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Short Question: Do our cars have a Restrictor in the Clutch Release Cylinder?
Long Question: I was driving through the hills last weekend and as I got into the groove my driving became more aggressive and my gear changes quicker (manual obviously). As I quickly released the clutch pedal I noticed that the clutch was showing signs of slippage, this happened constantly through while changing gear (2nd to 3rd) under hard acceleration, but there were no signs of a slipping clutch while accelerating. And as I was coming to the end of the run and was back on normal roads everything seemed fine again.
After I got home I was wasting time looking/researching new clutches and what not, and stumbled across a thread on a thread on EvoOZ about the restrictor or "pill" in the Evo VIII/MR/IX's (unsure if they exist in the VII's or before). But what this restrictor does is "slows the fluid movement to the release cylinder to make for smoother clutch engagement/disengagement....or possibly just to help avoid too much drive train warranty work from hard AWD launches" (Taken from Evo Motorsports).
The benefit of removing this restrictor is that clutch engagement will be more direct and consistent. From what I have read as well it will also be less harmful to the clutch because with the restrictor in place, during that time when the restrictor is doing its restricting the clutch is slipping, which 'may' be what I was experiencing before if the VR4's have this restrictor.
So does anyone know anything about this, or is this a load of poppycock?
Long Question: I was driving through the hills last weekend and as I got into the groove my driving became more aggressive and my gear changes quicker (manual obviously). As I quickly released the clutch pedal I noticed that the clutch was showing signs of slippage, this happened constantly through while changing gear (2nd to 3rd) under hard acceleration, but there were no signs of a slipping clutch while accelerating. And as I was coming to the end of the run and was back on normal roads everything seemed fine again.
After I got home I was wasting time looking/researching new clutches and what not, and stumbled across a thread on a thread on EvoOZ about the restrictor or "pill" in the Evo VIII/MR/IX's (unsure if they exist in the VII's or before). But what this restrictor does is "slows the fluid movement to the release cylinder to make for smoother clutch engagement/disengagement....or possibly just to help avoid too much drive train warranty work from hard AWD launches" (Taken from Evo Motorsports).
The benefit of removing this restrictor is that clutch engagement will be more direct and consistent. From what I have read as well it will also be less harmful to the clutch because with the restrictor in place, during that time when the restrictor is doing its restricting the clutch is slipping, which 'may' be what I was experiencing before if the VR4's have this restrictor.
So does anyone know anything about this, or is this a load of poppycock?