Hi,

Yesterday on the way home from work I raced a 350z. During the race, I downshifted into 3rd ran it to redline and shifted into 4th, on the 3-4 shift it slipped BAD! and made a horribly pop noise. I put the car into neutral waited for the revs to climb down and attempted to put it into 5th. The car went into gear but when I let the clutch out, the rpms didn't rise or fall, they just acted like they were in netural, like the clutch didn't grab at all.

So I put it into 3rd, same thing, I'm thinking, crap, just grenaded the clutch. So I try light throttle and the clutch grabs, but just barely, anything over light throttle and the clutch slips. I limp the car home and pop the hood to check out the damage, hoping the clutch cable is snapped. To my dismay, its perfectly fine, so I'm pretty sure I need a new clutch.

The weird thing is I can put it in gear easy, and when I slowly let out the pedal it will start to catch without any throttle but it makes a horrible noise like a grinding and it smells like the clutch is burning.

So I have two questions. 1. Its for sure my clutch right? and 2. What clutch will I need? I have a 1989 crx hf with a integra b18a1 and unknown cable tranny. When I bought the car, the guy didn't know what transmission it was. All I know is that its a cable tranny that is very short geared, shorter then a gsr, that bolts to the integra b18a1.

cliff notes: Raced a 350z, blew up my clutch, wondering why it still goes in gear, what clutch I need for my car and how to identify my transmission.

Thanks, Adam

 

ur pressure plate sounds destroyed while ur at it u better replace ur poilot bearing too. any clutch kit should work unless u want to waist money act is what i had in my dx tranny but i had some power to back it up

 

Thanks a lot for the reply, thats what I figured about the clutch. Any help on identifying my transmission?

 

id plate?

 

Maybe THIS will help you figure out what transmission and gear ratios you're running.

Mike

 

Or maybe THIS ONE.

At a guess, if you're geared shorter than a GSR, I'd say probably you're running a YS1 transmission.

Mike

 

EXCELLENT!!!!!

Thank you so much, I didn't know there was a cable b series transmission, I appreciate the information greatly.

Adam