Hello peeps, My 8's starter went out on me at 1700+ miles. Not to mention my previous threads about how hard it was from 1st to 2nd when shifting. Guess what? I had it checked and it was the clutch that was burned out. The springs were loose and it caused the clutch to wear 5 times faster than normal. I have been babying this car since I got it. Always pressed full clutch, but it seems these were the defects I encountered. If your having problems with your shifting I suggest you have it taken in for a check up, it was worth it for me. As for the starter it just went south on Saturday morning in my garage. I will have pics soon. I'm picking her up 2 days from now :mad:

sorry to hear but glad it will be fixed soon

I guess I'll bite the bullet and bring mine in to have the clutch looked at...

Hey mikeb... how did you get from 1*** to over 3k so fast?

by making rx8forum my new religion

it's very addictive i have to agree.

well i know i didnt baby the clutch.. this is my first stick car.. so im am worried about the clutch..

what do you mena hard shifting from 1st to 2nd. i seem to see no problem with it.. but like i said this is my first stick

i'm still used to the shifting pattern of my last car an eclipse GSX turbo. i got out of first very quickly because it would start to whine at about 20 MPH then stayed in 2nd the power gear for awhile then 3rd and so on. with the 8 you can stay in 1st a lot longer i guess running it all the way up until redline and repeat for each gear if you had enough road for that kind of thing.

Originally posted by CruelNewb
Hello peeps, My 8's starter went out on me at 1700+ miles. Not to mention my previous threads about how hard it was from 1st to 2nd when shifting. Guess what? I had it checked and it was the clutch that was burned out. The springs were loose and it caused the clutch to wear 5 times faster than normal. I have been babying this car since I got it. Always pressed full clutch, but it seems these were the defects I encountered. If your having problems with your shifting I suggest you have it taken in for a check up, it was worth it for me. As for the starter it just went south on Saturday morning in my garage. I will have pics soon. I'm picking her up 2 days from now :mad:

Could you describe what you mean by 'went south'? I thought I lost the starter in my 7 once, but it was a really badly flooded engine. Engine turned, but there was zero compression - very scary sound.

Originally posted by CruelNewb
Hello peeps, My 8's starter went out on me at 1700+ miles. Not to mention my previous threads about how hard it was from 1st to 2nd when shifting. Guess what? I had it checked and it was the clutch that was burned out. The springs were loose and it caused the clutch to wear 5 times faster than normal. I have been babying this car since I got it. Always pressed full clutch, but it seems these were the defects I encountered. If your having problems with your shifting I suggest you have it taken in for a check up, it was worth it for me. As for the starter it just went south on Saturday morning in my garage. I will have pics soon. I'm picking her up 2 days from now :mad:

Sorry to hear that you are having problems with your car. My clutch failed too and I had it replaced a couple of weeks ago. Let's hope that it is not a design defect and that the replacement clutches last a reasonable length of time.

Shocka
well i know i didnt baby the clutch.. this is my first stick car.. so im am worried about the clutch..

1st gear was easy to get in, at about 3500rpm shifting to 2nd would take a hard push to get it in. Same goes for the reverse.


khoney
Could you describe what you mean by 'went south'? I thought I lost the starter in my 7 once, but it was a really badly flooded engine. Engine turned, but there was zero compression - very scary sound.

The starter made a high pitch sound and I had my brother look at it while I was attempting to start it, nothing turned in the engine to start the car. Normally I think some of the belts start to spin, but nothing happened to mine. I only heard a squeeling sound, the same sound is made when you turn the key to start the car on an already running engine.