Clutch Engagement ?

[Jonnyacuraws]

After a month of driving my coupe I am still troubled by how high in the pedal throw the clutch seems to engage. I would appreciate some of you 6mt owners to let me know if your cars are the same way. My Infiniti service dept says it's normal. The Acura's that I sell, and for that matter every honda product engage very low in the pedal, and as the clutch wears the engagement point raises. Please give me some feedback. Other than that, this car kicks [censored].

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[dholly]

For Clutch Adjustment Info GO HERE



2004 | 6MTs | Diamond Graphite/Graphite
Upstate NY

[hyeteck]

i have the same problem as u and ive already replaced my clutch...mine was actually grabbing real low to the ground but beforei changed it, it was grabbing real high,...now its grabbing real high too but its been like that for a while so i dunno.

2003.5 6MT Sedan

[Smack]

Same issue here, my car is new, but getting into 1st gear, the pedal has to be pressed against the floorboard to shift into gear. Sometimes I feel like I have to force the shifter into gear to get it to go. Not usual manual behavior from my experience.

[IcedG35]

on mine you hardly have to press down the clutch to shift....is that a bad thing cuz i like it that way?

[Tony_Montana87]

when racing from a stop whats the highest rpm u guys have droped the clutch on? I remember driving the lancer i had for a while, i droped the cluth at about 3k rpm and it just boggled. can the g35 coupe transmission withstand some high rpm cluth dumps?

[GTO2050]

At 3K with VDC off you will burn a lot of the black stuff!

03 Laser Red 6MT | Willow int | No fancy stuff | 30% Tint and 3M Clear Bra

[MrElussive]

You're supposed to push the clutch in all the way every time you change gears or start moving from a stop. I don't see what the problem is. [dunno]

03 G35 Coupe 6MT

[Semi On]

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I don't think it's a problem so much as a personal preference. Where you'll notice it is the point at which you have to give it gas to get out of gear. On the G, you have to let the clutch pretty far out before you hit the engagement point. I feel my launches a bit better on a car with an engagement point earlier in the throw, personally, but that may have little to do with reality.

[MrElussive]

Semi On, I agree with you on launching, but I guess it's just that every car is different. What I do to launch on the G is that I'll be revving and then when the light is about to turn green, I start lifting up on the clutch, knowing that it's not going to engage yet. Then as soon as as it turns green, I let it up fast while giving it more gas, and it launches very well. I can do 3.5K-rpm launches without more than a "chirp" from the rear tires. []

03 G35 Coupe 6MT

[Aznteazer]

i've gotten used to the high engagement point of my clutch.
who here is not bothered by the factory setting?
maybe we shud have a poll.

[BlueStreak]

Doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I prefer it to my wife's 540i, where the clutch needs to come back out a long way before engaging. My style has always been to put the clutch on the floor, so it works better for me this way.

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