Miata Mailing List: April 1998, Message #11

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>So, wait - is the shrieking coming from your engine, or the
>pedestrians and little old lady drivers?  ;-)

When I'm on the boost, I pass the peds and LOLs so fast that I can't tell
if they are shrieking or not,  Besides, they couldn't compete with the
shriek of a compressor wheel at 100k rpm (or thereabouts).


BTW, tried the first off the line start with the torsen in.  3k and drop
the clutch, lit up both rear tires.  About one second after the tires
hooked up, I hit the 7700 rpm rev limiter big time.  Really falls on its
face when that happens and messes up the shift.

I adjusted the clutch pedal freeplay to something less than zero.  Really
improved the speed shift with the kevlar clutch.  Haven't yet got under the
car to see if the throwout is pressed against the clutch fingers.  Going to
look at a larger bore for the clutch master cylinder or a smaller one for
the slave to compensate for the leverage changes in the kevlar clutch.

Skip Cannon