Clutch Delay Valve?

[Indestruct]

Originally Posted by BradBot

I'm 11k in and the spring still drives me nuts. I just can't get the feel down, and I feel like I'm learning how to drive manual for the first time. It's very frustrating.

You aren't the only one, this is maybe my 4th manual car? And I still can't get the hang of it. What helped a little was lowering the clutch to be flush w/the gas pedal. I still have to slow everything down...

[Chenslee]

I'm not sure if this has been seen here, but here is the patent:

http://www.google.com/patents/EP1457702A1?cl=en

Quote from the patent: "Such vibrations, which are called herein after "pulsations" make the diver irritated."

Diagram:



Essentially it's like putting a spring on the end of the slave cylinder; you are never going to get accurate feel out of the clutch as long as that damper is there.

I went through this with my 2006 Civic Si. Turns out 90% of the issues people were having with the transmission were eliminated by swapping the master cylinder with a damper-less one.

The 86's design is an integrated unit like the below. I'm wondering if the port leading to the damper could be drilled, tapped and plugged?

[Cybmx]

That looks interesting. Subbed for updates