Before Jim sold that car he replaced the clutch peddle and cut the force
in half. After a week of driving that car my left leg felt massive...
Andrei
tmpintnl@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>I've had an email and phone conversation recently with the new owner
>of the rotary-powered car. He is estimating the clutch pedal
>pressure at 80 pounds! I told him that I would not like to be the
>guy to drive that car in a lengthy parade. I am surprised that the
>pins and other bits of the clutch pedal installation could handle
>that kind of pedal effort over the long haul.
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>Toby Peterson
>www.delorean-parts.com
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>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
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>>FWIW the Renault Alpine A610 used a similarly assisted and much
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>heftier clutch. Lotus used a hydraulic pedal assist. In other words,
>this can all be achieved with a stock 369....
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>>Martin
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>>>--- Andrei Cular <acular@xxxx> wrote:
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>>>>Jim Strickland ran a 993 6-speed with the 3-rotor.
>>>>The biggest problem
>>>>is the Porsche clutch requires much much more
>>>>pressure to hold the power
>>>>of the engine. In the 993 along with a different
>>>>sized hydraulic system
>>>>they use a spring to assist in pedal movement. The
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