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Originally Posted by ermax
As I said before, I think I’m going to put mine back in just for the hell of it. I think then I will know for sure which way I like best. I’m guessing I will end up removing it 1 hour later though. Hahaha
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Good luck with that! The removal is fairly easy, but I've heard that reinstalling the spring is a complete pain in the ass.
I've had mine out for a few years now with zero issues and zero regrets. I will echo what some others have already said in this thread: I felt that the clutch with the spring installed was simply too "vague", like I couldn't really properly feel the engagement point.
Taking it out made such a huge difference for a simple, FREE 20 minute job; clutch is not really much "heavier" than it was before, but has a LOT more feel to it, so I can now accurately tell where the grab point is instead of completely guessing.
I had a BMW E90 before this car, which had a dreaded CDV in it (clutch delay valve) which was even WORSE. It made you feel like you had no idea how to drive stick, even as a seasoned manual driver. It would delay the engagement by a split second and was really hard to get the hang of. I never removed it during the 3 years I had the car, but it was a lot more of an involved job than it was to remove the spring from my BRZ, which was thankfully pretty easy over-all. Even with the spring in, the BRZ clutch was still better than the BMW clutch with that god-awful CDV.