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Originally Posted by Malt
I'm not making any claims to the reason it got fried, just that it looks extremely suspicious that on his very first track day ever the clutch gets fried. Its unfortunate that it happened, but at least he's doing the right thing and paying for it out of pocket. What is unfortunate is that he took it to a dealership and now he's going to end up with another stock clutch and flywheel. He could of had a better clutch and lightened flywheel for not that much more money.
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Absolutely...I don't have much of a story to back up the situation. I drove the car hard through the canyons many times (maybe 15?) and did a track day at WSIR once. The Primacy's alone look obviously track-shredded. I thought a car like this could deal with hard driving. Like I said before, I've been driving manual transmissions a loooong time and this is a first. Maybe it was ABUSE like Porsche suggested, but I've known other guys to SERIOUSLY ABUSE their trannys with no issues. The best that'll come out of this is that at the very least we have place like these forums to document these mechanical issues.
Also, I would've taken it to my mechanic in Irvine (PM me if you need a good one in SoCal) but I was overconfident about this being a warranty fix. A non-OEM clutch and flywheel would be sweet, but I'm also leasing the car. Anyway, folks, I really appreciated the feedback. I'll keep you guys posted as to what they say was the specific cause of the fried clutch. They'll say it was cuz of my driving probably.
They called me and my car should be ready by 4pm.
Oh, and another question for you guys regarding TSB's as posted here:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21868
Are the dealerships required to repair all TSB's under warranty - no cost to the owner? If someone could clearly explain how all this works, I'd appreciate it. Because if the dealer's gonna work on my car, I'll make sure they work on everything possible. Like the crickets, for example.
Once again, THANKS!!
