??? soz

smithy

As long as they lined up the little windows on the plates as in the instructions mate, you'll be bob on.

If they then do as in the link and check out the slave for rod length and still nowt, ??? soz

smithy

 

Is that when fitting the clutch? I dont think there were instructions with it when i gave it to Phil to fit. I will check with him.

Cheers guys, I have forwarded the link onto thor along with suggestions.

Anyone else running a carbon carbon clutch had issues?

 

No problems with mine once the clutch line was re-bled and biting point adjusted.

Ive got the RPS carbon clutch, only used it while running the car in, havent got to the next stage yet. Only problem, if its a problem is a small judder when pulling away.

 

Barry