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<blockquote data-quote="turbov6joe" data-source="post: 14996125" data-attributes="member: 95661"><p>I'm not so sure it's not chatter after all....it seems very coincidental that all the problems (chatter) happened after I adjusted the clutch quadrant out so it would go into 1st gear easier. Along with making the adjustment I also drained whatever purple fluid the previous owner had in there, and replaced it with Dex/Merc III. The first time I drove this car, I never really loved where the clutch released at....it was really high. I've played and played with adjusting the quadrant to find that "sweet spot" where the clutch would start to release about 3" or so from the bottom. I've been very cautious about not over powering the clutch when adjusting it so to avoid any slipping concerns. It seems like once the Spec 3+'s get slipped real badly they are never the same. When I bought the car the owner told me that the Spec had about 2000 street miles on it, and these were only ever with OE size street radials that didn't have much stick to them. Since I've owned the car I've only launched it from a dig 1 time with the MT drag radials and they hooked real good. Typically I don't beat on it from a dig because I don't want to break half shafts at this time. Since I'm in the middle of a Fox notch restoration, all my extra $$$ has been funneled to it. What's really odd is that the night I made this post, I had just gotten home from the car show after an hour ride and a few 3rd gear punches racing my dad in his Terminator. When I backed out of the lot it chattered real bad, I didn't think I would get the car up the grade. When I got home after a 35 mile highway run and pulled into my shop with a level floor, I tried backing up and it was as smooth as always. Now that I'm thinking it through, both times that it chattered real bad was after the clutch was hot from light to light traffic in the heat. I've never really noticed much chatter from any of the Spec 3+'s that I've owned before...one was in another Cobra (700 WHP) and the other in my stock Z06. In fact, I've always bragged about how little they do act up when hot. I'm going to adjust the knob in 1 click and see what happens (I took it out 3). I'm really perplexed that I'm having any issues at all with the tranny. other than being notchy like most of them are, I haven't had a lick of issues with it other than being somewhat noisy....and I think that's a result of all the hard bushings in the driveline and suspension. That Full Tilt Boogey kit really makes everything nice and stiff, and really cuts deflection and wheel hop by a bunch; however, you hear a lot when going down the road. I hope that all of this is just clutch woes....that's a fairly inexpensive fix when compared to doing an entire tranny....especially if I go through it with all the high end stuff like the $600 output shaft. Thanks for the help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turbov6joe, post: 14996125, member: 95661"] I'm not so sure it's not chatter after all....it seems very coincidental that all the problems (chatter) happened after I adjusted the clutch quadrant out so it would go into 1st gear easier. Along with making the adjustment I also drained whatever purple fluid the previous owner had in there, and replaced it with Dex/Merc III. The first time I drove this car, I never really loved where the clutch released at....it was really high. I've played and played with adjusting the quadrant to find that "sweet spot" where the clutch would start to release about 3" or so from the bottom. I've been very cautious about not over powering the clutch when adjusting it so to avoid any slipping concerns. It seems like once the Spec 3+'s get slipped real badly they are never the same. When I bought the car the owner told me that the Spec had about 2000 street miles on it, and these were only ever with OE size street radials that didn't have much stick to them. Since I've owned the car I've only launched it from a dig 1 time with the MT drag radials and they hooked real good. Typically I don't beat on it from a dig because I don't want to break half shafts at this time. Since I'm in the middle of a Fox notch restoration, all my extra $$$ has been funneled to it. What's really odd is that the night I made this post, I had just gotten home from the car show after an hour ride and a few 3rd gear punches racing my dad in his Terminator. When I backed out of the lot it chattered real bad, I didn't think I would get the car up the grade. When I got home after a 35 mile highway run and pulled into my shop with a level floor, I tried backing up and it was as smooth as always. Now that I'm thinking it through, both times that it chattered real bad was after the clutch was hot from light to light traffic in the heat. I've never really noticed much chatter from any of the Spec 3+'s that I've owned before...one was in another Cobra (700 WHP) and the other in my stock Z06. In fact, I've always bragged about how little they do act up when hot. I'm going to adjust the knob in 1 click and see what happens (I took it out 3). I'm really perplexed that I'm having any issues at all with the tranny. other than being notchy like most of them are, I haven't had a lick of issues with it other than being somewhat noisy....and I think that's a result of all the hard bushings in the driveline and suspension. That Full Tilt Boogey kit really makes everything nice and stiff, and really cuts deflection and wheel hop by a bunch; however, you hear a lot when going down the road. I hope that all of this is just clutch woes....that's a fairly inexpensive fix when compared to doing an entire tranny....especially if I go through it with all the high end stuff like the $600 output shaft. Thanks for the help. [/QUOTE]
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