The revs have nothing to do with it.  Esp since once
you pass 6500 rpm or so, you're on the downslope of
the hp and torque curves.  The clutch has already
bitten and held, whether you're at 4000 rpm or 8000
rpm...

My G60 had a hard rev limiter at 6800rpm...

-josh


--- [email protected] wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/26/02 7:12:10 PM,
> [email protected] writes:
> 
> << Drag racing is hard on clutches, no matter how
> gently
> you attempt to launch.  Either get a monster clutch
> that's gonna suck driving it on the street or try to
> scale back the drag racing and modify your driving
> style a bit to get more life out of the clutches...
> >>
> 
> - The thing is: I never drag race.  I hadn't raced
> at a track in like 2 years 
> up til last week.  
> Unlike everyone seems to think right now, failing
> stock pressure plates are 
> pretty common.  I've been on this list long enough
> to know that.  This has 
> happened to my friend's near stock GLI, and to my
> brother's old '87 (with 
> less mods than mine).
> I really think it's the rpms that the clutches can't
> handle.  I never had 
> this problem with my 8V cars which never revved past
> 6800rpms.
> Josh, out of curiosity, what did you rev your G60
> setup to?
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