82k miles clutch going out.

[Tommeh]

Did a 2nd gear launch in a manual.... Opps >.>

[b1aze]

No tune???? You shouldn't see significant if any gains from FBO without a real tune.

[Bavarian54bimmer]

Did you have the CDV delete and honestly were you hard on your car ?? High RPM Launch , power shift etc,,,????

[blaster3500]

A 2nd gear launch?? That is absolute hell on a clutch. Why are you launching in 2nd? If you read about people launching in 2nd it is with the automatic

[luv135i]

Originally Posted by blaster3500

A 2nd gear launch?? That is absolute hell on a clutch. Why are you launching in 2nd? If you read about people launching in 2nd it is with the automatic

This. Jesus that poor clutch

[Tommeh]

Let me make it clear the car has had a tune for three years, currently there is no tune in though. Im also going to say I dog the car regularly lol.... At one point it was at 420hp with meth daily driver. I don't see slipping if I put it third or forth low RPM and WOT so im not confident that the clutch is worn or not. I didnt know that most 1/4 mile times that used 2nd gear launch where in autos lol... Guess I wont be doing that again <,<

[ULOOKN]

Originally Posted by Tommeh

Let me make it clear the car has had a tune for three years, currently there is no tune in though. Im also going to say I dog the car regularly lol.... At one point it was at 420hp with meth daily driver. I don't see slipping if I put it third or forth low RPM and WOT so im not confident that the clutch is worn or not. I didnt know that most 1/4 mile times that used 2nd gear launch where in autos lol... Guess I wont be doing that again &lt;,&lt;

Lol second gear launch....

[drcollie]

Originally Posted by Tommeh

Im pretty sure my clutch is on its way, and I will monitor it more from here on out. I wanted to try a second gear launch on the way home today. I tacked at a little under 4k RPM and launched in 2nd. The RPM dropped a few hundred for a second, then stayed at same spot for what would normally seem like a whole RPM band then started to raise.

So im pretty sure it was slipping, and I should have clutched out to prolong what I have, but I didnt... Car is FBO no tune.

And this comes as a surprise? Really?

[135Pats]

Lol yea….2nd gear launches on 6MT are going to fry your clutch. Is there a reason why you took the tune off? TBH if I wasn’t running a tune, I don’t think I’d power mod my car at all outside of maybe an upgraded intercooler. (relatively speaking) all that money for 30 or so whp?

[Black Sheep]

You need to sell your car

[Tommeh]

Originally Posted by 135Pats

Lol yea….2nd gear launches on 6MT are going to fry your clutch. Is there a reason why you took the tune off? TBH if I wasn’t running a tune, I don’t think I’d power mod my car at all outside of maybe an upgraded intercooler. (relatively speaking) all that money for 30 or so whp?

I had a JB3, JB4G4 and G5 and my turbos waste gate got so serious that I had boost leak, and finally got new turbos recently. I took my JB4 out and sold it, and eventually will get a cobb tune, costume map, and e85.

[Edogg218]

Originally Posted by Tommeh

costume map

Like this?

[jgoldsmith729]

I just replaced my 135i stock clutch with an ACT Stage 2+ clutch. Retained the stock dual mass flywheel. I am 150 miles into the 500 mile break-in period. So far:

-Clutch pedal effort is almost identical to stock
-Engagement point is slighty (and I mean very slighty) closer to the floor
-Engagement period (length) is slightly quicker than stock.

Feels good so far.

[Edogg218]

Originally Posted by jgoldsmith729

I just replaced my 135i stock clutch with an ACT Stage 2+ clutch. Retained the stock dual mass flywheel. I am 150 miles into the 500 mile break-in period. So far:

-Clutch pedal effort is almost identical to stock
-Engagement point is slighty (and I mean very slighty) closer to the floor
-Engagement period (length) is slightly quicker than stock.

Feels good so far.

What tq/hp is the ACT Stage 2+ rated at?

[Colt]

Originally Posted by Tommeh

Let me make it clear the car has had a tune for three years, currently there is no tune in though. Im also going to say I dog the car regularly lol.... At one point it was at 420hp with meth daily driver.

At 82k miles, 3 year tune, and over 400hp; you're complaining about your OEM clutch FINALLY going out? In my opinion that should be in the Guinness Book of World Records for best OEM clutch

and lol at responses

[Tommeh]

Originally Posted by Edogg218

Like this?

Lol

And im not complaining, originally I was asking if this was a sign of clutch failure, and learned it was a intelligence failure. But hopefully before 100k I do plan on getting a new clutch.

[Luiggie135i]

I replaced mine with Spec stage 3+ , my car is a FBO ~426whp and 476 torque, ~2,000 miles and so far so good!

A friend also replaced with Spec stage 3+ and his car running on NOS(~521whp and 561 torque) and it is working great.

[jgoldsmith729]

It says it is rated to 545ft-lbs of torque on PTF.

[Lester]

This is probably the equivalent of about 200,000 miles of normal use. So I'd say it's about right.

[dorkdog]

My clutch in my 128 ought to last about 300K miles, then?

[PA135i]

I have owned cars with manual transmission since 1985. Last 3 were Bimmers.. '91 318is, '02 325Ci and 135i.

I don't beat the clutch and my normal wear has been around 100,000 - 110,000 miles.

[135iMike]

Originally Posted by Tommeh

Did a 2nd gear launch in a manual.... Opps >.>

I 've owned a couple cars where a 2nd gear launch in a MT was required to put any sort of power down, and it would light the tires a bit and then pull without slip. FWIW, I'm a great MT driver and my clutches last the lifespan of the cars I have. That said: I've also attempted a 2nd gear launch in my 6MT 135i just messing around with different launch styles and ZWOOOOM went the rpms; backing off as soon as possible, and still a day of stanky clutch smell. Never again. Lol.