When bad things happen to good cars

Jstas
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edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
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That was not the tires, dude.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2009
    reported...

    oops! my bad.. thought this was spam. ;)
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    jerk.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited December 2009
    That just sucks!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2009
    off!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    danger boy wrote: »
    off!

    HA HA!

    Your post was too late!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2009
    What an idiot....I find it funny that no one told him to shut it down either....
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2009
    that Vet didn't even move an inch and it's toast.. LOL asshats! ruin a perfectly good car for what?

    at least the tires are ok. :rolleyes: :p
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    That must have stunk!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited December 2009
    That's hilarious...you'd think one of the other people there might have mentioned something...lol


    What an idiot...
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    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2009
    Not the tires what the "Clutch" LOL my **** off.

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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2009
    Dude thought he was cool gettin' out, "That was test 1". Gotta love how not one single person stopped him from destroying the clutch disc.
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    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited December 2009
    Oh well does not bother me it is a GM product.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2009
    That idiot didnt know the feel or sound ...hell even the smell difference of a clutch slipping vs a pair of tires spinning. :rolleyes:

    Too bad I didnt hear the clutch completely frag and take him with it...
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    PolkThug wrote: »
    Dude thought he was cool gettin' out, "That was test 1". Gotta love how not one single person stopped him from destroying the clutch disc.

    The very end when he pops the trunk and the guys are like "Nah, dude, it's coming out from up here too." Then he pops the hood and the smoke is coming out like the clutch is actually on fire. In the background you hear a guy seconds from bawling his eyes out saying "F&@#!!!"

    Then again, the genius was "roasting off the back of the tires..." whatever that means.

    Then he gets in and says "Bye bye $600!"

    You got that right!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    By the way, a new clutch kit for a 2007 Corvette Z06 from rockauto.com...$483.79

    Autozone wants $419.99 but it's special order and comes with an unspecified core charge. I wouldn't doubt if it's over $500 total.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2009
    Thing too is burning rubber smells so good ( Well to a quarter mile junkie anyways ) and burning clutch smells so bad...both so completely different . I mean was it all of their first rodeo when it came to a burnout ?

    Yeah clutches are cheap, but from the looks of that crowd he is paying someone else big bucks for labor...I bet they have a hard time changing sim cards in a phone. :rolleyes:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    Maybe in a Honduh Cibbic clutches are cheap. $400-$500 for a clutch isn't really cheap in my book. Not when the clutch in my Ranger cost $98. Now that's cheap! I did a clutch in an old 89 Cibbic and it cost $79 for the clutch kit.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    Burning clutches and brakes give me a headache and make me nauseous.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    Maybe in a Honduh Cibbic clutches are cheap. $400-$500 for a clutch isn't really cheap in my book. Not when the clutch in my Ranger cost $98. Now that's cheap! I did a clutch in an old 89 Cibbic and it cost $79 for the clutch kit.

    To a vette owner 400-500 is chump change...till he has to pay the labor part of the bill.....just meant cheap relatively speaking. He deserves every penny gone.
    Jstas wrote: »
    Burning clutches and brakes give me a headache and make me nauseous.


    Me too...it's almost acidic/burning and nausiating at the same time.
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    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    By the way, a new clutch kit for a 2007 Corvette Z06 from rockauto.com...$483.79

    Autozone wants $419.99 but it's special order and comes with an unspecified core charge. I wouldn't doubt if it's over $500 total.
    And that's nothing, labor is the killer. If it's anything like the C5, the clutch is in the rear, and the entire transaxle/torque tube has to come out. You're talking a $1500 job when all said and done.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    I'll look at ALLDATA when I get home and get a labor estimate.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2009
    Face wrote: »
    And that's nothing, labor is the killer. If it's anything like the C5, the clutch is in the rear, and the entire transaxle/torque tube has to come out. You're talking a $1500 job when all said and done.

    seriously only $1500? my 1971 MGB cost more than that to replace the clutch. (engine has to come out)

    either way.. I wish it would have blown up instead... now that would have been funny to see a huge cloud of smoke fill the cab of the car and the guy comes out coughing and hacking up a lung.. now that's entertainment I like.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    Maybe in a Honduh Cibbic clutches are cheap. $400-$500 for a clutch isn't really cheap in my book. Not when the clutch in my Ranger cost $98. Now that's cheap! I did a clutch in an old 89 Cibbic and it cost $79 for the clutch kit.

    $400 to $500 for a clutch that will stand up to that power is pretty cheap...

    I would have assumed that a Corvette Z06 clutch would be more than a Civic's, but then again i don't really know everything, and i spent $469 on the last clutch for my MX6.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2009
    Face wrote: »
    And that's nothing, labor is the killer. If it's anything like the C5, the clutch is in the rear, and the entire transaxle/torque tube has to come out. You're talking a $1500 job when all said and done.

    On the C6, the trans is in the rear directly attached to the rear end, right?

    I think you said that once, not sure though...
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2009
    I'm sure $1500 for the clutch is nothing to him, if he wished too burn $600 in tires in 20 seconds. ;)

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    $400 to $500 for a clutch that will stand up to that power is pretty cheap...

    I would have assumed that a Corvette Z06 clutch would be more than a Civic's, but then again i don't really know everything, and i spent $469 on the last clutch for my MX6.

    Really?

    Says who?

    I can get a Centerforce dual-friction clutch that can handle the 505 hoses rated in a 2007 Corvette Z06 for $280 shipped to my door. I can get that clutch for many different manual transmissions. That's an aftermarket clutch too. They usually handle upwards of 600 horses but not much more than that. One to fit a Corvette? About $400 even. RAM Clutch kits are about the same in price and HAYS clutches are even cheaper still. Any one of them will stand up to that power all day long. Believe me, I know, I've run that much power and then some through clutches from all those manufacturers.

    Again, aftermarket clutches. Still cheaper than a Corvette's clutch and rated to handle more power than that. A brand new clutch for a 2007 Mustang Shelby GT500 is from RAM and costs about $280. It makes just as much power and torque as the Corvette.

    What will $500 for a clutch from RAM get you? Well, if you find a special, you can actually get a dual clutch system rated for over 1500 horses for a smidge more than $500. They normally go for close to $800 but Summit usually has good deals for 20% off plus free shipping.
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    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2009
    What gets me is that some in the video seem to know cars? No ones even states it smells like a clutch and not rubber?

    Tells me what they really know.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    What gets me is that some in the video seem to know cars? No ones even states it smells like a clutch and not rubber?

    Tells me what they really know.

    It looks like they are in the backlot of a dealership.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    Really?

    Says who?

    I can get a Centerforce dual-friction clutch that can handle the 505 hoses rated in a 2007 Corvette Z06 for $280 shipped to my door. I can get that clutch for many different manual transmissions. That's an aftermarket clutch too. They usually handle upwards of 600 horses but not much more than that. One to fit a Corvette? About $400 even. RAM Clutch kits are about the same in price and HAYS clutches are even cheaper still. Any one of them will stand up to that power all day long. Believe me, I know, I've run that much power and then some through clutches from all those manufacturers.

    Again, aftermarket clutches. Still cheaper than a Corvette's clutch and rated to handle more power than that. A brand new clutch for a 2007 Mustang Shelby GT500 is from RAM and costs about $280. It makes just as much power and torque as the Corvette.

    What will $500 for a clutch from RAM get you? Well, if you find a special, you can actually get a dual clutch system rated for over 1500 horses for a smidge more than $500. They normally go for close to $800 but Summit usually has good deals for 20% off plus free shipping.

    Will those clutches FEEL like a stock clutch in the Corvette? No, they won't. I'm familiar with the Centerforce clutches, i've run them in a few turbo hondas. (lol torque is what?)

    My apologies. I didn't realise that we were taking the performance aftermarket items into consideration here, since you were just talking about rock auto and autozone before. But now that we've switched gears (tee hee hee) and are talking about the performance corner of the market:

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    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
    edited December 2009
    Replaced my clutch and slave cylinder in my '98 Vette last year for $1800 (most of it labor)
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