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08-16-2018, 06:29 PM | #1 |
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Is the clutch easy, or at least predictable?
Hi. Selling my Mazda3 soon, and one of the gripes I had about the car was that the clutch was numb, unpredictable, and hence very difficult to drive smoothly.
I don't want to put up with that in a slow FWD car. However, I am willing to put up with a bit of discomfort for a car like BRZ. It's hard to get a feel for the clutch through a short test drive, and many users on the Mazda3 forums had similar complaints while major reviews did not. Which is why I ask you here--is the clutch on the BRZ easy to drive with, or at least predictable enough for you to drive smoothly? |
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Yes.
Just take a test drive. Better than me trying to explain to you.
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It's a very light clutch imho, at least compared to other vehicles I've owned. It's relatively communicative, which makes it easy to drive smooth. My only gripe is the weirdly high engagement point (feels to me almost at the very top) but you very quickly get used to it.
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As long as you learn where the engagement point is, as BigFatLip discussed, it's easy.
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Compared to my previous car (s) it is light, numb and difficult to drive smoothly. It also doesn't help that if you breathe on the throttle it's bouncing off the limiter.
Even after owning this car since 2012 every now and then I'll accidentally rev it up to 3k and slip the clutch too much. I find it's more the throttle and clutch relationship that makes it difficult more than the clutch itself though. Sent from my RNE-L02 using Tapatalk |
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Clutch bite point is adjustable. Lightness .. as it partially comes from spring in pedal assembly, has cons aswell, as harder to feel bite point. Then again, that's modable aswell.
Regarding pedals in twins i'd do: replace with mtec's or remove completely clutch assist spring, adjust dead travel a bit less (but not overdoing it, as it's easy to miss very slight clutch drag), and add Velox's/Verus's accelerator pedal spacer, to ease heal & toe (from what i've heard, might be less needed on RHD). |
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Stock clutch is like driving with a condom. Can't feel shit. Easily fixed. Leave the assist spring installed. If you care enough to ask, this mod will be your first.
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My advice is to drive in your bare feet to get a good feeling for the clutch engagement and then add shoes in the mix. I live in Florida so it's easy to kick the flipflops off and then drive around. |
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Nope. Still can't shift smoothly after 35k km.
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I just gave up at some point. I have no idea where it engages or where to get back on the throttle. There is no feel and no communication through the pedal. Sometimes it works, but I don't know why or how. It's accidental. I have found no consistent way.
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