Wreck to Race.

[Peter Jones]

Box is out and even beofore I've got the clutch apart I've found bits of the pressure plate in the bell housing.

Pics later.

Pete

[Peter Jones]

It's official, I've blown my first clutch!

One of the spring plates has come off the back.

Bit of a relief really, to have found the source of the noise.

Now to put it all back together.

Pete.

[Peter Jones]

Box is back in re-attaching stuff now.

I fitted the Bildon / Spec clutch - stuff it - you don't win races with your best parts on the shelf.

http://www.specclutch.com/products . Stage 3 - 6 pucks and springs.

Pete

[Jarred]

woah! broken clutch! you're really moving up in the power stakes now aren't you Pete!

does the 4th cylinder even fire with such low compression?

[Peter Jones]

woah! broken clutch! you're really moving up in the power stakes now aren't you Pete!

does the 4th cylinder even fire with such low compression?

Seems to, but what I'm wondering now is was it low before the Dyno run?

If it was low before testing, what's it going to be when I fix it?

I'll have to pull the head to find out what the problem is, need to make a few phone calls today and ask a few experts for opinions.

Plan is to pull the head and pop the old one back on there just to retest the compression. That should tell me for sure if it's in the head or piston areas.

If the head's off for repair I might as well that cam tunnel rebored and the cam refaced as we know it works well now.

If it's rings then I guess I'll do the big end bearings just for fun while it's out.

Only bright side to this I suppose is that I blew the clutch turning into my own street and not turn 4 at Phillip Island.

Pete

[Peter Jones]

Clutch carnage.

This was a 16v pressure plate too, should have been up to the task.

[Peter Jones]

New Clutch (shown next to a stock LUK pressure plate.)



The SPEC Unit has double springy plate thingys.







Now to fix the compression.

Pete