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Old 07-12-2004, 01:52 PM
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i run 10w-40 in mine.... and lets just say the break in period is backing the car out of the garage and onto the road where it is then subject to repeated burnouts.

my last few clutchs have been oem becuase i have a 1yr warrnety on them and the damn springs keep breaking

oh well

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Old 07-12-2004, 07:52 PM
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I'm gonna give this one a nice easy trip to san diego to pick up my buddy, and then whatever it gets between getting back and going to the track on saturday. I'm gonna rape it on saturday.

what's your opinions on using synthetic oil in your tranny, some (if not most) say it's bad for synchros, others swear by it. you guys?
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Old 07-12-2004, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bambooseven
I'm gonna give this one a nice easy trip to san diego to pick up my buddy, and then whatever it gets between getting back and going to the track on saturday. I'm gonna rape it on saturday.

what's your opinions on using synthetic oil in your tranny, some (if not most) say it's bad for synchros, others swear by it. you guys?
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Old 07-12-2004, 08:25 PM
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i put 1 bottle of gear oil and the rest 10 30
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Old 07-12-2004, 08:43 PM
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The last clutch I broke in I backed out of the driveway, drove up the road about 100 yards and beat the ---- out of it for the rest of the time I owned it. The clutch outlasted the motor and is actually for sale in the classified section here for the second time.
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Old 07-13-2004, 01:45 AM
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i use some thik *** gear oil but then again my tranny has over 200k on it. no grinds though :P
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Old 07-13-2004, 08:47 AM
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Don't use synthetic oil.
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Old 07-13-2004, 08:59 AM
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81265783 people have told me not to use synthetic oil, nobody can tell me why
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81265783 people have told me not to use synthetic oil, nobody can tell me why
coz syco needs the right amount of friction (enough time) to speed match the gears,and synthetic oil is a little too ~~slippry~~ for the syco that it does not give it enough time (not enough friction)to spin = grinding
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